Oh Daddy Chronicles 2: Return of Covfefe by Barry Robbins satirizes the 45th President of the United States, of whom the author is apparently not a fan. The ex-president has moved to Florida, but hasn’t changed a bit. Each chapter (Robbins calls them “episodes”) is...

Gorilla Tales: My Life as a Professional Primate by Donald McLeod is an award-winning, riveting, funny memoir about a Hollywood actor who's played gorillas in some of the biggest movies in recent memory. Maybe you've never thought of it, but someone is inside those ape...

Fornicationally Challenged is a work of memoir non-fiction by Judi Lee Goshen. When she discovers her husband of twenty years was a serial adulterer, Judi realizes her twenty-year marriage is over. Now she faces a new chapter in her life as a single woman. As...

Anarchy in High Heels: A Memoir by Denise Larson is an intriguing, humorous, poignant dive into the origins of modern female comedy and friendship, beginning in the early 1970s with bra-burning and the demand for equal rights and footing. This memoir begins with a dip...

Dancing and Other Problems: A Very 2020 Sketchbook is a collection of sketches combined and organized into a book by Norville Parchment. Norville is a Portland artist in the field of user experience and visual design. During the Covid-19 pandemic that shook the whole...

Memoir of a Nerd: Humorous Essays and Short Stories by Hank Mancini is a hilarious memoir that made me think about the fun, carefree moments of my childhood, formative years, and early adult life when it was not considered abuse to prank people. This book...

My Shorts: Brief Scenes from My Early Life; A Collection of Personal Essays by Brian Kagan gave me a feeling of nostalgia as I listened to the author’s life story and the lessons he learned as he grew up. This collection takes readers back into...

You're Joking: Become an Expert Joke-Teller by Tom E. Moffatt is a 186-page book for kids on how to tell jokes. This book piqued my interest because it didn’t look like a book that simply told jokes to kids. It actually teaches them how to...

Because Japan, billed as "a tell-all memoir of life in Tokyo", by Ash Watson relates the experiences of an English ex-pat living in Japan for a period of two years (2016 to 2018) during which he taught at a reputable private high school, as well...

First Date Stories: Women’s Romantic and Ridiculous Midlife Adventures by Jodi Klein is a non-fiction collection of experiences aimed at cementing solidarity and reinforcing sisterhood from within the ranks of the post-forty dating scene. All told, there are nearly a dozen moments that Klein puts...