Foxy Lady: The Authorized Biography of Lynn Bari by Jeff Gordon (2010) | Book Review
Foxy Lady: The Authorized Biography of Lynn Bari by Jeff Gordon Genres: Biography, Non-Fiction Original Publication Date: 2010 Source: I received this book from the publisher in exchange for an honest review. Goodreads Find the Author: Website, Goodreads, Amazon Foxy Lady:The Authorized Biography of Lynn Bari is based on author Jeff Gordon’s extensive conversations with Bari, a warm and highly intelligent woman with a delicious sense of humor and the gift of total recall. Gordon’s research also involved interviews with dozens of Lynn’s friends, family members and professional associates, including Anthony Quinn, Alice Faye, Claire Trevor, Roddy McDowall, and George Montgomery. Foxy Lady: The Authorized Biography of Lynn Bari tells…
Me Before You by Jojo Moyes | Book Review
Me Before You by Jojo Moyes Genres: Fiction, British Literature Original Publication Date: 2013 Source: I purchased this book Goodreads Find the Author: Website, Facebook, Goodreads, Amazon, Instagram Louisa Clark is an ordinary girl living an exceedingly ordinary life—steady boyfriend, close family—who has barely been farther afield than their tiny village. She takes a badly needed job working for Will Traynor, who is wheelchair-bound after an accident. Will has always lived a huge life—big deals, extreme sports, worldwide travel—and now he’s pretty sure he cannot live the way he is. Will is acerbic, moody, and bossy—but Lou refuses to treat him with kid gloves, and soon his happiness means more…
Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye: The Barbara Payton Story by John O’Dowd | Book Review
Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye: The Barbara Payton Story by John O'Dowd Genres: Biography Original Publication Date: 2007 Source: I purchased this book Goodreads Find the Author: Website, Goodreads, Amazon Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye is about the tragic life of Barbara Payton. She looked like a very promising young starlet in the 1950s, as the beautiful but untrained actress gave good performances in her films. But Barbara could not control her private life, which made more headlines than her films. Mental illness and alcoholism followed. Barbara Payton became one of the most tragic figures in Hollywood history. Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye: The Barbara Payton Story by John O’Dowd is the very sad true story…
The Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic and Madness at the Fair That Changed America by Erik Larson | Book Review
The Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic and Madness at the Fair That Changed America by Erik Larson Narrator: Tony Goldwyn Genres: Crime, History, Non-Fiction Original Publication Date: 2003 (Audiobook 2006) Source: I purchased this audiobook. Goodreads Find the Author: Website, Blog, Goodreads, Amazon The 1893 World’s Fair was held in the “White City” of Chicago, Illinois. Two men, each handsome and unusually adept at his chosen work, embodied an element of the great dynamic that characterized America’s rush toward the 20th century. The architect was Daniel Hudson Burnham, the fair’s brilliant director of works and the builder of many of the country’s most important structures, including the Flatiron…
Brain on Fire: My Month Of Madness by Susannah Cahalan | Book Review
Brain on Fire: My Month of Madness by Susannah Cahalan Genres: Illness, Medicine, Memoir, Non-Fiction Original Publication Date: 2012 Source: I purchased this book Goodreads Find the Author: Website, Goodreads, Amazon Brain on fire: One day in 2009, twenty-four-year-old Susannah Cahalan woke up alone in a strange hospital room, strapped to her bed, under guard, and unable to move or speak. A wristband marked her as a “flight risk,” and her medical records—chronicling a month-long hospital stay of which she had no memory at all—showed hallucinations, violence, and dangerous instability. Susannah had been on the threshold of a new, adult life: a healthy, ambitious college grad a few months into…
