I don’t normally like to read books about somebody being sick and what they go through on a day-to-day basis. But, after I read the first page of this one, I wanted to know more about her journey. Nothing was off limits for Suleika as she provided lots of good and bad stuff. I felt…
Tag: Memoir Book Reviews
Fly Girl – by Ann Hood
I knew nothing of who Ann Hood was and had no clue that the book was about her being a flight attendant on TWA during 1970’s and 1980’s. Seemed like an interesting read, and after one page of reading it, I was flying away page by page and I rarely had time to put my…
I Exaggerate: My Brushes with Fame – by Kevin Nealon
This wasn’t a normal autobiography about how he grew up and got into comedy. As the title suggests, he drew portraits of fellow comedians, actors, musicians, and even Ruth Bader Ginsberg, and then proceeded to write a few pages about them and how they either mentored and influenced him or was someone that he liked….
I Never Worked a Day in My Life – by Raymond Zimmerman
The place of work was called Service Merchandise, and I remember shopping at one often when I was much younger in San Antonio before the store closed. I never would’ve known about this book, but it appeared on my LinkedIn page; maybe some I follow shared, liked, or commented on a post about it. I…
Billy Martin: Baseball’s Flawed Genius – by Bill Pennington
I already knew that Bily Martin was hired and fired as the Manager of the New York Yankees several times, I knew he was an Alcoholic, and that caused him to get to in some fights at bars, and I also knew that he had a temper on the field and would have quite a…