sexual assault survivor – Reading While Fat

The Frozen River

The Frozen River (2023) by Ariel Lawhon (2024 Goodreads Choice Nominee for Reader’s Favorite Historical Fiction) was a recent book group choice, and I’m so glad that it was. Although I love historical fiction, I might not have gotten to it as quickly if it hadn’t been a book group choice. And it has theContinue reading “The Frozen River”

Not My Type: One Woman vs. a President

Book cover for Not My Type by E. Jean Carroll, featuring the author, a white woman with a blonde bob, wearing a white turtleneck and black blazer, crossing her arms and smiling. She's wearing dark sunglasses.

Sometimes I’m in the mood for a voyeuristic memoir, looking over someone else’s shoulder into their life. Not My Type: One Woman vs. a President (2025) by E. Jean Carroll met that mood completely! E. Jean narrates the audiobook herself, which is a treat. She begins with being deposed in the first civil suit sheContinue reading “Not My Type: One Woman vs. a President”

The Book of Etta

The Book of Etta (2017) by Meg Elison is the second book in The Road to Nowhere series, which begins with The Book of the Unnamed Midwife. We meet Etta/ Eddy, a daughter of Nowhere, the town the Unnamed had come to after her long journey. Etta goes by Eddy when she is out raiding,Continue reading “The Book of Etta”