Top Ten: Authors I Read for the First Time in 2015

Top Ten Tuesday is a weekly meme hosted at The Broke and the Bookish. This week's theme was authors I read for the first time in 2015. Some of these authors had been on my radar before the start of the year, and then some of them popped up along with whatever book I ultimately …

Five Favorite: Memoirs by Women

"Five Favorite" is a feature on thewasofshall where I lay out my five favorite "x". Sometimes they're relevant to a season or holiday, mostly they're not. It's an all-around fun excuse to give my 100% amazingly awesome opinion. To see previous (and future) topics, click here. To participate, scroll all the way down. For Women's …

Review: Yes Please by Amy Poehler

Title: Yes Please Author: Amy Poehler Rating: ★★★★ Summary: A collection of stories, thoughts, ideas, lists, and haiku from the mind of one of our most beloved entertainers, Yes Please offers Amy Poehler's thoughts on everything from her “too safe” childhood outside of Boston to her early days in New York City, her ideas about …