Between this book and Gabrielle Union’s, I have realized that celebrity memoirs may be one of the genres I have a harder time reviewing, especially when they use more of an essay style than writing a straight up bio. It’s a nice mix between sharing more of her background and how she even got into acting, revealing some of her more entertaining interactions with celebrities, and gushing over her hand bags. She mentions that “Treat Yourself” has become the phrase she is most associated with, […]
A Personal View into Life under and after Apartheid
In an effort to try to get into Audio books, I crowd sourced the FB group for recommendations, and this had a large number of glowing recommendations. I quite liked it, and it helped that I had a three hour drive to complete when I started the book. I still struggle a bit with focusing on audiobooks when not in a car so I may have missed a few minor details but overall, I really enjoyed this book. I remember vaguely learning about South Africa […]
faintingviolet gave me this book right before Carrie Fisher died, and I’m only now not too sad to read it.
I’ve really been trying to make an effort in 2018 to read books I already own. Currently the amount of books I own but haven’t read, including in audio and e-book, numbers around 221. faintingviolet gave me this book in the CBR book exchange in December 2016, two weeks before Carrie Fisher died. Even though I was beyond excited to finally have it in my possession, since it had been on my TBR for years and I’d never gotten around to it, I just couldn’t make myself read […]
Copper Boom!
I’m not generally a fan of celebrity books, but as an avid fan of “Gilmore Girls,” I knew I would eventually read Lauren Graham’s memoir. I read her first book, Someday Someday Maybe, and really enjoyed it, so I had pretty high hopes for this. Overall I liked the book, especially the early parts of the book. The chapters about her childhood were really interesting, and I liked hearing about her first forays into the entertainment industry. Plus the Gilmore Girls stories were fun. Once […]