I Read a Book: "Holidays on Ice" by David Sedaris

As I continue my quest to do more than just watch TV and look at the Internet I read another book! Holidays on Ice by David Sedaris was recommended to me by my friend and super reader Sheila and was a perfect little dip into holiday dysfunction. It was my first venture into the works [...]

In Cased You Missed It: Skyping With Oprah

I promise this will be the last-ish mention of it, but Carolyn and I actually talked to Oprah last night during her webcast for her book club selection Say You’re One of Them by Uwem Akpan. Here’s our part of the webcast in case you missed it last night! If the video doesn’t play you [...]

We’re Skyping with Oprah Tonight!

So… really exciting news to report! Carolyn and I will be Skyping in with Oprah tonight during her webcast for her book club selection Say You’re One of Them by Uwem Akpan. Watch the video for an explanation and tune in info: You can watch the webcast tonight from 9-10:30pm EST by visiting Oprah.com/bookclubevent. Let [...]

Kathy Griffin Shares Her Favorite Books

In a desperate plee to sell more copies of her book Official Book Club Selection: A Memoir According to Kathy Griffin the comedienne walks us through the aisle of a Borders book store talking about her favorite literary options. The highlight is the unplanned funny moment around the 4:00 min mark. Although I haven’t bought [...]

I Read a Book: "My Horizontal Life: A Collection of One-Night Stands" by Chelsea Handler

After many recommendations from friends and readers I decided to pick up Chelsea Handler‘s book My Horizontal Life: A Collection of One-Night Stands for my trip to the beach last week. Everyone said it is a fun, easy read and they were absolutely right. I finished the whole thing in just a few days and [...]

I Read a Book: "Apathy and Other Smally Victories" by Paul Neilan

Look, ma! I read another book! This one has been sitting on my shelf for almost two years and I finally finished it. I picked up Paul Neilan‘s book Apathy and Other Small Victories in the airport bookstore after noticing the unusual cover art (judging a book by its cover is helpful sometimes!) and decided [...]

I Read a Book: "Sellevision" by Augusten Burroughs

Don’t judge me, but ever since I mistakenly received a book for Christmas and successfully read it I have really been trying hard to engage in the one form of media I have always avoided: Books. I enlisted the help of a few people to assist me in finding reading material that I might actually [...]

I Read a Book: "I Was Told There’d Be Cake" by Sloane Crosley

So, I’m reading a book. I know, right? Who does that? I didn’t even want this book, but my mom insists that it was on my Amazon.com wish list (it wasn’t.) The only thing remotely close to literature that I had asked for was a giant picture book of animals, so when one of my [...]

"Creature" by Andrew Zuckerman

For Christmas this year I received two new giant books to add to my coffee table collection. Both are from photographer and filmmaker Andrew Zuckerman. The first book is called “Wisdom” and features portraits and interviews with 50 well-known older folks sharing their life’s wisdom with the world. Clint Eastwood, Judy Dench, Madeleine Albright and [...]