reading all books referenced on Gilmore girls

The Art of Asking or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Let People Help by Amanda Palmer I love me some Amanda Palmer. She's kick ass and honest and kick ass and talented and kick ass and fascinating. She is a LITERAL rockstar. So I was thrilled to learn that she was writing a book. But not just any book. A book about something I personally struggle with... asking for help. We are raised to pull ourselves up by our bootstraps and walk it off. To suffer in silence. And

Walk With Us edited by Claire Handscombe I have a blog based on a television show. I have TWO podcasts based on television shows. I named my daughter after a television show. So I clearly embrace the idea that it's not silly to have a show mean so much to you. In fact, I understand just how alternate reality can focus you and give you perspective... perspective that turns out to be very real even if its catalyst is fictional. Walk With Us was an immensely touching dedicati

Year of Yes by Shonda Rhimes I am a big fan of Shondaland. I love me some Grey's (although Meredith is literally the worst), I love me some Scandal (although I am SO over Olivia & Fitz), I love me some How To Get Away With Murder (hello... PARIS GELLER!)... I even love me some Private Practice (severely underrated show. I would marry Cooper if Jay would approve. And now that Liza Weil has divorced him...). However, I wasn't so sure about this book. Why? Because of someth

H is for Hawk by Helen Macdonald I love all animals. I'm the one saving spiders in danger of drowning with a conditioner bottle as I'm taking a shower. I'm the one who was treated like a leper after loving-up on a bunch of starving, mangey dogs on the streets of the Dominican Republic. My husband always tells people that he is 99.9% certain that I will one day die by animal mauling. But I HATE birds. Their beady little eyes, their talons, their can-opener sharp beaks? NO

Luckiest Girl Alive by Jessica Knoll This book had my stomach tied up in knots, so in my world, that means it did its job. So much of this book was difficult to read, which proves to me that Jessica Knoll adequately charcterized the trauma suffered by the main character. It may not have been a feel-good read, but it was an important one. The most interesting part of this was the development (or lack thereof) of the "lucky girl". In my book group (the reason I read this boo