(Top Ten Tuesday is a weekly meme brought to you by The Broke and the Bookish. Want to make your own list? Clicking the image will take you to this week’s post. Happy listing!) Now that fall is upon us, it’s time to take stock of the year’s reading, including my To Be Read books….
Tag: non-fiction
Review: Sin in the Second City, by Karen Abbott
It’s been a banner year around here for books about prostitutes. First Best Friend’s mother sends me Pistol Packin’ Madams, and then my own mother gives me Sin in the Second City: Madams, Ministers, Playboys, and the Battle for America’s Soul. There are several conclusions I could draw from this, but it’s probably best to…
Review: Pistol Packin’ Madams
Fully titled Pistol Packin’ Madams: True Stories of Notorious Women of the Old West, this book is 87 pages of awesome. Best Friend’s mother sent it to me from Wyoming (I think?), where she and Best friend’s father are about halfway through a cross-country trip where they’re riding the Pony Express on horseback. As they…
Essays by Sloane Crosley
Title: I Was Told There’d be Cake Author: Sloane Crosley Genre: Non-fiction, Essays Publication Date: 2010 On my list of Future Reads from way back in October is I Was Told There’d be Cake, a collection of essays by Sloane Crosley, who has written for Salon, the New York Times, the Village Voice, and Playboy….
“I don’t f*cking care if you like it.”
Title: Bossypants Author: Tina Fey Genre: Non-fiction – Autobiography Publication Date: 2011 Let me start by saying that I am just the teensiest bit obsessed with Tina Fey. The first time she popped up on my radar was when she was on Saturday Night Live, doing the “Weekend Update” skit as well as her fabulous…