Julie & Julia - Julie Powell

one sentence summary:
Julia decides to do a blog by cooking every recipe in Julia Childs "Mastering the Art of French Cooking" in one year.

review:
This book, while far from great writing is entertaining in an easy read type way. One of those grand quest, kind of funny, memoirs that hit the best seller lists. It covers all aspects of her life, not just the grand quest, and that is what made it worth reading. Both Julia and her husband are bona fide yuppies but that kind of adds to the charm of them. Quirky in an "influenced way the eff to much by Disney ideals" way this is a very interesting look at the quest for a "perfect relationship". I enjoyed it. I would recommend it to anyone who this description appeals to.
6/10

if you enjoyed this check out A J Jacobs

Cockeyed - Ryan Knighton

One Sentence Summary:
A teenager goes blind and laughs about.

Review
I loved this book, I may be biased though as I went to Church as a child with his Grandparents and they are some of my favorite people in the world. Ryan is legally blind and in this memoir he comes at his disability with a wonderful sense of humour. He begins his story when he first started having issues seeing and describes how much he embraced the punk scene when this happened to him as a teenager. Through wit and rapport he creates an empathy in the reader. He brings a new understanding of what it is like to be disabled and how annoying it really is to have people treat you differently, or worse indifferently.

9/10
10/10 a coming of age story that will make you think about how lucky you are but not make you feel bad for it - High School

Memorable Quotes:

"Closing my eyes is too much like nearness, like reading. It's black and it's in your face, sort of crowding you. Gazing down a prairie road stretches me and the muscles in my eyes. I don't necessarily want to see anything. Just look out.”

“The edge of the world is always the next step when you're blind.” 

If you enjoyed this also read:

C’mon Papa: Dispatches from a Dad in the Dark - Ryan Knighton (I know it is like cheating to suggest a book by the same author but he is so great just do it)
The Know-It-All: One Man's Humble Quest to Become the Smartest Person in the World -  A. J. Jacobs
A Confederacy of Dunces - John Kennedy Toole