Open Book

★★★★/5
Genre: Memoir
Read if you like: Pop Culture, Early 2000's, Female Memoirs, Celebrity Gossip

Open Book by Jessica Simpson was our Pittsburgh bookclub "bonus book" for April, and came highly recommended by one of my all-time besties Michelle. I don't usually read celebrity memoirs, but Michelle listened to the audiobook and loved it and we generally have similar taste so I decided to give it a go! I got my libro.fm copy from my favorite bookstore, Bethany Beach Books, and devoured it in a day and a half.

Orange is the New Black

★★★ (3/5)

Orange is the New Black by Piper Kerman is another stray from my typical reads (I generally stick to fiction); the book is a memoir about Piper's time spent in federal prison which was eventually turned into a popular show on Netflix. I'll admit - I was interested in the book because of how much I loved the first few seasons of the show. I was especially drawn in by the dynamics and back stories between the prisoners, which I thought were extremely insightful. I'll be honest, though, this book was a little tough for me to stick with (hence another hiatus between posts), but I think that may be because of my general aversion to reading non-fiction and/or my expectations of similarity to the show, and not because it's a bad memoir in any way.