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December 31, 2014 reading

(Audio)Book Talk: AS YOU WISH by Cary Elwes (read by the author)

As You Wish: Inconceivable Tales from the Making of The Princess Bride Cary Elwes (with Joe Layden); foreword by Rob Reiner Audiobook read by the author, with guests Rob Reiner, Christopher Guest, Carol Kane, Norman Lear, Chris Sarandon, Andy Scheinman, Wallace Shawn, and Robin Wright Touchstone (October 2014), Hardcover (ISBN 1476764026 / 9781476764023) Nonfiction: popular culture/memoir, 272 pages Source: Purchased audiobook (Simon and Schuster Audio, October 2014, ISBN 9781442383456; Audible ASIN B00NLKFVRS) My Favorite Movie […]

December 30, 2014 reading

(E)Book Talk: WE WERE LIARS, by E. Lockhart

We Were Liars E. Lockhart (Twitter) (Novel site) Delacorte Press (May 2014), Hardcover (ISBN 038574126X / 9780385741262) Fiction (YA), 240 pages Source: Purchased ebook (iBooks edition, ISBN 9780385390095) ———————————————————————————————————— I was a little apprehensive about reading We Were Liars. It seemed to be emerging as one of 2014’s Books Everyone Loves, and I’d already had a disappointing experience with another of those books this year On top of that, E. Lockhart’s 2009 novel The Disreputable […]

December 18, 2014 reading

(Audio)Book Talk: YES PLEASE, by Amy Poehler

Yes Please Amy Poehler Audiobook read by the author (with guests Kathleen Turner, Patrick Stewart, Carol Burnett, Seth Meyers, Michael Schur, and Bill and Eileen Poehler) Dey Street Books (October 2014), Hardcover (ISBN 0062268341 / 9780062268341) Nonfiction: memoir/essays, 352 pages Source: Purchased audiobook (Harper Audio, October 2014, ISBN 9780062350886; Audible ASIN B00MP22QRQ) The past few years have produced a bumper crop of notable memoir/essay collections by women already known for writing and performing comedy, and […]

December 16, 2014 reading

Book Talk: THE ART OF ASKING, by Amanda Palmer (via Shelf Awareness)

The Art of Asking: or, How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Let People Help Amanda Palmer (Twitter) (Facebook) Grand Central Publishing (November 2014), Hardcover (ISBN 1455581089 / 9781455581085) Nonfiction: Memoir/autobiography, 352 pages A version of this review was previously published in Shelf Awareness for Readers (December 9, 2014). Shelf Awareness provided me with a publisher-furnished galley to facilitate the review, and compensated me for the review they received and posted. “It is a fear […]

December 9, 2014 reading

(E)Book Talk: MARY AND LOU AND RHODA AND TED, by Jennifer Keishin Armstrong

Mary and Lou and Rhoda and Ted: And all the Brilliant Minds Who Made The Mary Tyler Moore Show a Classic Jennifer K. Armstrong (Twitter) Simon & Schuster (2013), Hardcover (ISBN 1451659202 / 9781451659207) Nonfiction: popular culture, 336 pages Source: Purchased e-book (iBooks edition) Kids, there was a time when people had to watch television shows at the time the TV stations (of which there were as few as three and as many as eight, […]

December 4, 2014 reading

(Audio)Book Talk: THE MAGICIANS Trilogy, by Lev Grossman (read by Mark Bramhall)

The Magicians: A Novel The Magician King: A Novel The Magician’s Land: A Novel Written by Lev Grossman (Facebook) (Twitter) Audiobooks read by Mark Bramhall Fiction/fantasy Source: Purchased audiobooks Penguin Audio, 2009, ISBN 9781101079423; Audible ASIN B002L7KSR0; Penguin Audio, 2011, ISBN 9781101523674, Audible ASIN B005GIH6EY; Penguin Audio, 2014, ISBN 9780698153622, Audible ASIN B00K8EXJEM (NOTE: The following discussion is mostly spoiler-free, but if you haven’t read this series, please proceed with caution.) There are definite advantages […]

November 25, 2014 reading

Book Talk: MEN: NOTES FROM AN ONGOING INVESTIGATION, by Laura Kipnis

Men: Notes from an Ongoing Investigation Laura Kipnis (Facebook) (Twitter) Henry Holt & Co. / Metropolitan Books (November 18, 2014), Hardcover (ISBN 1627791876 / 9781627791878) Nonfiction: essays (sociology), 224 pages This review was originally prepared for Shelf Awareness for Readers, but was not accepted for publication due to a missed deadline. Shelf Awareness provided me with a publisher-furnished galley to facilitate the review, and no additional compensation. “The Scumbag.” “The Con Man.” “The Lothario.” “The […]

November 20, 2014 reading

Revisited Review: SISTERHOOD, INTERRUPTED by Deborah Siegel #NonFicNov

As part of my participation in Nonfiction November, I’m digging into the blog archives and re-posting my thoughts on some of the notable nonfiction I’ve read during the last few years…and if I’m talking about it again, it’s nonfiction I think you should read, too. Sisterhood, Interrupted: From Radical Women to Grrls Gone Wild Deborah Siegel Palgrave Macmillan (2007), First Edition, Paperback (140398204X / 9781403982049) Nonfiction (history/gender studies), 240 pages Source: Personal/purchased copy (originally reviewed December 13, […]

November 19, 2014 reading

Revisited Review: THE GOOD GIRLS REVOLT, by Lynn Povich #NonFicNov

As part of my participation in Nonfiction November, I’m digging into the blog archives and re-posting my thoughts on some of the notable nonfiction I’ve read during the last few years…and if I’m talking about it again, it’s nonfiction I think you should read, too. The Good Girls Revolt: How the Women of Newsweek Sued their Bosses and Changed the Workplace Lynn Povich PublicAffairs (September 2012), Hardcover (ISBN 161039173X / 9781610391733) Nonfiction: History/Women, 288 pages […]

November 18, 2014 reading

Revisited Review: WHEN EVERYTHING CHANGED, by Gail Collins #NonFicNov

As part of my participation in Nonfiction November, I’m digging into the blog archives and re-posting my thoughts on some of the notable nonfiction I’ve read during the last few years…and if I’m talking about it again, it’s nonfiction I think you should read, too. When Everything Changed: The Amazing Journey of American Women from 1960 to the Present Gail Collins Little, Brown and Company (2009), Hardcover/E-book (ISBN 0316059544 / 9780316059541) Nonfiction (history/society), 480 pages […]

November 13, 2014 reading

Revisited Review: COLUMBINE, by Dave Cullen #NonFicNov

As part of my participation in Nonfiction November, I’m digging into the blog archives and re-posting my thoughts on some of the notable nonfiction I’ve read during the last few years…and if I’m talking about it again, it’s nonfiction I think you should read, too. Columbine Dave Cullen Audiobook read by Don Leslie Grand Central Publishing (2010), trade paper (ISBN 0446546925 / 9780446546928) Nonfiction (current affairs), 464 pages Source: Purchased audiobook (Blackstone Audio (2009), ISBN […]

November 11, 2014 reading

Revisited Review: THE WARMTH OF OTHER SUNS, by Isabel Wilkerson #NonFicNov

As part of my participation in Nonfiction November, I’m digging into the blog archives and re-posting my thoughts on some of the notable nonfiction I’ve read during the last few years…and if I’m talking about it again, it’s nonfiction I think you should read, too. The Warmth of Other Suns: The Epic Story of America’s Great Migration Isabel Wilkerson Random House (2010), Hardcover (ISBN 0679444327 / 9780679444329) Nonfiction/History, 640 pagesSource: purchased (e-book for Amazon Kindle: […]

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