I'm a DC-area mother with an over-developed sense of irreverence, ADD, socialist tendencies and a blog. All my opinions are entirely my own and not representative of anything officially sanctioned by any political party, my mother, or arbiters of common sense and good taste.
Y’all. I don’t often use the phrase “you NEED TO read this book” but seriously. You NEED TO read this book. It’s called How To Be A Woman by Caitlin Moran and it’s making me indescribably happy. Moran is a columnist for The Times in the UK which makes me very, very jealous of the British for being able to read her new material weekly. After I finish this book, I’ll be combing their archives…
When Jeni Decker approached me about reviewing her memoir of life with her two autistic boys I Wish I Were Engulfed In Flames, she got me at just the right moment: I was looking for something new to read and while I looked, I was rereading David Sedaris’s When You Are Engulfed In Flames. I figured a fellow Sedaris-fan was going to turn out something funny. She also won my heart by telling me about…
I just finished reading Quiverfull: Inside the Christian Patriarchy Movement by Kathryn Joyce and I can’t stop thinking about it. The whole book was fascinating and hard to put down even though Joyce has one of the same writing flaws I have: long, complicated sentences. I have GOT to work on that because in reading this book, I realized how tiring it is to read sentences with too many clauses. This book was a detailed…
I’ve gone on a weird Sarah Palin research bender the past couple of weeks. I’m not sure what sent me on this knowledge quest: maybe the bus tour, maybe the bells she rang to alert the British that Americans like guns, maybe the feature length film about herself that she didn’t really commission because when she suggested commissioning it, the director just offered to make it gratis. Who knows. Whatever the case, I have read…
Kardashian Konfidential is not the stupidest book I’ve ever read. It’s not the smartest book, either, not by a long shot but it wasn’t the stupidest either. Parts of it were pretty stupid. Parts of it I couldn’t even keep reading because hello? They suggest dress shorts as a fashion must-have and no. Just no. This book, which was written by Kim. Kourtney, and Khloe Kardashian (and presumably some unnamed ghostwriter who really should be…
Apparently, the answer to that question is “Levi Johnston”. OK, I know I’m not supposed to lob ad hominem attacks at public figures and I know I’m supposed to ignore the P@lins in the hope that they’ll go away but DUDE. BRISTOL P@LIN IS “WRITING” A BOOK! (Maybe. It’s unconfirmed. But I’m going to pretend it’s true.) I can’t ignore that. My head will explode if I try. So, here is a list of helpful…
A few months ago I read “Getting Pretty Back” by Molly Ringwald. Yes, that Molly Ringwald. The one who is pretty in pink. I thought initially that this book was going to be another celebrity memoir that I could lampoon here on the ol’ blog. It was actually more of a self-help book about how to feel good in your skin. It was charming and sweet and a quick, fun read. She talked about everything…
If you happen to be perusing the shelves of many fine bookstores this week, you may find yourself confronted with a cover featuring an eerily familiar pair of eyes gazing at you underneath an 8 inch tall pouf of hair. Yes. The Snooki book is out. Or maybe the Snooki “book”. Or perhaps, the “Snooki” book. I don’t watch Jersey Shore but there has been no avoiding the whole Snooker-ific phenomenon. Those people are everywhere.…
I really, really like comedy. I think the ability to be consistently funny is amazing and I wish I thought I could get laughs daily just from using my words. I especially like female comics like Margaret Cho and Wanda Sykes and Janeane Garafolo. Seriously, if you’ve never seen Wanda Sykes bit about making a drink to ease her own stress while her baby cries in her “Imma Be Me” HBO special, you are missing…
As many of you know, Kardashian Konfidential comes out next week and the Pulitzer Committee is probably sharpening its pencils to cast ballots for it as the greatest work of literature of 2010. Or perhaps they just want to correct the spelling of “konfidential”. Hard to say. Whatever the case, I am sending one last letter to try and get a free copy of this book to review. My previous attempts have been met with…
