Running Free

A book review of Running Free: My Battle With Anorexia by Rebecca Quinlan Stars: ***** SRL Publishing (2022)Eating Disorders330 pages Disclosure: I received a copy of this book in exchange for an honest review. This post contains affiliate links. Summary: From Olympic hopeful to hours away from death, a harrowing yet inspirational true story of… Read More »

Hidden Valley Road

A book review of Hidden Valley Road: Inside the Mind of An American Family by Robert Kolker Stars: ***** Doubleday (2020)Memoir>Schizophrenia400 pages Disclosure: This post contains affiliate links. Summary: The heartrending story of a midcentury American family with twelve children, six of them diagnosed with schizophrenia, that became science’s great hope in the quest to… Read More »

Seeing Eye Girl

A book review of Seeing Eye Girl: A Memoir of Madness, Resilience, and Hope by Beverly J. Armento Stars: ***** She Writes Press (2022)Memoir286 pages Disclosure: I received a copy of this book in exchange for an honest review. This post contains affiliate links. Summary: As the “Seeing Eye Girl” for her blind, artistic, and… Read More »

But, He Spit in My Coffee

A book review of But, He Spit in My Coffee: a reads-like-fiction memoir about adopting a child with Reactive Attachment Disorder (RAD) by Keri Williams Stars: ***** Independently Published (2022)Memoir327 pages Disclosure: I received a copy of this book in exchange for an honest review. This post contains affiliate links. Summary: The gripping and heart… Read More »

The Brainy Bunch

A book review The Brainy Bunch: The Harding Family’s Method to College Ready by Age Twelve by Kip and Mona Lisa Harding Stars: **** Gallery Books (2020)Memoir>Homeschooling248 pages Disclosure: This post contains affiliate links. Summary: Having six out of ten kids go to college is no small feat on its own, but having six kids… Read More »

A Game Maker’s Life

A book review of A Game Maker’s Life: A Hall of Fame Game Inventor and Executive Tells the Inside Story of the Toy Industry by Jeffrey Breslow with Cynthia Beebe Stars: ***** Post Hill Press (2022)Memoirs232 pages Disclosure: I received a copy of this book in exchange for an honest review. This post contains affiliate… Read More »

Blooming

A book review of Blooming: Finding Gifts in the Shit of Life by Carrington Smith Stars: **** Lioncrest Publishing (2021)Memoir228 pages Disclosure: I received a copy of the book in exchange for an honest review. This post contains affiliate links. Summary: Are you a little too comfortable with self-loathing? Tired of feeling like you are… Read More »