I Can Barely Take Care of Myself: Tales From a Happy Life Without Kids is comedian Jen Kirkman’s (Chelsea Lately, Drunk History) first book. In it she talks about her struggles being a woman who chooses to not have children and how other people just cannot come to terms with this decision. She guides us through her past in a series of stories about her family, friends, work, past relationships, and of course random strangers who insist she must want children.
Marijuanamerica: One Man’s Quest to Understand America’s Dysfunctional Love Affair With Weed is just the book I’d been looking for. To give you a bit of backstory, I’m pretty pro-legalization but I’m weary of people on both sides of the argument and their motivations. Author Alfred Ryan Nerz, who recounts his own history with the drug right up front as well as any motivations behind his actions. And it turns out he was in a sort of similar place as far as wanting to get to the reality behind both sides hype as well as explore the very weird relationship America has with it. So he went out and started talking to people and doing research. And the outcome is a wonderful book that’s brimming with facts (with a full section at the back of sources for them), but is still extremely entertaining and a wonderful look inside places most of us will never go.
My Crazy Beautiful Life is the first book from pop singer Ke$ha. It’s a hardcover book packed with pictures and text in a sort of scrapbook style. It takes you through her life starting at the beginning all the way through the recording of her new album Warrior. It’s a fun book that is most definitely aimed at her fans, or as she refers to them Animals.
Every Day is an Atheist Holiday is a sequel to his bestseller God, No! In it author Jillette covers even more autobiographical ground as he tells more tales from his life as an atheist. This time drawing on experiences that tie in with various holidays as well as events that have happened since his last book.
Life After Death is a new autobiography by Damien Echols. Echols is known for being one of the infamous “West Memphis Three”, three teenagers wrongly convicted of the murder of three little boys in the small town of West Memphis, Arkansas in 1994. The case has been chronicled in detail in the book Devil’s Knot
The Indie Cred Test: Everything You Need To Know About Knowing Everything You Need To Know from Chunklet is a comprehensive guide to having cred in the indie world and a test of just how much you already possess. It will become a guide for your life and also fun at parties. The book is divided into 16 chapters which consist of test questions broken up by essays and articles relevant to the chapter.
Why Does Batman Carry Shark Repellent? And Other Amazing Comic Book Trivia is a new book from Brian Cronin (creator of the blog Comics Should Be Good) where he makes use of various lists to extol various bits of random comic book trivia. Some of these are by him, others are created from polls at the site Comic Book Resources (such as “Best Marvel Characters”), and then other lists are by comic creators, writers, illustrators, and more involved in the industry and love of comics. Some of these additional list makers include legends like Mark Millar, Dave Gibbons, and Geoff Johns.
Please God Let It Be Herpes: A Heartfelt Quest for Love and Companionship is a series of true stories from author Carlos Kotkin’s dating life. In it he takes readers through numerous disastrous encounters with the opposite sex that have plagued him while he just wants to find the right girl and fall in love.
You’re Not Doing It Right: Tales of Marriage, Sex, Death, and Other Humiliations is the latest book from comedian Michael Ian Black, best known for his work in such things as The State and Wet Hot American Summer. In this first autobiographical book he talks about the various relationships of his life, focusing on his wife and children.
Is Everybody Hanging Out Without Me? (and Other Concerns) is the first book from TV writer and actress Mindy Kaling, who you probably know best from The Office. It’s comprised of a series of autobiographical essays in the vein of Tina Fey’s Bossypants or Sarah Silverman’s The Bedwetter. The stories range from her childhood, to living in NYC, to her work on The Office.
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