Book Review: No Crystal Stair
No Crystal Stair: A Documentary Novel of the Life and Work of Lewis Michaux, Harlem Bookseller by Vaunda Micheaux Nelson is a fictional account of the life of Lewis Michaux,...
Feb 18, 2012 0 2 min read
Nonfiction
Book Review: Fatherhood
I finished Fatherhood by Bill Cosby last week, but I didn't really know how to review it aside from saying Bill Cosby is great! I love him! He looks just like my grandpa (RIP,...
Mini book reviews: November and December
I am currently eight (!) books behind on reviews, so it's time for some mini-reviews, yes? Yes. The Daily Show's Five Questions from Comedy Central: Back when Craig Kilborn...
Book Review: Bossypants
By the second week, I realized what made this experience so fun and different. For the first time ever, I was performing in front of an audience that wanted to see me....
Mini Reviews: September
September was not a great month for books for me. I read quite a few, but none made that big of an impression, so it was hard to get motivated to blog about them, especially...
Mini Book Reviews: August
I spent most of August grading. Grading, grading, grading. Every time someone asked me what I was doing, the answer was grading. Grading! Then, once grading was done, I spent...
Book Review: What Did I Do Wrong?
It happens without warning and it hits you with devastating force. Your closest girlfriend…stops calling you or seeing you. She has decided for whatever reason to move on with...
Book Review: Peace from Broken Pieces
To be a good fighter, you have to be stripped down to nothing. A fighter is trained to forget what they know and who they are outside of the ring. Once a fighter is stripped...
Mini Reviews: A Mish Mash
Magic Under Glass by Jaclyn Dolamore: I really liked this book. The premise is...different: a showgirl is plucked from obscurity to sing with a wealthy...