Rating: ☆☆☆ Recommended by: Lisa Goldberg Author: Helen Ellis Genre: Non Fiction, Essays, Humor, Memoir, Short Stories 224 pages, published April 16, 2019 Reading Format: Audio Book Summary Southern Lady Code is a collection of 23 essays by Helen Ellis, a Southern woman living in New York City. She takes on topics such as marriage, […]
Rating: ☆☆☆☆ Recommended by: Author: Tana French Genre: Fiction, Mystery, Crime 466 pages, published May 1, 2009 Reading Format: Audio Book on Overdrive Summary The Likeness is book two in Tana French’s Dublin Murder Squad series. It starts six months after the end of In the Woods (book one). After the events that occurred in […]
Rating: ☆☆☆☆ Recommended by: Author: David Wilkie Genre: Fiction, Graphic Novel, Theology 118 pages, published November 1, 2013 Reading Format: Book Summary The graphic novel Coffee with Jesus is taken from a daily online comic strip born out of artist David Wilkie’s frustration with the polarized political climate in America. The strip is organized around […]
Rating: ☆☆☆1/2 Recommended by: Author: Brittany Gibbons Genre: Non Fiction, Memoir, Humor 240 pages, published May 19, 2015 Reading Format: Book Summary Fat Girl Walking is a memoir written by Brittany Gibbons, a size 18 blogger who writes about her life long struggle with weight and acceptance of her body. She wore a bikini in […]
Rating: ☆☆☆1/2 Recommended by: Author: Robert Galbraith (J.K. Rowling) Genre: Fiction, Mystery, Crime 650 pages, published September 18, 2018 Reading Format: Audio Book Summary Lethal White is J.K. Rowling’s fourth book featuring Private Investigator Cormoran Strike and his partner Robin Ellacott. It opens with Billy, a mentally troubled young man, telling Strike “I seen a […]
Rating: ☆☆☆ Recommended by: Author: Fredrik Backman Genre: Fiction 448 pages, published June 5, 2018 Reading Format: Audio Book Summary Us Against You is the sequel to Beartown, a book by Swedish author Frederik Backman that takes place in a small town in Sweden that lives and dies for youth hockey. All the same characters […]
Rating: ☆☆1/2 Recommended by: Author: Sarah Anderson Genre: Graphic Novel, Humor 112 pages, published March 27, 2018 Reading Format: Book Summary Herding Cats is a humorous graphic novel by Sarah Anderson that takes on topics such meeting deadlines, piles of junk-food wrappers under a glowing computer screen, and an ever-growing horde of pets. Quotes […]
Rating: ☆☆☆ Recommended by: Scot Reader Author: Chris Kattan Genre: Non Fiction, Memoir, Humor 270 pages, published May 7, 2019 Reading Format: Book Summary Baby Don’t Hurt Me is the autobiography of Saturday Night Live alum Chris Kattan, best known for his roles as Mango, Mr. Peepers, and one half (along with Will Farrell) of […]
Rating: ☆☆☆☆ Recommended by: Lenna Kotke Author: Gregg Easterbrook Genre: Sociology, Economics, Public Policy, Politics, Science 352 pages, published February 20, 2018 Reading Format: Book Summary In It’s Better Than It Looks, author Gregg Easterbrook surveys a number of different metrics to see how well the world is doing and makes a convincing case that […]
Rating: ☆☆☆☆ Recommended by: Author: Tayari Jones Genre: Fiction 308 pages, published February 6, 2018 Reading Format: Audio Book Summary African American newlyweds Celestial and Roy, an aspiring artist and a young executive, are living the American Dream in Atlanta when Roy is wrongly accused and convicted of rape. How they navigate the ensuing years […]