XOXOJK 50: Books, Sex, and Baseball

I bet you didn’t think I was going to say ‘books’ after ‘the best pastime of them all’… This week, we put on our word-nerd pants, and dive in to some real talk about the best brain food of all: BOOKS! Dirty books, funny books, books that make you laugh AND cry (we’re looking at […]

I bet you didn’t think I was going to say ‘books’ after ‘the best pastime of them all’…

This week, we put on our word-nerd pants, and dive in to some real talk about the best brain food of all: BOOKS! Dirty books, funny books, books that make you laugh AND cry (we’re looking at you, Nora), and books that make you better. We love ’em all. We talk about how Goodreads makes it easy to see what your buds are reading and share recommendations and reading lists. What’s that? You think an XOXOJK Bookclub sounds bomb dot com? Weird. US TOO! Like a big Sisterhood of the Traveling Word-Nerd Pants…

It’s Okay to Laugh (Crying Is Cool, Too) – Nora Mcinerny Purmort’s Book

Chuck Terhark’s article about Nora

Goodreads

Goodreads app – iOS • Android
Kate’s GR page
Jenn’s GR page

Books Discussed:

Knockout: Stories (John Jodzio)
The Dirt: Confessions of the World’s Most Notorious Rock Band
Murder in Brentwood (American Crime Stories) – Mark Fuhrman
Men in Love – Nancy Friday
The Sexual Life of Catherine M. – Catherine Millet
My Mother Was Nuts – Penny Marshall
Girl Walks into a Bar . . .: Comedy Calamities, Dating Disasters, and a Midlife Miracle – Rachel Dratch
God, If You’re Not Up There, I’m F*cked: Tales of Stand-Up, Saturday Night Live, and Other Mind-Altering Mayhem – Darrell Hammond
Yes Please – Amy Poehler
Poking a Dead Frog: Conversations with Today’s Top Comedy Writers  – Mike Sacks
Cheryl Strayed books
PostSecret: Extraordinary Confessions from Ordinary Lives – Frank Warren
Blood, Bones & Butter: The Inadvertent Education of a Reluctant Chef – Gabrielle Hamilton

Prune restaurant
Prune Cookbook

Julie and Julia: 365 Days, 524 Recipes, 1 Tiny Apartment Kitchen Kindle Edition – Julie Powell
I’m a Stranger Here Myself: Notes on Returning to America After 20 Years Away – Bill Bryson
Look Me in the Eye: My Life with Asperger’s – John Elder Robison
All Cats Have Asperger Syndrome – Kathy Hoopmann
Cravings: Recipes for All the Food You Want to Eat – Chrissy Teigen, Adeena Sussman, Aubrie Pick 
Presence: Bringing Your Boldest Self to Your Biggest Challenges – Amy Cuddy

Other Things Discussed

This Moved Me Podcast
Hennepin County Library

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