One of These Things First by Steven Gaines

A fellow bookgroup member whose taste I really trust read this, raved about it, and thought it would be something I would enjoy.  And enjoy I did!  This memoir of a young gay man who attempts suicide is oddly hilarious and tou...

 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 wa...

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 fa...

 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 lov...

H is for Hawk by Helen Macdonald

I love all animals. I'm the one saving spiders in danger of drowning with a conditioner bottleas 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 Domi...

 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 charac...

 Painted Horses by Malcolm Brooks

I read this book for the bookgroup I participate in at my favorite local indie.  The cover had me...not so sure this would be my jam.  This book made me realize just what kind of prejudices I have against watercolor covers on books. E...

 What is Not Yours is Not Yours by Helen Oyeyemi

I was so excited for Boy, Snow, Bird last year.  The cover alone gave me heart palpitations.  I seriously considered framing a copy and hanging it on a wall in my house.  And then... nah.  The concept of the story had me...

Mr. Penumbra's 24-Hour Bookstore by Robin Sloan 

As an out-and-proud dork, there is nothing I am happier to curl up with than a book about books.  And given that my current existential crisis basically consists of me screaming "GIVE ME A BOOK-RELATED JOB!" over and ove...

 Little Victories by Jason Gay

My husband came home a few weeks ago from one of those High School Musical "We're All in this Together"  corporate meetings where everyone is supposed to get all excited about the future of the company and blah blah blahbity blah.  If you...