Reviews

Days Like This: Good Writers on Bad Luck, Bum Deals, and Other Torments by Janice Cooke-Newman, Joyce Maynard, Novella Carpenter, Jonathan Evison, Michelle Richmond, Anne Lamott, Lavinia Spalding, Chloe Caldwell, Wendy Spero, Caroline Paul, Megan Daum, Mary Roach, Rachel Levin, Chris Collins, Scott McClanahan, Brian Doyle, Peter Hoffmeister, Kathryn Ma, Rich Black, Bonnie Tsui, Yiyun Li, James Patterson, Samantha Schoech

polkadotbot's review

4.0

These are fun, quick little essays that I read mostly in one night. With any collection, there will always be some much better than others, but overall it's worthy of reading.

railyuhreads's review

3.0

3.5 -- entirely readable but not amazingly compelling, though there are a few gems in the bunch

heypretty52's review

3.0

I'm not going to finish this book. These essays break my rule of non-fiction teaching or inspiring, and I also feel like they're bringing me down. Moving right along.