Spunyarn: Sea Poetry and Prose
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John Masefield was sent to join a training ship at a young age, his aunt hoping the experience would...
Miguel Arteta recommended Dodes'ka-den (1970) in Movies (curated)
Bound for Glory
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Bound for Glory is the funny, cynical and earthy autobiography of Woody Guthrie, the father of...
Straight Life: The Story of Art Pepper
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Art Pepper (1925Ð1982) was described as the greatest alto-sexophonist of the post-Charlie Parker...
The Pure and the Impure
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Colette herself considered "The Pure and the Impure" her best book, "the nearest I shall ever come...
Kristy H (1252 KP) rated Scrappy Little Nobody in Books
Feb 1, 2018
I've always enjoyed Kendrick and have seen several of her films (and heard her sing about a million times, thanks to my young children and the popularity of the film, <i>Trolls</i>) but didn't know a lot about her early career. Her autobiography does a good job of filling in some of the gaps of Anna's childhood career (working on Broadway at twelve - who knew?!), but isn't told in any chronological order, so we don't get a sense of any real span of her career from Point A to B. Most of the book is told in short little bits. Many of them are quite funny stories, and there are some truly laugh out loud moments. In many cases, Kendrick is a very relatable person, who seems like the type of friend you'd like to hang out with. At other points, she seemed a bit whiny, and for me, the book spent too much time with her protesting about some of the travails of being in the celebrity industry. I can only take so much "woe is me" from famous people who write books about their lives.
The book is on more solid ground when we're reading about Anna's early life, where you gain a true admiration for her talent, and with her silly and snarky stories about her misanthropic personality (misanthropes unite!). Still, the jumping back and forth in time makes it hard to get a true trace on the arc of her life at times, and beyond some of the complaining and expounding on the travails of award shows, press junkets, and the like, there wasn't as much about her post-fame life as I was interested in.
If you like Kendrick's films, or her twitter feed, you'll probably enjoy the book and its organization, even if you find yourself wishing for a little more at the end. She's led an interesting life so far, and I'm sure another autobiography down the road would be quite intriguing.
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Get a head start in business and professional life with this collection of over 27 best classics on...
Confessions of Faith in Early Modern England
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As seventeenth-century England wrestled with the aftereffects of the Reformation, the personal...
Caffeinated Fae (464 KP) rated Lust & Wonder in Books
Jul 12, 2018
I really liked the dry humor in this book. I could truly relate to the author and I enjoyed learning about all of the details that have happened in the author's life. I will admit, I think I would have liked this book better if I have read some of his other books first but this truly was enjoyable.
The details and descriptions in this book were hilarious and definitely dark and a little twisty. If you want a fun autobiography, this is something to pick up.
Only Fools and Stories: From Del Boy to Granville, Pop Larkin to Frost
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In his first book David Jason told us about himself from his early years training as an electrician...