Educated by Tara Westover
I've spoken previously about my love of The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls. I even had the immense honor of being able to interview her...
The Sun Does Shine: How I Found Life and Freedom on Death Row by Anthony Ray Hinton
We all know that that mass incarceration of people of color is a vile epidemic. We hear of black men being arrested for small infractions...
I'll Be Gone in the Dark: One Woman's Obsessive Search for the Golden State Killer by Michel
I'll Be Gone in the Dark has gotten a lot of buzz lately. Because the spoiler of all spoilers occurred for the world on April 25th,...
The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot Diaz
I've been a reader for most of my life... I really don't remember a time before books made up a huge part of who I am as a person. And...
The Art of Asking by Amanda Palmer
The Art of Asking or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Let People Help by Amanda Palmer I love me some Amanda Palmer. She's kick ass...
Going Clear by Lawrence Wright
Going Clear: Scientology, Hollywood and the Prison of Belief As we continue Bear's descent into her Scientology obsession (this book was...
High Rise by J.G. Ballard
High Rise by J.G. Ballard This was a fascinating read. A commentary on society and isolation from the outside world, Ballard's novel was...
The Turner House by Angela Flournoy
The minute I was made aware of this book's release, I knew I needed it in my hot little hands. So I found the library closest to me that...
Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close by Jonathan Safran Foer
I tend to avoid all schmaltzy narratives that focus on September 11th (sorry Edward Cullen... I'm not watching Remember Me), but reading...
The Checklist Manifesto by Atul Gawande
As I'm mid-Getting Things Done, was in need of a new audiobook and was listening to (as I always do) the Book Riot podcast, I decided...
