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arenee1999 After finishing a reread of (Draco/Harry fanfic) Runaway Wizard by Suiyou, I turned to the three books I got for Christmas. All three are memoirs.
First up was My Year at the Moulin Rouge by Cliff Simon.I became a fan of Cliff via Stargate SG-1 and his portrayal of everybody's favorite Goa'uld Ba'al, but I knew vey little about his life beyond that. This book was very engaging. The look behind the scenes of the Moulin Rouge was amusing. What I found most interesting though, was the look at how he changed and grew and how his views and beliefs changed and evolved once he moved beyond his, rather sheltered, childhood.
Next was On the Road (Growing Up in Eight Journeys - My Early Years) by Richard Hammond. I have read Richard's other memoir books and loved them. I love the way he writes. He writes the way people talk, so his books read as if he was sitting next to you telling you the stories. That said, I didn't much care for this book. I found it a tad boring.
I saved, what I knew would be my favorite, for last. Thanks a Lot Mr. Kibblewhite: My Story by Roger Daltrey. I have wanted to hear/read/see Roger's story told by him for years. There are so many stories about The Who, and it's members, floating around and many of the tales have grown in the telling and with this book we finally get a look at some of those stories from Roger's pov. It's about time. I love this book. Many of the embellishments are stripped away and we see Roger, and The Who, in a very straight forward, no nonsense way. The book is hilarious, thoughtful, melancholy, painful, joyous and It's extremely refreshing.
After all that I found a note I made to remind myself to add a few fanfics to my Harry Potter fic recs post and decided I better re read them to refresh my memory so I would get any needed warning correct. So right now I am half way through a reread of Returning to Sanity by AchillesTheGeek. I forgot just how long this would take me to read. This fic is not for the faint of heart, it's over 640,000 (that's not a typo) words! So, look for it and two other fics, to e added to that post in the coming weeks.(2 Draco/Harry & 1 Severus/Harry/Lucius)
First up was My Year at the Moulin Rouge by Cliff Simon.I became a fan of Cliff via Stargate SG-1 and his portrayal of everybody's favorite Goa'uld Ba'al, but I knew vey little about his life beyond that. This book was very engaging. The look behind the scenes of the Moulin Rouge was amusing. What I found most interesting though, was the look at how he changed and grew and how his views and beliefs changed and evolved once he moved beyond his, rather sheltered, childhood.
Next was On the Road (Growing Up in Eight Journeys - My Early Years) by Richard Hammond. I have read Richard's other memoir books and loved them. I love the way he writes. He writes the way people talk, so his books read as if he was sitting next to you telling you the stories. That said, I didn't much care for this book. I found it a tad boring.
I saved, what I knew would be my favorite, for last. Thanks a Lot Mr. Kibblewhite: My Story by Roger Daltrey. I have wanted to hear/read/see Roger's story told by him for years. There are so many stories about The Who, and it's members, floating around and many of the tales have grown in the telling and with this book we finally get a look at some of those stories from Roger's pov. It's about time. I love this book. Many of the embellishments are stripped away and we see Roger, and The Who, in a very straight forward, no nonsense way. The book is hilarious, thoughtful, melancholy, painful, joyous and It's extremely refreshing.
After all that I found a note I made to remind myself to add a few fanfics to my Harry Potter fic recs post and decided I better re read them to refresh my memory so I would get any needed warning correct. So right now I am half way through a reread of Returning to Sanity by AchillesTheGeek. I forgot just how long this would take me to read. This fic is not for the faint of heart, it's over 640,000 (that's not a typo) words! So, look for it and two other fics, to e added to that post in the coming weeks.(2 Draco/Harry & 1 Severus/Harry/Lucius)
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Date: 2019-01-20 06:48 pm (UTC)no subject
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Date: 2019-02-13 07:27 pm (UTC)Some of my favorite biography/memoirs are:
You're Him, Aren't You? - Paul Darrow
On The Edge: My Story || As You Do || Or Is That Just Me - Richard Hammond
American on Purpose - Craig Ferguson
Elvis and Me Priscilla Presley
I currently have Felicia Day's memoir, You're Never Weird On The Internet (almost), sitting waiting to be read. Craig Ferguson has a couple other memoirs out I'd like to get around to. I'm sure there are others.