Two months into the year and I can happily say my reading is still going well, just as I wrote in my first update of the year back in mid-January. I’m ahead of my usual reading pace. Not that I’m… Read More ›
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Epic Solitude by Katherine Keith
As a lover of solitude, I was drawn to this book by its title and then the cover cinched the deal. My dog Bea is a retired sled dog and I thought it would be interesting to get a glimpse… Read More ›
The Going and Goodbye by Shuly Cawood
A beautifully written philosophical memoir about a woman in search of a deeper understanding of love and her own heart.
Hurricane Street by Ron Kovic
Hurricane Street is the long awaited follow-up to Ron Kovic’s 1974 Born on the 4th of July, which Oliver Stone faithfully adapted into an award-winning movie under the same name in 1989. From the publisher: In the spring of 1974,… Read More ›
Memoirs: Love Them or Hate Them? Why We Write About Ourselves.
Memoirs. Love them or hate them? If you love them you’ll definitely want to check out this book. If you hate them…you also may want to check this one out as it might help you appreciate memoirs (or, I suppose,… Read More ›
My Thinning Years: Starving the Gay Within by Jon Derek Croteau (Giveaway)
My Thinning Years is a well written and engaging memoir. As a little boy Jon Derek Croteau liked to play dress up and hang out with the girls. He was always a disappointment to his atheletics-obsessed father who berated him… Read More ›
Born on the 4th of July by Ron Kovic
Happy Independence Day, fellow Americans! Happy Birthday, Ron Kovic! Kovic’s memoir has been on my mind to read since I saw Oliver Stone’s 1989 movie adaptation of his story staring Tom Cruise. Earlier this year I picked up a 1977… Read More ›
From Here to Paris by Cris Hammond
This was such an enjoyable memoir, a wonderful escape into the life of someone who took a risk to start living the life he wanted. Cris Hammond followed a lead that his wife left taped to the bathroom mirror and… Read More ›
Hope Street, Jerusalem by Irris Makler
I enjoyed both the writing style and content of this memoir. Irris Makler is an international freelance correspondent from Sydney, Australia who has been based in London, Moscow, and now Jerusalem. She’s chased stories all over the world and was… Read More ›
The Death of Santini by Pat Conroy
Readers seem to love or hate Pat Conroy. I’m a definite lover of his writing. I first read him in the early 1980s as a high schooler in Cicero, IL after joining the Marines on the delayed entry program. The… Read More ›