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Days of Wonder by Caroline Leavitt
fiction / literary fiction / review

Days of Wonder by Caroline Leavitt

Posted on May 15, 2024 by Rachel • 1 Comment

I have been reading Caroline Leavitt’s books for a very long time, longer than I’d like to admit! I think I might have even been in college when I read my first one. So I was happy to be part of the influencer tour for the book. Days of Wonder had a lot of elements … Continue reading →

This American Ex-Wife: How I Ended My Marriage and Started My Life by Lyz Lenz
essays / memoir / review

This American Ex-Wife: How I Ended My Marriage and Started My Life by Lyz Lenz

Posted on March 18, 2024 by Rachel • 2 Comments

This American Ex-Wife is another book where I wish it was just a memoir and the author didn’t try to make so many connections to the greater world. I don’t think they worked as well as they could have. Unlike Geraldine DeRuiter, she is a journalist and experienced researcher but it doesn’t help as much … Continue reading →

Owner of a Lonely Heart by Beth Nguyen
essays / memoir / nonfiction / review

Owner of a Lonely Heart by Beth Nguyen

Posted on April 16, 2023 by Rachel • 1 Comment

I always love her memoirs and writing in general and this one filled in some gaps in her life’s story. I love how she writes about her biological mother and how fraught that relationship is. She writes very honestly about her father and how he has changed into a very different man with her children … Continue reading →

Unmask Alice LSD, Satanic Panic, and the Imposter Behind the World’s Most Notorious Diaries by Rick Emerson
review

Unmask Alice LSD, Satanic Panic, and the Imposter Behind the World’s Most Notorious Diaries by Rick Emerson

Posted on July 8, 2022 by Rachel • 1 Comment

What kind of person writes a debunking only to admit that he cannot and will not provide any sources to his work at all? This guy! Rick Emerson! This book is such a mess I can barely think straight. This was of the hackiest pieces of nonfiction writing I’ve ever read. For the first quarter … 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 • 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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