Research and pleasure reading January-March:
Unrequited Infatuations by Stevie Van Zandt 









Music history, political insights, outsized ego
Valley of the Dolls by Jacqueline Susann 









Iconic once-a-decade must read
To Say Nothing of the Dog by Connie Willis 









Old school sci fi trip to the oversoul
In the Dream House by Carmen Maria Machado 









Had to reread this second-person parlor trick
Going There by Katie Couric 









Good-hearted, thorough autobiography
The Hiltons by J. Randy Taraborrelli 









Bloviating take on American dynasty
Be My Guest by Conrad N. Hilton 









My dad would love this gung ho memoir
My Story by Marilyn Monroe 









Heart-wrenching memoir of a shooting star
Wildflower by Drew Barrymore 









Thoughtfully wacky essay format memoir
The Last Lecture by Randy Pausch/ Jeffrey Zaslow 









Everything you heard is true
The Tinkerbell Hilton Diaries by Tinkerbell + D. Resi 







The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck by Mark Manson 









Buddhist non-attachment or whatever
Charlotte's Web by E. B. White 









Reread this classic to my daughter in awe of the great writing
Putting the Rabbit in the Hat by Brian Cox 









Theater history, great voice, massive ego
Shortcut Your Startup by Carter/ Courtney Reum 









Surprisingly moving business primer
We're Going to Need More Wine by Gabrielle Union 









Beautiful, insightful essay format memoir
Leaving Isn't the Hardest Thing by Lauren Hough 









Had to revisit and rethink these essays
Bossypants by Tina Fey 









The real real
The Girl with the Lower Back Tattoo by Amy Schumer 









Funny, intelligent, super candid memoir
The Gifts of Imperfection by Brené Brown 









Get out of my mind, Breneé Brown!
Gone to the Crazies by Alison Weaver 









Unsettling troubled teen memoir
Will by Will Smith + Mark Manson 











Erm...didn't age well
Run, Rose, Run by James Patterson + Dolly Parton 









Meh but I love Dolly!
The Wind's Twelve Quarters by Ursula K. Le Guin 









Yes, queen
Happy Accidents by Jane Lynch 









Workmanly celeb memoir
Girl Walks into a Bar by Rachel Dratch 









Workmanly celeb memoir
Blonde by Joyce Carol Oates 









Transcendent, stunning, wow, just kill me now writing
Our Eyes at Night 









Last Ghost book 3 made me want to revisit book 1
The Long Winter by Laura Ingalls Wilder 









Beloved once-a-decade comfort read
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