Teacher's Gotta Dance by Philip M. Fishman

Stars: *** 1/2 Createspace (2010) Memoir 200 pages Summary: At 66, Philip Fishman decides he wants to become a teacher. This is the story o...

C'mon Papa: Dispatches From a Dad in the Dark by Ryan Knighton

Stars: ***** Knopf Canada, a division of Random House (2010) Nonfiction: Memoir/Biography/Parenting 272 pages Summary: C'mon Papa is Rya...

Confessions of a GP: a year of life, death & earwax by Dr. Benjamin Daniels

Stars:***** HarperCollins UK (2010) Adult Nonfiction/Memoir 336 pages Summary : A woman troubled by pornographic dreams about Tom Jones. An ...

Guest Review: Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother by Amy Chua

While not intended to be a parenting manual, Yale Law School professor Amy Chua's memoir, focusing on her trials and travails of motheri...

Speed Reviews - Mental Illness Memoirs

Some more really old reviews that just never got done. They are short since it's been a while but if the book sounds interesting, check ...

The Chimp Who Loved Me And Other Slightly Naughty Tales of a Life With Animals by Annie Greer & Tim Vandehey

Stars: ***** Diva Press (2010) 215 pages 20% of sales go to the ASPCA! Summary: The Chimp Who Loved Me is a collection of true stories from ...

You Better Not Cry by Augusten Burroughs

Stars: **** St. Martin's Press (2009) 224 pages Summary: You’ve eaten too much candy at Christmas…but have you ever eaten the face off a...

The Psychiatrist Who Cured the Scientologist by Aaron David Gottfried

Stars: **** Pandora Press (2008) Memoir Summary: S tep inside the misunderstood world of mental illness and the underground secrets of Scien...

Everything Sucks: Losing My Mind and Finding Myself in a High School Quest for Cool by Hannah Friedman

Stars: ***** HCI Teens (2009) Teen Nonfiction (Memoir) 264 pages Summary: Hannah Friedman's life sucks. So she sets out to change it. Af...

I Am Nujood, Age 10 and Divorced by Nujood Ali with Delphine Minoui

Stars: ***** Three Rivers Press (2010) - division of Random House Memoir 188 pages Summary: Nujood is married off at age 10 to a man three ...

The Boy Who Harnessed The Wind by William Kamkwamba and Bryan Mealer

Stars: ***** Summary: The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind is the immensely engaging and inspiring true account of an enterprising African teenage...

Short Review of Many Books

I don't like doing this because I feel I owe a full review to those who sent me books to review but I read these all months ago and got ...

Indigo Awakening; A Doctors Memoir of Forging an Authentic Life in a Turbulent World by Dr. Janine Talty, DO

This review is part of a book tour with Pump Up Your Book Promotion. Tomorrow SMS Book Reviews will be featuring a Guest Post by the author!...

[Guest Review] Ambulance Girl: How I Saved Myself by Becoming an EMT by Jane Stern

*This review is by Sarah at Puss Reboots* Jane Stern is a contributing editor for Gourmet magazine. She's also a volunteer EMT. She...

The Diving-Bell and the Butterfly by Jean-Dominique Bauby

Stars: ***1/2 Summary: This is the amazing story of Jean-Dominique Bauby, editor-in-chief of French Elle magazine and the father of two chil...