Book Reviews & Recommendations
Quick verdict: A funny, upbeat guide that reframes ADHD with compassion and practical nudges. Great for newly diagnosed adults, partners, and teachers who want encouragement plus entry level tools. Less ideal if you want deep clinical guidance, broad spectrum representation, or strategies […]
Rating: ★★★☆☆ (3/5) Kyle Prue’s How to Piss Off Men: 106 Things to Say to Shatter the Male Ego is as bold and unapologetic as its title suggests. Marketed as a quick-witted handbook for calling out toxic masculinity, it promises over a […]
Lucinda Berry, bestselling author of The Perfect Child and The Secrets of Us, returns with another dark psychological thriller, Under Her Care. Set in a small Alabama town simmering with secrets and suspicion, this story digs deep into the disturbing intersection of […]
Lucinda Berry, a former clinical psychologist and leading researcher in childhood trauma, brings her expertise vividly to life in The Secrets of Us. This gripping psychological thriller dives deep into the fragile bond between two foster sisters whose shared past refuses to […]
Zoe Thorogood’s graphic memoir is part diary, part performance, and part mirror that refuses to soften what it reflects. Framed as six months in which the artist writes a book about writing the book, it spirals through depression, anxiety, impostor syndrome, and […]
Ina Garten’s Modern Comfort Food promises exactly what the title says: cozy dishes that feel familiar, with the flavor turned up and the stress turned down. The Barefoot Contessa leans into nostalgia and gathers 85 recipes that run from party nibbles to […]
Ashley C. Ford’s Somebody’s Daughter is one of those rare memoirs that feel both intensely personal and universally resonant. With lyrical honesty and emotional precision, Ford tells the story of her coming-of-age as a poor Black girl in Indiana, growing up under […]
RuPaul has long been an icon of transformation. From his early days in underground drag clubs to becoming an international superstar, producer, and cultural trailblazer, his name is synonymous with reinvention. In The House of Hidden Meanings, RuPaul turns his lens inward, […]
In Group: How One Therapist and a Circle of Strangers Saved My Life, Christie Tate invites readers into the most intimate corners of her psyche, offering a memoir that is equal parts confessional, shocking, and deeply vulnerable. The book chronicles her experience […]
Barbara Demick has a rare talent for turning complex geopolitics into intimate human stories. In Daughters of the Bamboo Grove: From China to America, a True Story of Abduction, Adoption, and Separated Twins, she applies her reporter’s eye to one family caught […]