About the book The Jesus Cow Hardcover: 304 pages Publisher: Harper (May 19, 2015) The New York Times bestselling humorist Michael Perry makes his fiction debut with this hilarious and bighearted tale—a comic yet sincere exploration of faith in the face of the modern world. Life is suddenly full of drama for low-key Harley Jackson: […]
Visting Tom Michael Perry Product Description (from Amazon.com): Tuesdays with Morrie meets Bill Bryson in Visiting Tom, another witty, poignant, and stylish paean to living in New Auburn, Wisconsin, from Michael Perry. The author of Population: 485, Coop, and Truck: A Love Story, Perry takes us along on his uplifting visits with his octogenarian neighbor […]
Coop: a Year of Poultry, Pigs, and Parenting Michael Perry Harper, 368 pages Get it from Amazon >> I wasn’t going to post any kind of review of Coop here, but I love Michael Perry’s writing so much that I couldn’t not. In this, the third of his collection of memoirs about his adult life […]
Truck: a Love Story by Michael Perry Harper Perennial, 320 pages Get it from Amazon >> Several days ago in this blog, I mentioned that I had an “author crush” on Michael Perry. I’m currently reading his most recent book, Coop which will be reviewed over at All Things Girl, but I wanted to make […]
I tend to read the same way most people approach a dip bar – several repetitions of one author (or, um, exercise) and then a rest. In plainer language, I mean that when I find an author whose work I like, I read everything they’ve written, as quickly as possible, in succession, and then move […]
I read Population 485 fairly recently. In fact, I’d meant to post a real review of this memoir about a man returning to his Wisconsin roots just before we got the call to race to Iowa. If slimming pills can be found in the form of movies depicting the bloody brutality of mass produced meat, […]
House Broken, by Sonja Yoerg The Divorce Diet, by Ellen Hawley Dreaming Spies, by Laurie R. King After the War is Over, by Jennifer Robson Island Fog, by John Vanderslice All That Glitters, by Michael Murphy One Step Too Far, by Tina Seskis Veronica Mars: Mr. Kiss and Tell, by Rob Thomas Star Trek – […]
Perfect, by Rachel Joyce – review The Reckless Engineer, by Jac Wright – review The Howling Heart, by April Bostic – review Billionaire Blend, by Cleo Coyle – review The Seduction of Miriam Cross, by W.A. Tyson – review Lethal Inheritance, by Tahlia Newland – review Secrets and Lies (Cassie Scot book two), by Christine […]
I realize that we’re still a full week away from Cyber Monday, but just in case you have a voracious reader on your list, I wanted to share twelve books I’ve read during the past year, that I think everyone should consider reading, too. These are not ranked, merely listed with the most recently-read titles […]
On Thursday, June 10th, Booking through Thursday asked: Do signed copies excite you? Tempt you? Delight you? Or does it not matter to you? While there are a few authors of whom I am truly a fan, and not just a mere reader, I’m not the type to wait in line all night, so I […]