Staff Picks Book Reviews
Porchlight is a company filled with voracious readers—talented, creative individuals who know books, and who excel at moving them. Whenever we can, we like to do that by telling you about the books we’re reading.
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Commute: An Illustrated Memoir of Female Shame
Book Review by Gabbi Cisneros
Commute by Erin Williams inspired our Digital Marketing Specialist, Gabbi, to reflect on collective feelings of loneliness and how to turn that vulnerability into strength.
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Cookbook Roundup: Gatherings
Book Review by Blyth Meier
Seven upcoming and recent(ish) cookbooks that will help you plan for your next gathering of any size.
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Little Weirds
Book Review by Emily Porter
Jenny Slate has written an amazingly creative and honest book that touches on life's woes, the ups and downs of her career, her relationships, and grappling with who she is as a human being.
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American Dirt
Book Review by Gabbi Cisneros
Emotionally heavy, artfully told, and timely. I hope that you take any compassion you feel for these characters & redirect it towards others you encounter, strangers who could have roots just as rough, tangled, distressing, and difficult as all the characters you meet on the journey to reach American dirt.
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The Sweetest Fruits
Book Review by Emily Porter
Emily Porter found the cover of Monique Truong's new book irresistible, and that it contained "the type of writing that makes you want to skip all of your responsibilities in order to ravish the pages until you take in every word."
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Eat Joy: Stories & Comfort Food from 31 Celebrated Writers
Book Review by Blyth Meier
Editor Natalie Eve Garrett has pulled together an impressive and diverse roster of writers who revisit some of the most tender moments of their lives through the lens of food.
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The World That We Knew
Book Review by Emily Porter
Emily Porter examines the human and supernatural relationships that compel the book's characters to endure even in the midst of horrific events, providing an emotional urgency that make Alice Hoffman's new novel a "definite must read."
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Cold Storage
Book Review by Emily Porter
Our Customer Service Specialist, Emily Porter, takes a look at David Koepp's newest book, a "thriller through-and-through."
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The Best We Could Do: An Illustrated Memoir
Book Review by Porchlight
From the mesmerizing illustrations to the heartfelt writing, Thi Bui has created a hard to put down treasure.
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How to Make a Plant Love You: Cultivate Green Space in Your Home and Heart
Book Review by Gabbi Cisneros
Gabbi reviews a book that teaches us how plants and people aren't so different.
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