reading all books referenced on Gilmore girls

November 17, 2014 Listening to BookRiot's "Reading Lives" podcast yesterday, I was struck by something essayist Ashley Ford said about a book (Roxane Gay's An Untamed State): "That novel broke me apart and put me back together..." It got me to thinking... that's what we're usually looking for when we pick up a book for the first time, isn't it? A book that can break our heart but then proceed to fix all of the heartbreaks we have suffered in our lives. For me, that book was

Bad Feminist by Roxane Gay I loved this book... even though I was made to feel like an unapologetic racist for enjoying myself some Quentin Tarantino and being moved by The Help. I actually had to hold off on reviewing Yellow Crocus because I no longer trusted that my thoughts on ANYTHING race-related wasn't racist. Gay made me question my own biases... so although I didn't necessarily agree with her views on some of these pieces of pop culture, she made me think. This wom

This week has been pretty much useless, blog-wise. And for that, I apologize. Because no one is willing to pay me to read books and watch Gilmore girls all day, I have a regular job that sends me to places like Tulsa, Oklahoma to schmooze clients. However, the Tulsa trip wasn't a total bust. In fact, it was totally awesome, because... I GOT TO MEET LORI FROM THE BROKE AND THE BOOKISH!!! Lori and I have been friendly for a little bit over Twitter and Facebook, but because I

To celebrate the infamous obligation feasts with Richard and Emily, I've decided to begin a weekly feature to talk about the cool shit I saw, the cool shit I did, the cool shit I read, the cool shit I posted over the week. Annnnnnd... go! Black, White & Read's Posts> Yellow House Books and book sale fun! Morning Coffee at Luke's Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday | Friday Top Ten Tuesday - Places Books Have Made You Want to Visit Livemore Library needs spell check Instaweek> [And