Category: Memoir

Book Review: The Unexpected Sp..

Posted February 20, 2020 by Alana in Book Reviews, Memoir, Non Fiction / 0 Comments

Purchase Links The Unexpected Spy Tracy Walder & Jessica Anya Blau Genre: Nonfiction | Memoir Published: February 25, 2020 (St. Martin’s Press) A highly entertaining account of a young woman who went straight from her college sorority to the CIA, where she hunted terrorists and WMDs When Tracy Walder enrolled at the University of Southern California, she never thought that one day she would offer her pink beanbag chair in the Delta Gamma house to a CIA recruiter, or that […]

ARC Review: Jet Girl by Caroli..

Posted December 7, 2019 by Alana in Book Reviews, Memoir, Non Fiction / 1 Comment

Alternating between her time in the Naval Academy and later flight school to her deployment, Caroline Johnson gives readers a glimpse at the rigorous mental and physical training that all pilots undergo with special emphasis on those that fly jets. I thoroughly enjoyed Caroline’s story telling and watching hearing about her growth into an accomplished service member in spite of adversity. As a military spouse with girlfriends in the military, I have heard a number of stories that confirm the […]

ARC Review: Naturally Tan by T..

Posted June 4, 2019 by Alana in Book Reviews, Memoir, Non Fiction / 2 Comments

Naturally Tan Tan France Genre: Memoir / Essay Collection Published: May 14, 2019 Rating: In this heartfelt, funny, touching memoir, Tan France, star of Netflix’s smash-hit QUEER EYE, tells his origin story for the first time. With his trademark wit, humor, and radical compassion, Tan reveals what it was like to grow up gay in a traditional Muslim family, as one of the few people of color in Doncaster, England. He illuminates his winding journey of coming of age, finding […]