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Enough: Notes From a Woman Who Has Finally Found It by Shauna Ahern
essays / memoir / nonfiction

Enough: Notes From a Woman Who Has Finally Found It by Shauna Ahern

Posted on November 6, 2019 by Rachel Rappaport • Leave a comment

I have to admit that a good bit of the reason I wanted to read this book is that I had read fellow (now former for her) food blogger, Ahern’s earlier memoir/self-help book, Gluten-Free Girl: How I Found the Food That Loves Me Back…And How You Can Too ten years ago and in it, she hints … Continue reading →

Text Me When You Get Home: The Evolution and Triumph of Modern Female Friendship by Kayleen Schaefer
memoir / nonfiction

Text Me When You Get Home: The Evolution and Triumph of Modern Female Friendship by Kayleen Schaefer

Posted on May 1, 2018 by Rachel Rappaport • Leave a comment

Another mashup of memoir and some research, this time into female friendship, Text Me When You Get Home was a peek into a bit of a different world for me. I could not relate to the bulk of this book at all, the author was desperate for friends and acceptance in a way that I can’t … Continue reading →

Flat Broke with Two Goats: A Memoir by Jennifer McGaha
memoir / nonfiction

Flat Broke with Two Goats: A Memoir by Jennifer McGaha

Posted on April 7, 2018 by Rachel Rappaport • Leave a comment

I really wanted to like the book more than I did. Her endless making herself out to be a victim was so tiresome. She seems to still be perplexed why the people she defaulted on (hundreds of thousands of dollars!) and whose house they did not maintain or repair would not want to talk to … Continue reading →

Even This I Get to Experience by Norman Lear
memoir / nonfiction

Even This I Get to Experience by Norman Lear

Posted on August 24, 2017 by Rachel Rappaport • Leave a comment

I was on vacation earlier this week and read a good bit of Even This I Get to Experience by Norman Lear on the beach at Assateague while I kept one eye open for wild ponies. He is the producer of one my favorite and often overlooked shows, Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman as well as many famous … Continue reading →

Spinster : making a life of one’s own by Kate Bolick
history / memoir / nonfiction

Spinster : making a life of one’s own by Kate Bolick

Posted on August 4, 2017 by Rachel Rappaport • Leave a comment

Another book I had mixed feelings about. It was a mashup of a memoir of a woman who never married and the profiles of 5 (6?) “spinsters” throughout history that Kate Bolick found inspiring. Looking at GoodReads, it seems like a lot of people liked the historical woman part and didn’t love the memoir bits. … Continue reading →

Poirot and Me by David Suchet
memoir / nonfiction

Poirot and Me by David Suchet

Posted on August 3, 2017 by Rachel Rappaport • Leave a comment

I watched Poirot since I was 9 or 10 when it premiered here on PBS and the series premiered until it ended just a few years ago. That’s roughly 2/3 of my life! One my favorite scenes was in ‘The Royal Ruby’ where Poirot shows his dining companion the best way to eat a mango. … Continue reading →

The Face of a Naked Lady: An Omaha Family Mystery  by Michael Rips
memoir / nonfiction

The Face of a Naked Lady: An Omaha Family Mystery by Michael Rips

Posted on August 1, 2017 by Rachel Rappaport • Leave a comment

I came across this book because the author is the father of the girl who wrote the memoir of growing up in the Chelsea. I googled her parents because I was intrigued by who would raise a girl who graduated high school in 2016 and put out a memoir shortly after. Her mom is an … Continue reading →

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