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