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Why Not Me? by Mindy Kaling

14 Wednesday Oct 2015

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My next pick is going to be Mindy Kaling’s new memoir/essays “Why not me?”. It comes out today.  I absolutely loved her last book “Is everyone hanging out without me?”, which I listened to on CD (read by the author, even better). If anyone is a fan of her comedy TV writing (The Office, The Mindy Project), this new book is a must-read. Her writing is very funny, sweet and honest.

“…insightful personal essays from one of Hollywood’s cleverest writers… Intrepid and often irreverent, Kaling humbly probes her own triumphs and defeats with laugh-out-loud results”. —Kirkus Reviews

“Kaling has written a second book that’s funnier, sharper and more confident than her 2011 collection of personal essays and pop culture riffs called Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me? (And Other Concerns).  Even the title of that initial effort implied that Kaling was trying to find her place; the tone of this new one announces that she’s found it and is more than comfortable inviting people to spend time with her there.”—Washington Post

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Novel Destinations: Literary Landmarks from Jane Austen’s Bath to Ernest Hemingway’s Key West by Shannon McKenna Schmidt and Joni Rendon

24 Friday Oct 2014

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9781426202773_p0_v1_s114x166Don’t leave home without this book!  It includes descriptions of author’s houses and museums in the United States and abroad, literary festivals and tours, as well as literary places to lodge, dine and drink.  Imagine yourself in the French Quarter of New Orleans, watching the Stella Shouting Contest (Tennessee William’s Streetcar Named Desire) and then stepping down the street to a bookstore in the Faulkner house (Faulkner House Books) followed by rest and refreshment at the Hotel Monteleone, a favorite of Eudora Welty and Truman Capote.

“Want to explore more than 500 literary landmarks without leaving your living room? Then pull up an armchair and pick up a copy of Novel Destinations. “—Tampa Tribune
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One Summer: America, 1927 by Bill Bryson

05 Friday Sep 2014

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This was my first time reading Bill Bryson, and now I can’t wait to try one of his other books. This work of non-fiction is incredibly interesting, focusing on a memorable summer in American history. Bryson reveals a series of major events that happened in 1927, including the flight that made Charles Lindbergh famous, Babe Ruth’s amazing season in baseball, presidential politics, and more. The book contains so many stories and facts, and they’re all told in a funny, engaging style.

“Bryson is a marvelous historian, not only exhaustively accurate, but highly entertaining. If you avoid textbook histories because they seem too dry, pick up One Summer, or any other of Mr. Bryson’s books. They are intelligent delights.” —The Huffington Post

 “A wonderful romp . . . . Fascinating. . . . Written in a style as effervescent as the time itself.” —The New York Times Book Review

“Addictively readable.” —The Wall Street Journal

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