It’s not often that I don’t want to finish a book. Even when I love a book, I’m usually satisfied with the conclusion and happy to check it off the list and start another (hopefully also wonderful) book. But I did not want to reach the last page of The Dead Ladies Project by Jessa Crispin.… Continue reading The Dead Ladies Project by Jessa Crispin
Tag: memoir
Just Kids by Patti Smith
This month I re-read (via the audiobook) Just Kids by Patti Smith. It moved me profoundly when I first read it in 2011, and I wanted to revisit it before her follow up memoir, M Train, is published next month. I didn’t write a review back when I first read it, so I thought I’d share… Continue reading Just Kids by Patti Smith
Inklings by Jeffrey Koterba
Title: Inklings Author: Jeffrey Koterba Published: 2009 My edition: Houghton Mifflin Hardcover 2009 Borrowed From: Hoboken Public Library Pages: 264 Synopsis (from Strand): Political cartoonist Jeffrey Koterba grew up as an awkward twitchy child, his body bursting with the same unsettling nervous tics as his father–a talented musician whose dreams of fame had faded leaving… Continue reading Inklings by Jeffrey Koterba