Biography recs?

[BravoBravo]

I enjoyed Catherine the Great: Portrait of a Woman by Robert Massie.

www.goodreads.com/book/show/10414941-catherine-the-great

[PinkSquirrel]

I've got nothing. Now if you ever decide you want memoirs I can help you

[syncronicity]

It's not about the bike by Lance Armstrong was great.

[PinkSquirrel]

Awesome. I've read some pretty good ones lately

So, if you're looking for a book that will require you to buy depends prior to reading, but also deals with some serious mental illness then you need to read Let's Pretend it Never Happened by Jenny Lawson. Beyond funny

I just finished Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail and really enjoyed it. I'll be honest, I only read the book because the cover looked cool. I tried to avoid the cool cover, but I kept seeing it and the shoe sucked me in and made me read it. That said, I really enjoyed it. The woman who wrote it was in her 20's and her life was kind of spiraling so she decided to hike the Pacific Crest Trail (basically the west coast) alone. I knew I liked it while I was reading, but the fact that ALL I've been able to think about all week is how much I want the rain to go away so I can go hiking is kind of freaking me out. I haven't been hiking since I was in high school over 10 years ago and even then it was rare, but it has now consumed me haha.

The one biography I've read recently that I would recommend is Lady Almina and the Real Downton Abbey: The Lost Legacy of Highclere Castle. It was really interesting. That said, the beginning was really slow and the author (current Countess) loves name dropping. If you can get past those things then it's a good book

[2curlydogs]

For PURE biography:

Anything by Alison Weir for English monarchy. My copy of Eleanor of Aquitaine by her is one of those well-beloved books - worn, dogeared pages, etc.

Marie Antoinette by Antonia Fraser is pretty much THE book on the topic.

Cleopatra by Stacy Schiff

Who Murdered Chaucer? by Terry Jones (as in, Monty Python's Terry Jones).

For Memoirs or autobiography:

Anything by Tony Bourdain

Michael Palin's Diaries are an awesome "behind the scenes" of the Pythons

The Wave: In Pursuit of the Rogues, Freaks and Giants of the Ocean by Susan Casey

[mayflowers22]

A Child Called It by Dave Pelzer

[CheshireGrin]

I love anything by Stacey Schiff.

[lilibet]

May 11, 2012 13:55:56 GMT -5 Adora Belle Dearheart said:

May 11, 2012 13:51:58 GMT -5 PinkSquirrel said:

I've got nothing. Now if you ever decide you want memoirs I can help you

Memoirs are more than welcome

I can help here!

Home by Julie Andrew is great. I also really liked A Little Bit Wicked by Kristin Chenowith.

[BlackCanary]

If you want a funny one, I suggest If Chins Could Kill: Confessions of a B Movie Actor by Bruce Campbell.