THE SOCIETY OF SHAME – Jane Roper

The average menstrual cycle lasts 28 days. Jane Roper’s upcoming release, The Society of Shame (Anchor Books, anticipated release date 4/4/2023) primarily takes place over the course of 28 days, and opens with a perimenopausal woman, Kathleen Held, finding her husband, who is running for US Senate, on the front lawn in his underwear, withContinue reading “THE SOCIETY OF SHAME – Jane Roper”

THE LUST LIZARD OF MELANCHOLY COVE – Christopher Moore

I’m no stranger to Christopher Moore and his ridiculously outrageous tall tales – he is one of a handful of authors who can make me donkey laugh out loud while reading, even in public.  Shoot, just his titles give me a chuckle.  (Island of the Sequined Love Nun, Lamb: The Gospel According to Biff, Christ’sContinue reading “THE LUST LIZARD OF MELANCHOLY COVE – Christopher Moore”

Mishna Wolff – I’m Down

This review has been a long time coming.  Law school gets in the way of fun things.  My apologies.  Of all the books of 2010 (which weren’t nearly as many as I would have liked), I’d recommend I’m Down the most.  Well, I’m Down and God of the Animals.  Mishna Wolff’s childhood memoir is brilliant. Continue reading “Mishna Wolff – I’m Down”