Memoirs

Mini Reviews

May 4, 2012

Sadly, I fell WAY behind on my 2011 reviews. So, I’ve been posting mini reviews to help catch up. This is the last round! Check out round one, round two, and round three, if you like. Though all of these books deserve their own posts, this will have to do. The Wednesday Wars, by Gary [...]

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On the Road, by Jack Kerouac

April 24, 2012

Title: On the Road Author: Jack Kerouac Pages: 313 Originally Published: 1957 Format I Read: Hardback Publisher: Penguin Rating: ____________________________ I originally gave this book two stars on goodreads, just moments after I finished it. I was rather disgusted with it. But, in the ensuing days, the book stuck with me and won itself an [...]

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Mini Reviews

February 1, 2012

Sadly, I fell WAY behind on my 2011 reviews. So, occasionally, I’ll be posting mini reviews to help catch up. Though they all deserve their own posts, this will have to do. This, in particular, is an excellent crop of books. Enjoy. Chains, by Laurie Halse Anderson Rating: I really enjoyed this book, but as [...]

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Eat, Pray, Love, by Elizabeth Gilbert

August 13, 2010

Title: Eat, Pray, Love Author: Elizabeth Gilbert Pages: 334 Originally Published: 2006 Format I Read: Paperback Publisher: Penguin Books Rating: ____________________________ On a whim at Borders the other day (which was partially influenced by the ubiquitous promotion for the movie), I bought this book to read during my lunch hour. After the lunch hour, I [...]

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It Sucked and Then I Cried, by Heather B. Armstrong

May 6, 2009

Title: It Sucked and Then I Cried: How I Had a Baby, a Breakdown, and a Much Needed Margarita Author: Heather B. Armstrong Pages: 272 Publisher: Simon Spotlight Entertainment Copyright: 2009 Format: Hardback Rating: ____________________________ I’ve been an avid reader of Dooce for over a year. I’m addicted to that blog. It makes me alternately [...]

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The Mighty Queens of Freeville, by Amy Dickinson

December 13, 2008

Amy Dickinson, the author of The Mighty Queens of Freeville: A Mother, A Daughter, and the Town That Raised Them, is probably best known for her advice column, “Ask Amy,” which replaced Ann Landers’s column in the Chicago Tribune. In this memoir, Dickinson traces her life from her divorce to being chosen as the next [...]

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Shimmering Images, by Lisa Dale Norton

September 23, 2008

Shimmering Images: A Handy Little Guide to Writing Memoir is a short little book full of useful advice and instruction. A “shimmering image” is “a memory that rises in your consciousness like a photograph pulsing with meaning.” Norton defines these as the bedrock of memoir and endeavors to help you mine them from your life. [...]

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Monique and the Mango Rains, by Kris Holloway

July 28, 2008

Monique and the Mango Rains is my first LibraryThing Early Reviewers book. And, boy, did they start out with a winner! FOR THE FUTURE READER – A REVIEW Two years in the Peace Corps. A poor African village. Another memoir. Another culture story. Nope, this book was anything but worn. Kris Holloway spent her two [...]

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