Book reviews and other bookish things
Genre: Non-fiction, Essays, Memoir Published by: Harper Perennial Publish date: October 7, 2025 Number of pages: 240 pages Author’s website: https://zefyrlisowski.com/ Support local! Buy the book on BookShop! A sharply personal and expansive essay collection dedicated to the strange and absurd beauty of horror films, exploring the complications of gender, the insidiousness of class ascension, and the …
Lula King Photo & Film Genre: Memoir Published by: Pegasus Books Publish date: April 1, 2025 Number of pages: pages Author’s website: https://www.rachelphan.com/ Support local! Buy the book on BookShop! A warm and poignant narrative about finding one’s self amidst the grind of restaurant life, the cross-generational immigrant experience, and a daughter’s attempts to connect with parents …
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I'm back with more memoir recommendations. This time they are graphic novels! I love graphic novels -- they are like more in depth/longer comics that tickle that visual part of my brain while also diving into some tough topics. If I can convince you to read anything, I hope it's one of these but especially …
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This was intended to go out in late October/ early November but life had other plans -- similar to the stories that I'll be recommending below. For me, memoirs have been an easy way to step my toe into the non-fiction reading space. Hearing a first person account of someone's life, has opened by eyes …
Rating: 3/5 Genre: Memoir A natural wine-soaked memoir about finding your passion -- and falling in love -- by the publisher of Pipette Magazine. It was Rachel Signer's dream to be that girl: the one smoking hand-rolled cigarettes out the French windows of her 19th-century Parisian studio apartment, wearing second-hand Isabel Marant jeans and sipping a glass of …
I received an Advanced Reader Copy (ARC) of this book from Netgalley and Celadon Books. This has not impacted my rating and this review is voluntary. Genre: True Crime, Memoir Published by: Celadon Books Publish date: April 26, 2022 Number of pages: 288 pages Support local! Buy the book on BookShop! In 2018, Paul Holes retired as a …
I received and Advanced Reader Copy (ARC) of the audiobook from Netgalley and MacMillian Audio. This has not impacted my rating and this review is voluntary. Genre: MemoirPublished by: Flatiron Books: An Oprah Book, MacMillian AudioPublish date: June 1, 2021Number of pages: 242 pagesAuthor’s website: http://www.ashleycford.net/Support local! Buy the book on BookShop! For as long as …
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