memoir

No 379 The Night of the Gun by David Carr

Before his untimely death in 2015, David Carr was an acclaimed journalist, editor and culture correspondent for the New York Times. Ta-Nehisi Coates claimed that he owed his writing career to Carr’s support and Carr is often credited as the man who launched Lena Dunham thanks to his championing of the original script of Girls.…

Short Nonfiction: The Cost of Living by Deborah Levy #NovNov #NonFicNov

No 410 Speedbumps by Teri Garr Book 11 of #20booksofsummer21

I am a sucker for a Hollywood memoir and have long been a fan of the wonderful Teri Garr, who I think is one of the best comic actors to have come out of Hollywood. I was keen to read her autobiography for more personal reasons as she has MS, which I too have, and…

Thin Places by Kerri ní Dochartaigh #readingirelandmonth21

Walking with Ghosts by Gabriel Byrne #readingirelandmonth21

Catching up with two mini reviews!

This has been the strangest month and I still haven’t managed to get myself organised to review and blog properly at all! Could I really still have a blogging hangover from all that work in March? I have been reading as much as ever, but my planning hasn’t been great and I have missed the…