Hyperbole and a Half
Unfortunate situations, flawed coping mechanisms, mayhem, and other things that happened.
Broken (in the best possible way)
“Victor was like, ‘Why is there a disco ball on the credit card?’ and I said, ‘It’s not for me. It's for some famous retired monkeys who aren’t allowed to roller skate anymore.’ And that’s when Victor threatened to turn off my credit cards.”
Alone in Plain Sight
“Most of my life I’ve mistakenly believed that sticking a label on my forehead somehow tells the truth about who I really am… Every time I stumble upon a label I think might identify me, it eventually gets stripped away.”
The Actor’s Life
This book will make you believe that you are actually an aspiring actor.
Capital Gaines
Firstly, great and clever title. Nextly, I'd say this book is probably going to be more inspiring to entrepreneurial types or people who are just die-hard-the Gaines-can-do-no-wrong types. I am neither, so…
Scrappy Little Nobody
In this book, it came off as a little over the top. Like she was more so trying to just prove to herself that she was still a normal person. But normal or not- I still didn't find her very relatable.
Funny in Farsi
Dumas allows us a look into life in America as an Iranian- light and fun read!
A Million Miles in a Thousand Years
“People love to have lived a great story, but few people like the work it takes to make it happen.”
What They Meant For Evil
Rebecca's hardship begins at the tender age of 4 when her village was attacked. As she recounts the events throughout her childhood she maintains childlike innocence in her writing voice which I found very effective in understanding the world through her eyes. She lost so much, but her faith was strong and she didn't allow her pain and suffering to taint her view of God.
How Languages Saved Me
An incredible story! After reading so many WWII novels, this story seemed so unbelievable that he could evade capture for so long and escape authorities several times! Overall it was a fairly positive story…
Gay Girl, Good God
“The same Bible that condemned me held in it the promises that could save me. I just had to believe it… Jesus had the guilty in mind when He was hung high and stretched wide. On it, He stood in my place, for my sin… Didn’t He know that that wrath was mine?... His love is what He wanted me to remember… a good God had come to my rescue.”
Same Kind of Different As Me
Honest. That's how I would describe this book. I loved how transparent Ron and Denver were. They let you in on their thoughts. Thoughts I think we all have at some point or another but don't want anyone to know about.
Talking as Fast as I Can
Oh the memories! This was a fun read. There wasn’t a whole lot of 'behind the scenes' info about either Gilmore Girls or Parenthood but it was still fun to get in Lauren's head a little bit.
Torn
I think this is a valuable read (if read as a memoir) to hear Justin's story and to truly understand the hearts behind people who are gay Christians. However, although it does rightly to inspire our compassion, I would not…
The Glass Castle
It's hard to criticize a book about someone's life. I have a hard time separating the content from the literary aspects so I suppose you can take my opinion with a grain of salt.
Yes, Please
Yes Please made me like Amy Poehler less.