Friday, May 8, 2015

Do You Read Celebrity Memoirs/Biographies?

Honestly, I normally don't read many celebrity memoirs or biographies as their lives are already pretty much 'open books' as it is. Today it seems like so many of the current celebrities live their lives on public display through reality television shows... Or their lives make headlines on a wide variety of television news shows and/or talk shows, as well as through a myriad of gossip rags that reading about the lives of most modern day celebrities isn't normally something I gravitate towards.

However, earlier this year I received a free copy of Unbreak My Heart: A Memoir  by Toni Braxton from Dey Street Books through the Goodreads First Reads giveaway program. I recently read and posted my thoughts about Braxton's memoir here on my blog... Before reading Toni Braxton's memoir, Unbreak My Heart, I was familiar with her songs Breathe Again, Unbreak My Heart, and Another Sad Love Song. But I wasn't familiar with Braxton's personal life at all... Like her strict religious upbringing, two bankruptcies, that Braxton's youngest son was diagnosed with autism or that Toni Braxton herself was diagnosed with Lupus... Let alone that she has starred in her own reality television show titled Braxton Family Values!! So, needless to say, much of what I read in Unbreak My Heart: A Memoir by Toni Braxton was news to me.

I found reading Unbreak My Heart: A Memoir to be entertaining and informative. I liked that it wasn't too heavy and that Ms. Braxton covered a lot of things that happened in her life both good and bad. I am now willing to explore other celebrity memoirs and biographies.

Do you read celebrity memoirs and/or biographies? Which ones have you read and would recommend reading?

6 comments:

  1. I don't read many biographies, mostly those of favourite sportsmen or TV stars of shows I like ie Dog the Bounty Hunter, Pawn Stars etc. I don't generally recommend biographies to people...my tastes are different from my friends so we read different things.

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    1. Interestingly enough, I like Pawn Stars too and I want to read Rick Harrison's memoir License to Pawn.

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  2. This is so awesome. I recently read Yes Please by Amy Poehler, who has done a lot of skits on SNL. Even though I wasn't familiar with her standup work, Her writing is fun and witty, and the book is a mixture of memoir pieces and opinion essays. Another book I want to read is Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me? by Mindy Kaling. I've heard lots of great things about it.

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    1. I have heard great things about Yes Please by Amy Poehler, but have yet to read it. Thanks for the tip. I still have not read Tina Fey's book Bossypants and it's in my to be read pile somewhere!

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  3. I've found that I do love a good celebrity biography. Who knew?! I've enjoyed all of the Ducky Dynasty biographies (but I do love the show!), Bossypants by Tina Fey, and The Pioneer Woman by Ree Drummond. The funny thing is that I wasn't really huge fans of any of them until after I read the books.

    I'm hoping to read Rob Lowe's and Neil Patrick Harris' autobiographies soon. :)

    Glad I stumbled on this post. Lots of good suggestions!

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    1. Thanks for stopping by and sharing your recommendations!! Glad you liked the suggestions!! Happy reading.

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