I absolutely enjoy reading this cookbook. It covers an interesting mix of  food and family life. She starts out as a single, vegetarian food snob in Los Angeles. Decides to move to Chicago. But before leaving she meets the man of her dreams. Then ends up married and living on a
cattle ranch. Her husband is [...]

The entries in this book seem so honest and direct. But I suppose that was the point in using only six words. I expected a few memoirs to make me laugh. But I forgot just how heavy heartbreak can be. The pain and sadness was there even with so few words. I didn’t expect to [...]

I loved Firoozeh’s first book, Funny in Farsi: A Memoir of Growing up Iranian in America, so it made perfect sense to purchase her follow-up publication. If you don’t like mass market fiction but want something light to read while traveling or at the beach, I’d definitely recommend this one. The short autobiographical chapters can [...]

I decided to listen to this delightful little memoir thanks to a glowing recommendation from my favorite book blog, Vintage Kids’ Books My Kid Loves.  Andrew Sachs gives such a fantastic performance that it’s easy to imagine that Roald himself is telling his quaint and entertaining stories, which range from charming to funny to horrifying [...]

I got very lucky a couple of weeks ago - I was at a party for my boyfriend’s mom and my boyfriend’s cousin showed up with a pile of books written by his friend Michelle, which he was handing out.  Having just finished a book that morning, I was ready for a new book to [...]

If you’re looking for a powerful memoir that can be read in one sitting and will almost certainly leave a lasting impression of its uplifting, inspirational message, The Diving Bell and the Butterfly is 100% recommended.  Left yearning for more after having watched the amazing film version, I was even more mesmerized by this unprecedented [...]

This book was so sad, but I loved it. It’s the story of Isabel, a woman with the perfect life - gorgeous, poetry professor husband; two young sons; an idyllic life in quaint college town, Oberlin, OH. Then suddenly, Isabel’s husband falls in love with another woman (and not just any woman - [...]