Y’all. I don’t often use the phrase “you NEED TO read this book” but seriously. You NEED TO read this book. It’s called How To Be A Woman by Caitlin Moran and it’s making me indescribably happy. Moran is a…
Category: Book Reviews
Book Review and Giveaway: I Wish I Were Engulfed In Flames by Jeni Decker
When Jeni Decker approached me about reviewing her memoir of life with her two autistic boys I Wish I Were Engulfed In Flames, she got me at just the right moment: I was looking for something new to read and…
Review: “Quiverfull: Inside the Christian Patriarchy Movement”
I just finished reading Quiverfull: Inside the Christian Patriarchy Movement by Kathryn Joyce and I can’t stop thinking about it. The whole book was fascinating and hard to put down even though Joyce has one of the same writing flaws…
Palin-tology
I’ve gone on a weird Sarah Palin research bender the past couple of weeks. I’m not sure what sent me on this knowledge quest: maybe the bus tour, maybe the bells she rang to alert the British that Americans like…
Review: Kardashian Konfidential
Kardashian Konfidential is not the stupidest book I’ve ever read. It’s not the smartest book, either, not by a long shot but it wasn’t the stupidest either. Parts of it were pretty stupid. Parts of it I couldn’t even keep…
Who Do I Have To F*ck To Get A Book Deal?
Apparently, the answer to that question is “Levi Johnston”. OK, I know I’m not supposed to lob ad hominem attacks at public figures and I know I’m supposed to ignore the P@lins in the hope that they’ll go away but…
Beauty Top Down: What is Victoria’s Secret?
A few months ago I read “Getting Pretty Back” by Molly Ringwald. Yes, that Molly Ringwald. The one who is pretty in pink. I thought initially that this book was going to be another celebrity memoir that I could lampoon…
Snookered by Snooki
If you happen to be perusing the shelves of many fine bookstores this week, you may find yourself confronted with a cover featuring an eerily familiar pair of eyes gazing at you underneath an 8 inch tall pouf of hair.…
Book Review: The Bedwetter
I really, really like comedy. I think the ability to be consistently funny is amazing and I wish I thought I could get laughs daily just from using my words. I especially like female comics like Margaret Cho and Wanda…
Operation Kardashian: Part Three
As many of you know, Kardashian Konfidential comes out next week and the Pulitzer Committee is probably sharpening its pencils to cast ballots for it as the greatest work of literature of 2010. Or perhaps they just want to correct…
