Some of these books I don't remember much about, so obviously they didn't stick with me. Those include The Power of Habit and The 60-Something Crisis. Either I wasn't paying attention or the messages in the books weren't new or impressive enough to warrant my attention.
The memoirs/autobiographies are all female, except for David Sedaris's books. The books by Carly Simon and Jennifer Grey were somewhat dismaying; Carly Simon's book in particular perhaps should not have been written. Our Little Secret is a biography of Melissa Etheridge by an adoring fan, and it ended in 1999, so there wasn't much new information there. My favorites were The First Lady of World War II, which was about Eleanor Roosevelt, and Back to the Prairie, by Melissa Gilbert, which surprised me with how good it was.
Anything by David Sedaris is good; I think I have now read most of his books.
1. Boys in Trees, by Carly Simon
2. When the Emperor Was Divine, by Julie Otsuka
3. Our Little Secret, by Joyce Luck
4. If You Ask Me, by Betty White
5. The Power of Habit, by Charles Duhigg
6. The First Lady of World War II, by Shannon McKenny Schmidt
7. Back to the Prairie, a Home Remade, by Melissa Gilbert
8. 1963, a Turning Point in Civil Rights, by Lawrence C. Campbell, Sr.
9. The 60-Something Crisis, by Barbara Pagano
10. Out of the Corner, by Jennifer Grey
11. Holidays on Ice, by David Sedaris
12. Theft by Finding, by David Sedaris
13. In Such Good Company, by Carol Burnette
Extra: Born with Teeth, by Kate Mulgrew
Some books just aren't that remarkable. I bet you'll remember them if you picked them up again, especially if you were to read it thinking it was new to you. (I've done this. I picked up a book I thought I hadn't read, but at some point I realized I had.)
ReplyDeleteI sadly don't read a ton of nonfiction, but I HAVE read the Betty White one. A great list of reads!
ReplyDeleteTheft by Finding was a new one on me. I just ordered it used on amazon. I would read the Betty White memoir and did read Carly Simon's Boys in Trees. I was pleasantly surprised that she was a good writer. Patti Smith is a good writer too. Her book.... Kids... was the best.
ReplyDeleteI read Carly Simon's memoir of her friendship with Jacqueline Onassis. It was entertaining, but it did not leave me wanting to know anything more about Carly herself. I enjoy her early records so much, and I'm afraid if I stop liking her I won't like the music as much. Thanks to you I added that book about Eleanor Roosevelt to my TBR list.
ReplyDeleteI have read about four of the books (including the Sedaris ones, and totally agree with your comment about his books!).. I do want to read Betty White's book
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