Ep. #153 — In Their Own Words: Memoirs

In today’s episode, Jill is joined by Melissa, Megan, and Briana to talk about a genre they all love: memoirs! From celebrity memoirs like Eddie Izzard’s “Believe Me” to a behind-the-scenes peek at the romance publishing business with “Romance Is My Day Job” by Patience Bloom to the difficult but necessary books of kidnapping survivors like Elizabeth Smart and Jaycee Dugard, this episode has a little bit of everything for readers. 

Books Mentioned In Today’s Episode

From cradle to stage by Virginia Hanlon Grohl

I Can’t Make This Up by Kevin hart

The Awkward Thoughts of W. Kamau Bell by W. Kamau Bell

Theft by Finding by David Sedaris

Holidays on Ice by David Sedaris

Yes, Please by Amy Poehler

Believe Me by Eddie Izzard

Vacationland by John Hodgman

Redefining Realness by Janet Mock

Surpassing Certainty by Janet Mock

Spoiler Alert by Michael Ausiello

Wishful Drinking by Carrie Fisher

The Princess Diarist by Carrie Fisher

The Keys by DJ Kahlad

Born a Crime by Trevor Noah

Hillbilly Elegy by JD Vance

Morgue by Vince DiMaio

Smoke Gets In Your Eyes by Caitlin Doughtey

From Here to Eternity by Caitlin Doughtey

Romance Is My Day Job by Patience Bloom

Crack the Cube by Ian Scheffler

I Will Find You by Joanna Connors

A Stolen Life by Jaycee Dugard

My Story by Elizabeth Smart

Hope by Gina DeJesus and Amanda Berry

The Happiness Project by Gretchen Rubin

When Breath Becomes Air by Paul Kalanithi

On Writing by Stephen King

Growing Up Fisher by Joely Fisher

North by Scott Jurek

Unqualified by Anna Faris

What Happened by Hillary Rodham Clinton

Hunger by Roxane Gay

We Were Eight Years In Power by Ta-Nehisi Coates

Between the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi Coates 

Promise Me, Dad by Joe Biden

The Giant of the Senate by Al Franken

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