A powerful & confronting verse memoir (mini-review)
Category: Nonfiction
Blurb Your Enthusiasm by Louise Willder
Amusing book about the art of blurb writing (mini-review)
Meg, Jo, Beth, Amy: The Story of Little Women and Why it Still Matters by Anne Boyd Rioux
Insightful exploration of Alcott’s classic novel & its continuing impact (mini-review)
I’m Glad My Mom Died by Jennette McCurdy
Hilarious memoir about a terrible childhood (mini-review)
This Is Not a Book About Benedict Cumberbatch by Tabitha Carvan
A thought-provoking book about how women need to lean into their hobbies. My hobby is books! (mini-review)
My Mess Is a Bit of a Life by Georgia Pritchett
A sometimes hilarious, sometimes serious memoir in vignettes (mini-review)
The Dark Queens by Shelley Puhak
Game of Thrones-like history of two medieval French queens (mini-review)
The Coddling of the American Mind by Jonathan Haidt & Greg Lukianoff
Initially interesting but gets a bit repetitive
Notes on a Nervous Planet by Matt Haig
Beautiful writing about mental health issues
The Anthropocene Reviewed by John Green
Thoughtful, witty and sometimes touching discursive essays
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