Singular Sensation (Review)

by Courtney Meunier | Mar 17, 2021 | Book Review, Bookish Blog, Featured, Nonfiction

By Michael Riedel Singular Sensation: The Triumph of Broadway (Review) A comprehensive guide to Broadway during the 90s, Singular Sensation is the well-researched and journalistic approach to the history and context of the big hits, from Sunset Boulevard to The...

Children of the Land Review

by Courtney Meunier | Dec 17, 2020 | Book Review, Bookish Blog, Featured, Nonfiction

By Marcello Hernandez Castillo Children of the Land (Review) Poetry made prose, Children of the Land is the memoir of a Mexican man growing up undocumented in America.  Metaphor-rich and vivid, the writing comes to life with themes of movement and belonging as the...

How We Fight For Our Lives

by Courtney Meunier | Aug 29, 2020 | Book Review, Bookish Blog, Nonfiction

By Saeed Jones How We Fight for Our Lives (Review) The raw and unflinching look into the life of a black, gay man growing up in America, How We fight for Our lives is, and will continue to be, an incredibly poignant story.  An award-winning essayist, Saeed Jones gives...

Smoke Gets in Your Eyes Audiobook Review

by Courtney Meunier | Jul 14, 2020 | Audiobook, Book Review, Bookish Blog, Featured, Nonfiction

By Caitlin Doughty Smoke Gets in your Eyes: and Other Lessons from the Crematory A must-read for anyone with a morbid sense of humor who has curiosities about death, Smoke Gets in Your Eyes is as educational and entertaining as it is just plain interesting.  Ever...

Maybe You Should Talk to Someone Review

by Courtney Meunier | Mar 20, 2020 | Book Review, Bookish Blog, Featured, Nonfiction

By Lori Gottlieb Maybe You Should Talk to Someone (Review) With my resolution to read more non-fiction, I hoped I would broaden my horizons, learn more, and perhaps find a few good works in the meanwhile. But, knowing how picky and specific I am in my tastes for the...

The Genius of Women ARC Review

by Courtney Meunier | Feb 18, 2020 | ARC, Book Review, Bookish Blog, Featured, Nonfiction

By Janice Kaplan The Genius of Women (ARC Review) As an investigation into women geniuses of history, why they’ve been so overshadowed by their male equivalents (and lesser thans), and the formula behind what makes a genius, I thought The Genius of Women may become...