Lose Yourself in the World of Books
A Guide for Occupants After I didn't love The Road to Little Dribbling, I wanted to give Bill Bryson another shot. My mom had enjoyed A Short History of Nearly Everything, so I thought I might try one of his more science minded books instead of another travel one. Synopsis From the publisher marketing:Bill Bryson… Continue reading The Body by Bill Bryson
(In the Best Possible Way) How do I love Jenny? Let me count the ways... Synopsis From the publisher marketing:As Jenny Lawson's hundreds of thousands of fans know, she suffers from depression. In Broken, she explores her experimental treatment of transcranial magnetic stimulation with brutal honesty. But also with brutal humor. Jenny discusses the frustration of… Continue reading Broken by Jenny Lawson
Face Your Fears and Unleash Creativity Happy 2020 everyone! This is one of the last books I read in 2019 and, as I failed to write a single review in December, I'm playing a little bit of catch-up. I also haven't yet finished a book in 2020, so a December book it shall be! Synopsis… Continue reading Embrace Your Weird by Felicia Day
Every year at the bookstore I work at, I have everyone choose a few books from the year to highlight as their top gift choices, as well as a selection of backpack backlist titles for our annual Jolabokaflod display (Jolabokaflod post will be next week). Below are my eight choices for the holidays with their… Continue reading Holiday Gift Picks
Absurd Scientific Advice for Common Real-World Problems As I loved Randall's first book, What If?, when an advance copy of the follow up How To became available, I jumped at the chance to read it. Synopsis From the Inside Flap:For any task might want to do, there's a right way, a wrong way, and a… Continue reading How To by Randall Munroe
How Empowering Women Changes the World In my new audiobook app, Libro.fm, as a bookseller I get advanced listening copies which is AMAZING! As I will pretty much only listen to nonfiction, I was sorting through my stockpiled titles one night before bed and came across The Moment of Lift which seemed like a good… Continue reading The Moment of Lift by Melinda Gates
Why Generalists Triumph in a Specialized World In March I attended my first book buyer's retreat and was grumbling about the fact that all the publishers were sending me fiction books - didn't they know that some book buyers really prefer nonfiction? Until, finally, the last book arrived before I made my way up to… Continue reading Range by David Epstein
No F*cks Given #4 How to Control What You Can and Accept What you Can't So You Can Stop Freaking Out and Get On with Your Life I've always been a worrier, and in my adult life was diagnosed with anxiety and suffer from panic attacks. But, I try to find books to help me… Continue reading Calm the Fuck Down by Sarah Knight
Notes on Growing Up, Getting Older, and Trusting Your Gut I begged and begged our publisher rep for an advance copy of this book because I loved Who Thought This was a Good Idea? And when she didn't send one, I was devastated, but of course, still read it when it arrived on the shelves for sale!… Continue reading So Here’s the Thing… by Alyssa Mastromonaco
You're Better Than Your Mess As my husband and I have started house hunting and I may have a bit of a... collecting problem, I figured it was high time I got my butt in gear and started working on developing useful and effective cleaning and organizing habits! Synopsis From the Back CoverFinally, a housekeeping… Continue reading Unf*ck Your Habitat by Rachel Hoffman
Celebration of Books 