On Thursday, July 2nd, Booking through Thursday asked:
Do you read celebrity memoirs? Which ones have you read or do you want to read? Which nonexistent celebrity memoirs would you like to see?
I don’t really read that many celebrity memoirs, unless the celebrities are politicians. For example, I read Living History by Hilary Clinton, and Leap of Faith: Memoirs of an Unexpected Life, by Queen Noor, but when it comes to kiss-and-tell memoirs from actors and such, I’m not all that interested. Frankly, chasing down leads for insurance articles is more interesting than most hot celebrity tell-alls.
I did quite enjoy My Life in France, by Julia Child and Alex Prud’Homme, and I had a blast reading Anthony Rapp’s offering Without You: A Memoir of Love, Loss, and the Musical Rent, but the first was more a true autobiography than a celeb memoir, in the sense that there was no name dropping, and the second was so simple and sincere, that it was hard to count it among the carefully calculated, polished, publications that the folks on People‘s “most beautiful” list are giving us.
I read Leap of Faith too. I forgot about that one. I don’t enjoy the name dropping so I might have to check out the others you mention.
I did read a book on Obama. Does that count? Celebs
Oh I have Without You sitting on my bookshelf too! I forgot about that one…I’m not huge on the celebrity memoir either.
Julia Child was an amazing woman. I remember watching her with my mom as a kid. And the older I get the more I’m impressed with her late in life career.