In a remarkable turn of events Louise Brooks went from being not quite a star of 1920s films to a non-entity to an icon of silent cinema for her immortal performance in G.W. Pabst’s “Pandora’s Box”. One can begin to understand and follow this remarkable career by reading “Lulu in Hollywood” an expanded edition of [...]

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 - [...]