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XOXOJK 50: Books, Sex, and Baseball

March 30, 2016 By Kyle

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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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