Rating: ☆☆☆☆ Recommended by: Author: Phillipa Gregory Genre: Historical Fiction Info: 490 pages, published February 4, 2004 Format: Book Summary The Queen’s Fool starts in 1553 and follows the story of Hannah Green, a fourteen-year-old Jewish girl who is forced to flee the Spanish Inquisition to London with her father. With her gift of “Sight,” the ability […]
Rating: ☆☆☆1/2 Recommended by: Chris Guillebeau Author: Sasha Martin Genre: Non Fiction, Memoir, Food Info: 352 pages, published March 3, 2015 Format: Book Summary Life from Scratch is really two stories in one book. The first part of the book is a traditional memoir where Sasha Martin recounts her unconventional and difficult childhood with a free spirit, eccentric mother […]
Rating: ☆☆☆1/2 Recommended by: Author: Kelly Corrigan Genre: Non Fiction, Memoir Info: 240 pages, published February 4, 2014 Format: Book Summary When Kelly Corrigan was a teenager, her mother summarized the family dynamic as “Your father’s the glitter, but I’m the glue.” This concept was meaningless to Kelly at the time, but took on significance […]
Rating: ☆☆☆ Recommended by: Author: Roald Dahl Genre: Non-Fiction, Memoir, Humor Info: 209 pages, published 1986 Format: Book Summary Going Solo is the autobiographical sequel of Boy, which is written by the world-famous author Roald Dahl (author of many famous children’s books including personal favorites Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, James and the Giant Peach and Fantastic […]
Rating: ☆☆☆1/2 Recommended by: N/A Author: Joan Didion Genre: Non-Fiction, Memoir Info: 227 pages, published February 13, 2007 Format: Book Summary In The Year of Magical Thinking, Joan Didion, one of the country’s most famous writers, explores the grief she suffered as the result of the death of her husband John Dunne and the life threatening […]
Rating: ☆☆☆☆ Recommended by: Chris Funk (my Dad) Author: Martin Ford Genre: Non-Fiction, Science, Futuristic Info: 352 pages, published May 5, 2015 Format: Book Summary In Rise of the Robots, Martin Ford discusses what machine intelligence and robotics can accomplish, and warns employers and policy makers to face the implications. As technology continues to accelerate and […]
Rating: ☆☆ Recommended by: Melissa Byers Author: David Sedaris Genre: Fiction, Short Stories, Humor Info: 159 pages, published September 28, 2010 Format: Book Summary Squirrel Seeks Chipmunk is a collection of short stories from master storyteller David Sedaris focused on animal-themed tales. While the characters are not human, the situations in these stories bear a […]
Rating: ☆☆☆☆ Recommended by: Author: Jojo Moyes Genre: Fiction, Romance Info: 368 pages, published February 27, 2014 Format: Audio Book Summary One Plus One tells the story of everywoman Jess Thomas, a single-mom raising two kids, tortured goth teen Nicky who is being bullied at school, and his half-sister Tanzie, a math prodigy. Jess […]
Rating: ☆1/2 Recommended by: Author: Carmen Posadas Genre: Fiction, Mystery, Food Info: 320 pages, published July 12, 2005 Format: Book Summary Little Indiscretions, a whodunit and social satire, was a huge international bestseller and winner of Spain’s top literary prize. Nestor Chaffino, pastry chef to the rich and famous, is invited to cater a party in a […]
Rating: ☆☆☆1/2 Recommended by: Katy Fassett Author: Graeme Simsion Genre: Fiction, Romance, Humor Info: 295 pages, published October 1, 2013 Format: Book Summary Don Tillman, professor of genetics in Australia who falls somewhere on the autism spectrum, is a social misanthrope who has never been on a second date. He decides that there is […]