Drinking Games by Sarah Levy My rating: 4 of 5 stars Genre: Memoir/Quit Lit Edition Reviewed: Audiobook, narrated by author, produced by MacMillan Audio Expected publication: January 3rd 2023 by St. Martin’s Press Drinking Games by Sarah Levy is an honest deep-dive into the life of a problem-drinker-turned-sober Millennial. In it, she describes not only Read More
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Weekend Book Review: Mountain Song
Mountain Song: A Journey to Finding Quiet in the Swiss Alps by Lucy Fuggle My rating: 4 of 5 stars Mountain Song: A Journey to Finding Quiet in the Swiss Alps by Lucy Fuggle opens with the author turning a familiar wish into reality, as she rents a quaint house, in a tiny village called Read More
Weekend Book Review: I Am, I Am, I Am
Keeping with the theme of my earlier post on how death can bring about the opportunity to appreciate the beauty in life, I bring you a review of Maggie O’Farrell‘s memoir, I Am, I Am, I Am: Seventeen Brushes with Death. O’Farrell is the author of multiple international best sellers, including, Hamnet, Winner of the Read More
Weekend Book Review: The Glass Castle
The Glass Castle by Jannette Walls Page Length: 288 pages Publisher/Publication Date: Scribner, 2006 Rating: 5 of 5 Stars In the opening scene of Jeannette Walls,’ The Glass Castle, we are invited into an NYC taxi cab with Jeannette on her way to an important business dinner. As we are stuck in traffic, our gaze Read More
Weekend Book Review: The Storyteller
The Storyteller: Tales of Life and Music by Dave GrohlFormat: Hardback Pages: 387 Genre: Memoir My rating: 5 of 5 stars “When your heart, mind, and soul cannot control or refuse the desire to create a sound, or lyric, or rhythm, and you are helpless against the burning impulse to purge these inner demons, you Read More