Dry Humping - Tawny Lara

 Overall, I'd say this is a pretty good book to read regardless of your relationship with alcohol or current relationship status because much of the information given is applicable to anyone at any point.  I was particularly fond of the first part where the author emphasized dating yourself and learning to be able to sit quietly with yourself. I believe that if people were at peace alone, they would be much more capable of being at peace with others. 

There's also great relationship and sex advice for any state throughout the whole book. I would recommend this to pretty much anyone under 50, anyone single, anyone with questionable drinking/substance use habit for sure, but also most everyone else, too. 

The Bronzed Beasts (Guilded Wolves Series, Bk. 3) - Roshani Chokshi

 The last of the trilogy and while it was entertaining, I still don't think I'd recommend this to anyone. By the third one, I saw that the author was using a formula for these books and while the idea was fun, the characters were as polarized as ever, spent a stupid amount of time obsessing over each other and it was all rather predictable. Good ending though, which is very important in my opinion. 

Empire of the Summer Moon: Quanah Parker and the Rise and Fall of the Comanches, the Most Powerful Indian Tribe in American History - S. C. Gwynne

 "None of these failures could be blamed on the tangled government bureaucracy. They were the product of the endemic corruption and graft for which the Indian office had justly become infamous by the 1860's. The Indian Peace Commission on 1867 had been so scandalized by what they found out in the various agencies that they wrote, "The records are abundant to show that agents have pocketed the funds appropriated by the government and driven the Indians to starvation. It cannot be doubted that Indian wars have originated from this cause. For a long time, these officers have been selected from partisan ranks not so much on account of honesty and qualification as for devotion to party interests, and their willingness to apply the money of the Indian to promote the selfish schemes of local politicians."  As time went by, the agents proved stupid as well as corrupt."

This sounds stunningly familiar to something else happening in the government right now.... yea?

Current politics aside, this is a fascinating book into the western frontier, but I do feel it has perhaps aged poorly. I see it's only 15 years old, but the author sounds like books written longer ago, just grazing over the personal and emotional turmoil by these events for both sides and speaking rather degradingly about the Comanches specifically, from their polygamy and religious beliefs to their diet and personal hygiene. 

I do appreciate what these people were capable of, but again, the book seems to just gloss over some truly impressive feats or horsemanship. Maybe this would be better in a visual from of media? 

Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood - Trevor Noah

 It's absolutely crazy that people have lived this way. South Africa's apartheid was simply the most insane thing a society put up with for so long. It's a great book and lots of fun! I would highly recommend this to everyone.