Comments on: Memoirs, memoirs, memoirs (try typing that five times fast!)

By: Julana

Julana — Sat, 10 Apr 2010 16:35:55 +0000

I just read Half Broke Horses by Jeannette Walls for our book club. It was a fascinating story of her grandmother’s life. The one thing that bothered me is that she filled in things she didn’t know, and didn’t inform the reader where it was done. So it’s billed as a “real-life novel.” Huh????

By: melodee

melodee — Fri, 19 Mar 2010 07:17:41 +0000

The winner is. . . carrien (she laughs at the days). Congratulations!

By: carrien (she laughs at the days)

carrien (she laughs at the days) — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 06:47:18 +0000

I’ve been wanting to read thin places. I was interested before but now I really want to since I’m ghost writing a friend’s memoir and am experimenting with a similar approach to the content he’s given me.

My favorite memoir…? it would have to be this very old book I was given as a child called Mrs. Marco Polo Remembers by Mary Parker Dunning. She toured Asia on her honeymoon and several times after with her husband in 1908.
It was and is still fascinating to me.

By: Kim N

Kim N — Sun, 14 Mar 2010 06:55:18 +0000

That is a hard one. The first one that came to mind was Little Britches by Ralph Moody. I think that is a memoir…?

By: Jackie

Jackie — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 19:23:38 +0000

Mine is the Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath.

By: Carolyn

Carolyn — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 06:54:33 +0000

I think I have read only 1 or 2 memoirs but now want to read a bunch more from this list. Thanks for relieving the desire to read Eat Pray Love though. When I was growing up I read the memoir of living in the white house with the Reagans from the dogs perspective. It was a cute read that captured my teenage attention span at least!

By: Emma

Emma — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 03:04:55 +0000

I never read Eat, Pray, Love – the author never interested me. I read (and recently re-read and still loved ) Angela’s Ashes and ‘Tis. I am many, many years behind in my reading….

By: Marykay

Marykay — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 10:40:39 +0000

Wow, I’m just thankful you used the word “friend” next to my name considering my long communication-absence….and what is funny to me is that I don’t remember The Glass Castle! LOL I think I’ll go find it again. By the way, there is a great website called paperbackswap.com
that we’ve been using to get rid of and acquire books for free. Love it! I just add books to my wish list and when they come available I send a “please send this to me” request.

By: Valerie

Valerie — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 03:09:03 +0000

I loved The Glass Castle, too. I also read Calvin Miller’s memoir last October and really enjoyed it. (Life is Mostly Edges)
I tried listening to Eat, Pray, Love – and didn’t get far.
Would love to try Thin Places!

By: Steph

Steph — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 20:00:46 +0000

I haven’t read a lot of memoirs so I don’t think I could pick a favorite.

How about a favorite book website? Have you heard of paperbackswap.com? Love it for getting books for either the cost of shipping out another book, or you can buy credits for a couple dollars. Anyway. Just thought I’d share.