So when I picked up In the Country We Love: My Family Divided, I thought for a second that the girl on the cover looked just like Lea Michele, but wasn’t. Then I started reading it. It took me about a quarter of the way into the book, looking at this girl’s pictures from growing up, to realize that she IS an actress, and I know her from Orange is the New Black. So everyone else is probably ahead of me on that, but I would […]
Personally, I wasn’t impressed
So I didn’t really like Booky Wook. I didn’t like it because Russell Brand’s stories mostly revolve around being drunk and/or high and they got dull after a while. But when I purchase a copy of the first booked, I purchased a copy of its sequel as well. I am nothing if not obsessive about completing things. So I read Booky Wook Two….and didn’t really like it. I did however discover that a lack of drug and alcohol fueled stories does not improve Brand’s writing. […]
Double Cannonball!
Another excellent recommendation from a Cannonballer. I really enjoyed this book, although I spent most of the time either not understanding what was going on, or trying to figure out what the story was really about. But it’s definitely the kind of book that I would recommend going into without knowing much of the plot. I also would NOT recommend reading it on audiobook. Narfna read it in 24 hours and I wish I had done the same. Letting it drag out over on audiobook […]
“When we look up at a billboard in Times Square featuring a man with a large Adam’s apple, we are essentially being shown a demonstration of testicular aptitude.”
Thank you Lollygagger for recommending this book, because I absolutely loved it. It reminded me a lot of Mary Roach, as well as Unmentionable and the one about the plagues. Basically, I’m loving this genre of informative and entertaining nonfiction. I mean, I love a good Eric Larson book. But lately these more humorous takes on history and medicine have really become a lot of fun for me to read. So the author of If Our Bodies Could Talk: A Guide to Operating and Maintaining a […]