Back when shopping at a bookstore in a small town was a standard thing to do, I walked by The World According to Star Wars a few times …
Books
Former MTV VJ Dave Holmes Wrote A Book!
Former MTV JV (remember those?) Dave Holmes sells himself short in his own memoir. I’m not sure if he is trying to be humble, or downplay …
“Bad Blood” Demonstrates The Power Of Good Journalism
When my friend Stephanie suggested I read Bad Blood, the true story and number one National Bestseller about the meteoric rise and fall of …
Coronavirus: Observations + Realizations
In the newspaper business, you don’t write about a topic that has been incessantly covered unless there is a different angle or something …
The First Collection Of Criticism By A Living Female Rock Critic
While author Jessica Hopper is definitely a sharp writer, she is more than a rock critic. Her subjects encompass a variety of genres …
The Ride of A Lifetime: Lessons Learned From The CEO Of Disney
In sentence one of chapter one, Robert Iger makes it clear that his book is not a memoir – but in a lot of ways it is because it chronicles …
Daisy Jones & The Six
When my friend Nina, who is an avid reader, told me I would love this book about a fictional 1970s rock band I have to admit that I didn’t …
Rob Lowe – Stories I Only Tell My Friends
From the beginning of the book – literally line one in the Introduction – it is clear that Rob Lowe has a complicated but loving …
Retta: So Close to Being the Sh*t Y’all Don’t Even Know
Just the title indicates exactly what this book is going to be like. Retta is raw, funny, and if you’ve ever seen her act, you can hear her …
