20.Read & list 50 books..28/50
I received an incredible 14 biographies for Christmas.
These are the first 3 I have read and were all very entertaining.
Stand up comedian/TV presenter Alan Carr is one of my current favourite TV personalities with his very camp humour. His book tells in part about childhood and how being the son of a football manager wasn't easy as an effeminate youngster. It's all very lighthearted..no tragic tales here.
Bafta-winning Actress Brenda Blethyn is from a different generation and her story takes the reader back to a post war era when times were tough and the people were even tougher. Again it's funny but often bittersweet. It also charts her acting career and rise to fame which came later in life than some.
'Dear Fatty' by Dawn French is written in a slightly different style. It takes the format of a series of letters written by Dawn to signifigant people in her life. The letters are addressed to amongst others..her late father who committed suicide when she was 16, her adopted teenage daughters biological mother and her comedy partner Jennifer Saunders.
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2 comments:
I've not seen the Dawn French book in stores - I'm definitely going to have to check it out. I love her, and generally enjoy reading bios. Enjoy yours! :D
I found your blog on the ravelry group Knitting in our sleep.
I have a group the Lesser Known Skein. I will send you an invite.
I read Alan Alda's book and loved it. I live the next town over from were he lived in NJ.
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