Tag Archives: Nonfiction
LET’S GET READY TO RUMBLLLLLLLLLLE!
Welcome to the first ever Three Men in Various Places SMACKDOWN! In this corner, written seven years before our current champion but lacking a dog…it’s Three in Norway (By Two of Them)! And in this corner, still laugh-out-loud funny over … Continue reading
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I’m keeping it short and sweet…
Sleepwalk With Me: And Other Painfully True Stories by Mike Birbiglia You know what? I’ve been staring at this post for a while now, trying to think of what to say and I’m just going to have to take my … Continue reading
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Nonfiction: Awesomeness
Eating the Dinosaur by Chuck Klosterman Okay, I probably should have labelled this Nonfiction: Pop Culture Essays because that would have been more specifically accurate, but when it comes to Chuck Klosterman, I can’t help myself. He’s amazing! I’m afraid … Continue reading
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Nonfiction: Memoir
Official Book Club Selection by Kathy Griffin I know she can be a little divisive – when my mom unwrapped this present at Christmas, my grandmother exclaimed ‘Oh, I can’t stand her!’ – but I (and my mom, obviously) really … Continue reading
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Graphic Novel/Memoir
French Milk by Lucy Knisley I couldn’t sleep this morning and once the sun started to come up and the birds started to chirp (and for once were not drowned out by the wind tunnel that is our condo here), … Continue reading
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Nonfiction*: Memoir
I don’t remember if I’ve mentioned it before (and I just checked – I don’t think I have), but I’m a fan of The Secret Diary of a Call Girl (dammit, now I have the opening titles song stuck in … Continue reading
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Nonfiction: Autobiography
American on Purpose: The Improbable Adventures of an Unlikely Patriot by Craig Ferguson I never knew much about Craig Ferguson – I liked him well enough on The Drew Carey Show and every now and then someone would link to … Continue reading
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Nonfiction: Reference
The Book of General Ignorance by John Lloyd and John Mitchinson Basically, this should have been called QI: The Book. It’s a book filled with questions that you think you know the answers to. And if you’ve seen all the … Continue reading
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Nonfiction: Linguistics
In the Land of Invented Languages by Arika Okrent I had no idea there were so many invented languages! I could have named Esperanto and maybe Klingon, but there are hundreds and hundreds of them. The first one is credited … Continue reading
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A book review, a recipe, and…a secret…
The Sweet Life in Paris by David Lebovitz I have developed a new literary crush – make room in the mud wrestling ring, Skulduggery and Sherlock, David Lebovitz is here! (Er, except he’s real, so…) After living in San Francisco … Continue reading
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Nonfiction
The World According to Clarkson, Vol. 3: For Crying Out Loud by Jeremy Clarkson I love Top Gear. I love Jeremy Clarkson and I love Richard ‘Hamster’ Hammond and I love James May. In fact, I would go so far … Continue reading
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Nonfiction
Blitz: The Story of 29 December 1940 by Margaret Gaskin The next in my Blitz research readings, this book took me nearly forever to finish. And I can tell you why, too. The entire book reads like front matter – … Continue reading
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Nonfiction
Few Eggs and No Oranges: A Diary Showing How Unimportant People in London and Birmingham Lived Through the War Years, 1940-1945 by Vere Hodgson It’s quite a subtitle, but then, it’s quite a book. There are lots of books out … Continue reading
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Non-fiction: Travel essay
Blue Latitudes by Tony Horwitz I’m not even going to tell you how long it took me to read this book. It’s embarrassing. Even more so because I have no good reason for the delay – the book was perfectly … Continue reading
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Nonfiction
Who the Hell is Pansy O’Hara?: The Fascinating Stories Behind 50 of the World’s Best-Loved Books by Jenny Bond and Chris Sheedy The title pretty much says it all, I think. This book was recommended on one of the Publisher’s … Continue reading
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