We Should Not Be Friends by Will Schwalbe

February 22, 2023

Will Schwalbe, the author of The End of Your Life Book Club and Books for Living, now turns his attention to an unlikely friendship. Schwalbe, who thought he had all the friends he needed in college, all the literary geeks and lesbians and gay men like him, found...

Bookends by Zibby Owens

February 15, 2023

I’m not one of those people who listened to Zibby Owens’ podcast, Moms Don’t Have Time to Read Books, before I picked up her memoir. Instead, I came at the book from a different angle. Owens just started a publishing company, and she’s...

The Extraordinary Life of an Ordinary Man: A Memoir by Paul Newman

October 24, 2022

Paul Newman’s daughter, Clea, says that her father’s memoir, The Extraordinary Life of an Ordinary Man is just a snapshot in time. His daughter, Melissa, says it’s part confessional, part self-analysis. From 1986 to 1991, he worked with his friend...

James Patterson: The Stories of My Life by James Patterson

August 14, 2022

If you are a reader, you’ve heard of James Patterson, even if you’ve never read one of his books. And, I have to say, as much as librarians joke that he has a new book out every week, we also appreciate everything he does for reading, all the authors he...

Fly Girl by Ann Hood

May 29, 2022

I’ve read all three of Ann Hood’s previous memoirs, and one of her novels, so of course I picked up Fly Girl. Hood’s just about the same age as I am, so while I was heading off to grad school and my first professional job as a librarian, she was...