So, I’m an alcoholic with about three and a half years sober as I write this. I’ve been sober and in the program long enough to have done a ton of self-reflection about my drinking years (25-33 were pretty bad) and to be removed enough from those bad times to not flinch too much every time I think about them. I’m one of those people sober folks and newbies at meetings are sometimes shocked by, because I tell horrible stories of things that I did […]
Biography/Memoir
Silence of the lambs anyone??
A fascinating book around profiling serial rapists and murderers. This book follows John as he joins the FBI and initiates the concept of profiling criminals in an attempt to help catch future criminals. The book looks at the introduction of this technique purely through John’s interest in how and why serial offenders commit the crimes they do. Despite John providing details of various crimes in a way of illustrating how he “gets into the minds” of the criminals, this book is not overly gruesome. […]
I’d be this excited if I led this life too
I mean, I get it. If I got to watch the Stanley Cup finals from the owner’s box in a personalized jersey, I’d be shouting it from the rooftops too. I guess I was expecting something more akin to Yes, Please – more, ‘how I got here’ memoir, less ‘what I’ve done since’ – and that threw me. It got a little too name-drop-y, if that makes sense? But if I was doing shots out of a Grammy with Daveed Diggs … yeah, I’d probably dedicate […]
A Refreshing Social Critique
I’m Judging You: The Do-Better Manual by Luvvie Ajayi My rating: 4 of 5 stars “I’m Judging You” is a collection of essays/blogs compiled into a book. I enjoyed the shade that Ajayi threw at the subjects she writes about, from friends, pop culture, to politics, and relationships. I appreciated her humor and willingness to say what needed to be said. Two of her chapters that stood out to me were her pieces on feminism and race. While Ajayi isn’t saying anything that most informed […]