Thursday, July 2, 2009

Booking Through Thursday - Celebrity Memoirs

Booking Through Thursday is hosted by Deb; Deb says:

Suggested by Callista83:

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 am wondering if I haven't read more Celebrity biographies. What comes to mind are:

'A life on the Road' By Charles Kuralt. I read in 1990 and enjoyed that a lot.

I read a bio on Barbara Stanwyck back when I was still catching a bus to school, so I could not have been more then 10 or 11. I also remember reading an Elvis Presley Biography.
{Edited to Add: I forgot, I had also read Paul Reiser's book "Couplehood" way back then also. Is that a memoir? That was a funny look at his view on relationships, so perhaps not a memoir}

The rest of the Bio's that I have read do not fall into the Celebrity category. They are more like Elizabeth I, Henry VIII, Elizabeth Woodville, Anne Boleyn, Bess of Hardwick, Arbella Stuart...

If I had to choose a celebrity bio to read, I would choose someone Presidential or their wives. I have no desire to read anything on any cinema-related Celebrities of our current times but I may be tempted to pick something up on someone like Cary Grant or Clark Gable.

What about you?

7 Witty Commenters Here:

misfitandmom said...

I am not big on memoirs, but I couldn't resist getting Robert Wagner's last year. Haven't read it yet, but I loved all the pictures of him and Natalie :)

Book Bird Dog said...

No celebrity memoirs - only fiction books about celebrities.

gautami tripathy said...

I would rather read memoirs of poets or authors.

Here is my BTT post!

Vicki said...

I love Paul Reiser, I'd love to read his book!

dolleygurl said...

I recently read Maureen McCormick's (Marcia Brady) book "Here's the Story". I thought it was really good. I think the only other thing that I had read before that was "Get Happy" by Gerald Clarke. It was a really good book about Judy Garland.

Dot said...

Thanks for visiting my blog! I hadn't thought of royal biographies, I've read a few of those too! The Hilary Clinton book is really good, there is only a little bit of politics,it's more about how the day to day running of the white house works! Happy BTT!

Meghan said...

I'm not big on celebrity memoirs. At all. I don't read a book about anyone unless they've been dead for a good long while. ;)

Meghan @ Medieval Bookworm