Books
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Books I read in 2024
I have to have something to read. Always. One of my friends reminded me recently that she’s seen me turn to reading a menu when there were no books to be found. “I could have given you a manual for a Cuisinart, and you would have read it,” she chided. Continue reading
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Luster: A Book Review of Sorts
For the last year I’ve been participating in a book club. Normally I’d roll my eyes at that kind of activity, but with our first book being “My Sister, the Serial Killer” by Oyinkan Braithwaite, paired with the boredom and loneliness of pandemic life, this book club couldn’t have been a better fit. A few Continue reading
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Book Review: Townie
A few weeks ago I finished reading a memoir called Townie by Andre Dubus III, author of House of Sand and Fog. Townie was a powerful book on multiple levels; it was raw and visceral, heartbreaking, and utterly inspiring to me as a writer. Townie is a story of what it’s like to grow up poor, nearly Continue reading
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Review: Another Bullshit Night In Suck City
I just finished reading a charming, heart-warming book that couldn’t have been more perfect for the Christmas season. It’s called Another Bullshit Night In Suck City by Nick Flynn. Continue reading
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Book Review: “The Sex Lives of Cannibals”
I recently finished reading a great book called “The Sex Lives of Cannibals: Adrift In the Equatorial Pacific” by J. Maarten Troost. This book, which is sort of a travelogue-meets-memoir about a guy who travels to “the end of the world” with his girlfriend and lives there for two years, had me laughing out loud Continue reading
atoll definition, Beastie Boys, Beastie Boys Gratitude, boogie boarding in the Pacific Ocean, FSPK, Gettin Stoned with Savages, I-Matang, J. Maarten Troost, Kiribati, La Boheme, La Macarena, Miles Davis Kind of Blue, Nirvana Lithium, Tarawa, The Foundation for the Peoples of the South Pacific, The Sex Lives of Cannibals -
Book Review: Lit
This past weekend I finished reading a memoir called “Lit” by Mary Karr. I bought it the first week I moved to Atlanta at an independent bookstore called Blue Elephant Book Shop in downtown Decatur. I was browsing the memoir/biography section when the one-word title caught my eye. I read the back and then flipped Continue reading
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Broetry
It probably won’t come as much of a surprise to you to learn that I hate bros. With their Sperry Topsiders, obnoxious pink Lacoste polo shirts with the collars flipped, and Widespread Panic tickets. And if I hear “Don’t Stop Believing” shittily sung at karaoke one more time, I will jump up on stage and Continue reading
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My Life in Atlanta: Week One
Big changes in the life of Sarah this week. Allow me to recap: On Monday I started a paid internship at Continue reading
What Sarah Said 