Broken--Karin Slaughter

If you are all looking for a little something deadly this week then you will want to check out this book. It's not an all out blood bath, but it's a thriller for sure. 

Karin Slaughter (with a name like that how can you go wrong?) is very good at confusing you without really confusing you. This mystery thriller kept me guessing right up until the very end.

It's about some murders that take place in a small town and the Georgia Bureau of Investigations is asked to step in. No worries, there's not too much forensic stuff that goes over your head and irritate you, but there is enough of it to make it interesting.

She writes for real people, not just ones with PhDs. Although I'm sure a doctor would still really like this.

End of the Week Roundup

All right, so I think I covered the best of the best biographies that I have read, and to sum it all up here's the list that I suggest:

1)Elvis: Still Taking Care of Business--Sonny West

2)Neon Angel: Memoir of a Runaway--Cherie Currie
3)Life's That Way--Jim Beaver


4)The Bedwetter--Sarah Silverman

5)Chelsea Chelsea Bang Bang, My Horizontal Life, and Are you there Vodka? It's me, Chelsea---Chelsea Handler

6)Shootin' the Sh** with Kevin Smith:The Best of Smodcast--Kevin Smith and Scott Mosier, also has another biography out that I've read, but can't remember the name, but it was a daily journal about his life.

7)Female Serial Killers: How and why women become Monsters--Peter Vronksy

8 ) My Booky Wook: Russell Brand


Last but not least:

9) Terry Fox: His Story--Leslie Scrivener

And coming up soon on my next biography book list, a couple I haven't got to yet: 

Elvis: My Best Man--Chuck Crusafill


Unbearable Lightness: Portia DeRossi

My Booky Wook 2: This time it's personal--Russell Brand

Philip and Elizabeth: Portrait of a Royal Marriage--Gyles Brandreth

You'll Never Blue Ball in this Town Again--Heather McDonald

If you have any biographies or books that you think i should be reading, please feel free to comment! I have a book list going of peoples suggestions, and even if I won't get to them for awhile, I'll eventually get there! :D 

Have a good weekend :)

Terry Fox: His Story--Leslie Scrivener

I’ve never really read anything about Terry Fox before, so I’m not really sure why I was drawn to this book. I was always really “meh” about Terry Fox, I knew that he was a national treasure, a hero, an amputee with a heart of gold. 

I never had an interest in him before and one day I decided that I should probably brush up on some Canadian history.

Terry Fox is supremely badass! I can barely get off the couch to answer the door and he ran across Canada with one leg. I’m so embarrassed in myself and so amazed by him at the same time.

I definitely recommend this book, not only does it give you a good sense of what happened on Terry’s Marathon of Hope, but it actually lets you in on how he really was. I always thought he was some sort of golden boy where nothing bothered him and he was happily just running for cancer. 

That dude was in PAIN! And he was nice and humble for sure, but when he was pissed he’d lash out like a regular person.

This curly haired son of a bitch just stole my heart.

Chelsea Chelsea Bang Bang--Chelsea Handler

Branching out into her general life now Chelsea talks about how she got to where she is. 

(A hit late night tv show hostess and number one best selling author)

No worries, she still talks about her sex life.

Again, if you are looking for a laugh, then read her books, she’s amazingly down to earth and brash.

My Horizontal Life--Chelsea Handler

I don’t know if you’ve noticed this, but I have an affinity for dirty birds. 

And her sex stories are hysterical! I don’t even think she’s a whore, that’s how awesome these stories are. I want to pat her on the back for her insane awesomeness.

I’m a huge Chelsea Handler fan, she’s foul mouthed, up front and doesn’t take anyone’s crap. And this just shows it in print!

I suggest this to anyone who needs a tremendous laugh and wants to be shocked a little. I love her.

Female Serial Killers: How and Why Women Become Monsters--Peter Vronksy

The fact that I read this freaks out my friends and family, I’m pretty sure they hid the knives and only ate and drank things that they made themselves for a month after I read this.

If you would like the bejeesus scared out of you by stories of women who killed their families, lovers, husbands, patients, or babysitting charges, then have at it!

This book petrified me for about three weeks. I’m pretty sure I was even looking at my dog like she was a serial killer.

This book features women like Aileen Wuornos and Karla Holmolka. So be prepared to be freaked out and not trust the women in your life for a few weeks.

The Bedwetter--Sarah Silverman

This girl is nuts, but in a very endearing way. I don’t know what it is about her, but she’s so cute even when she’s talking about farts.

She talks about the childhood traumas of growing up a monkey, a Jewish girl, and the humiliations of her life that led her to being one of the most well known female comedians of our time.

Waiter Rant--by the waiter, Steve Dublanica

This man started a blog about his life as a waiter, and it turned into a book deal eventually. …and I hate to be a butthead, because some of this was pretty funny, but I don’t get why he was given a book deal.

Sure it gives you some behind the scenes of being a waiter, and I’m sure that other waiters and waitresses would really like it, but it was not for me.
It was said to be the “Kitchen Confidential” for waiters, but Anthony Bourdains was far better story wise.

Steve Dublanica definitely has a good voice when it comes to writing, but I think he should write about something different. Maybe it’s just me, but I didn’t think the waiter stuff was the greatest.

Shootin' the Sh*t with Kevin Smith: The Best of Smodcast--Kevin Smith and Scott Mosier

I’ve listened to the podcasts, or smodcasts if you will, and these two guys are beyond funny. And disturbed.

Only read this if you have a dee-sgusting sense of humour and can withstand reading stories about things like anal fissures. Because if you can’t stomach that, then you won’t even remotely appreciate the hilarity these two, and some times special guests, offer.

Kevin Smith is best known as Silent Bob, but he is anything but shy in real life, and this book gives you an insightful look into the movie mans brain.

My Booky Wook--Russell Brand

This man is a dirty bird and I looooove it!
This is all about his life, obviously since the theme this week is biographies. He goes on about how he grew up (a chubby mama's boy), and how he conquered drugs, had a load of sex, fell in love with tons of girls and how he became the riotous man we know and love.
He's incredibly cheeky and it's a hilarious read for someone who needs a good laugh and wants to know why Russell Brand is the way he is.

Next Week in Reviews

Next week in reviews we'll be taking a look at some of the Biographies I've read. On hand I have one by Sonny West you can take a look at (it's about Elvis), Cherie Curries autobiography Neon Angel: A Memoir of a Runaway is already posted, and the lovely and tragic one by Jim Beaver--Life's That Way, in past posts.
Newer ones to come in the following couple of days, starting Monday.
If you think I should read certain biographies, or if you think I'll just enjoy reading one you've read, please feel free to comment and supply! Have a good rest of the weekend! :D

Kitchen Confidential--Anthony Bourdain

This brass mother effer is hilarious. If you are in any sort of cooking circle then you have heard of this book. He writes about his life and the behind the scenes of working in a kitchen. He even gives some helpful hints and recipes. Just look up his current show ‘No Reservations’ and you’ll see how funny he is.

One More Day--Mitch Albom

This short and sweet book only took me a couple of hours to read. I highly suggest this to anyone who loves their mom. I can’t tell you what it’s about because I don’t want to spoil it, I just know that you should read it.

Pride and Prejudice and Zombies--Seth Grahame-Smith

P and P and Z is awesomeness. It’s mostly the classic P and P, with a few zombies thrown in at appropriate times. I liked that Elizabeth cuts up zombies like it’s her job and her and her sisters are notorious zombie killers. It’s like Buffy meshed with P and P.

My Sisters Keeper--Jodi Picoult

I did not like this book one bit. I like her style of writing and she can write a good book, but the story made me want to throw this book across the room. Actually, I think I did when I got to the end.

The ending was the biggest piss off of my life and I won’t spoil it for anyone who hasn’t read it yet. But it’s not the same as the movie. Made me super angry. Everyone who has read it said that they cried at the end, but I was so enraged that I vowed never to read another of her books.

My best friend tells me they all have piss off endings.

The Host--Stephanie Meyers

This book surprised me actually. I know that Stephanie Meyers is a world-renowned writer for the Twilight Legacy, but I really thought that she would be taking a break from brilliant writing and write a dud. But this lady managed to write a book that was even better than Twilight.

One of my first science fiction books and I couldn’t get enough of it! I read it in a day if you don’t count the two seconds I took to sleep.

Recommend it to people who aren’t really into the science fiction genre, it’s nicely written so that you barely know that you are reading science fiction. But you are falling in love with it anyway.

Emma--Jane Austen

Oiy. Vay.

'Emma' is a classic, as all of Janes books are, but for some reason I could not really get into this one. It's about a young girl of about 21 who thinks she is a great matchmaker and continually tries to set up her friend Harriet Smith with the bachelors of her town. She steers Harriet away from her original love, Robert Martin, and tries to set her up with Mr. Elton, Mr. Churchill and then finally finds out that Harriet thinks she is in love with Mr. Knightley. (Harriet is around 18 I think, and Mr. Knightley is about 37.) 

I did like this book for the most part, but Jane Austen goes a little nuts with the crazy annoying characters in here. Mrs. Elton I wanted to slap in the face, and Miss Bates, I admit, I eventually started skipping what she was saying all together because it started being jibberish.
Knightley is a total babe though, so I recommend this, the last 50 pages make it worth it.

P.S. I Love You--Cecilia Ahern

Here is a writer who makes me want to punch her in the face because she makes me cry so much. I've read some of her other books and each and every one has made me cry. Definitely one of my top favourite writers because she writes how I think. 

I don’t know if I can express in words how much I love this book. When I watched the movie my sister and I bawled like WE had lost the loves of our lives. And reading the book, it was the same. Except that it was spanned out in two days of a crying fit that didn’t seem to stop until the last page.

This book is a good fit for someone who is in need of a serious crying jag. Curl up in a chair with a blanket on and hot chocolate, it’s a snuggler of a read.

The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes--Arthur Conan Doyle

These are his short stories, I really like them. I like a little mystery. At one time, I thought that Sherlock Holmes was a real person and that Arthur really knew him. 

Now I realize what I was really thinking when I thought that. Which is that books can really come alive to me. Sometimes more so than real people can.

Good read, recommend his series. It’s a good thing that Guy Ritchie made that movie or I would’ve never peaked an interest in Sherlock Holmes. It’s a good thing that lots of movies are being made from books. PS. I Love You is next on the reading list. I heard it’s way different than the movie.

The Road--Cormac McCarthy

A story about a father and son in a post apocalyptic world where they are fighting for their lives and trying to find other living people in an otherwise deserted earth.

Amazing right up until the end.

Truly a  lovely book. The last book that I felt was lovely like this was Water for Elephants, or Burning Bright. Nothing too special about the story, the writing or anything, just simple and elegant. It’s just something that you feel when you read these things. Like they could happen to you.

Neon Angel--Cherie Currie

I LOVE CHERIE!!! For those who don’t know her, she was the lead singer of The Runaways. And this book is so real in its entirety that it makes me love her more for not being a phony.


The movie with Kristen Stewart and Dakota Fanning (Dakota plays her.) is based on this book and this book is her autobiography. The movie is mostly about Joan Jett, but this book is all about Cherie and I love it. I loved the movie as well and I'm glad that I got to find out where all of my favourite songs that are on the radio are from! 


Cherie has had an amazing and crazy life and this is one of my favourite books in the whole world.

One of the most disturbing and fascinating things I’ve read in awhile. I want to find her and hug her.

(Have I mentioned how much I love it?) 

Days of Gold--Jude Deveraux

I loved this book. I’m a sucker for romances apparently. 

Jude writes in a way that isn’t cheesy or classic romance novels where it's like reading porn, it’s just her telling a story of two people falling in love. 

Much like that ding-dong Nicholas Sparks, except that instead of people dying at the end, people live happily ever after.

This was about Edilean Talbot and Angus McTern, my two fav. characters of hers so far. And lucky for me, the beginning of a looong family tree that ends up in four books as far as I know.

It’s not lame, it’s lovely.

Water for Elephants--Sara Gruen

This book is amazing. It was so beautifully written that I was instantly drawn into the story. I won't even give you a synopsis about it because I want every inch of it to be a surprise!

Made me mad, made me laugh, made me cry with joy, and it's pretty rare a book can make me cry with happiness.

HIGHLY RECOMMENDED. Love love love it.

The Uninvited--Tim Wynne-Jones

Uninvited indeed. 

This book was HORRIBLE. 

Maybe this was just his breather book before he continued on with his other, apparently, award winning books, but I just wanted to set this book on fire the whole time I was reading it.

It was badly written, the plot was weak, and the characters did things and reacted to things in ways that I’ve never seen anyone do. It was ridiculous, and not in a good funny way.

This book was supposed to be a suspense book…I THINK. I wasn’t in suspense for anything. 

PLUS a brother and sister kiss in it. For like a second, but it was on the lips. Just weeeeeird. I would never kiss my brother on the lips!!! Yikes-a-bee! I wouldn't suggest this book for my worst enemy. 


And I hear Voldemort is looking for something to read.

Elvis: Still Taking Care of Business--Sonny West

This is obviously about Elvis and his life with Sonny West, one of his best friends and a member of the Memphis Mafia. 

I loved each and every second of this book, but I also have a big geek-on for 
Elvis and anything to do with him, so I WOULD nerd out about it.

I definitely recommend this to any Elvis fan, or Sonny West fan, which I am now proud to say I am. It has given me an new way of looking at Elvis (not just as the rock and roll God that he is, but as a real man) and shown me how he truly lived his life. It obviously takes a sad turn at the end and it's heartbreaking to see how he got to that point.

But it also makes me feel like Elvis and I would've been really good friends if he were alive and I were to meet him. (He took care of girls like me like they were his little sister. :) )

Life's That Way--Jim Beaver

Jim Beaver started writing nightly emails to his family and friends when him and his wife, Cecily Adams, were learning and going through her lung cancer diagnosis. 

Eventually this turned into more than 4000 people reading his email nightly.

This book is a memoir of the turmoil and pain they went through the year it happened and is one of the most fantastic and heartbreaking reads I’ve ever come across.

Since it’s real life, I don’t seem too concerned about Spoiler Alerts. Cecily died March 3rd 2004. She is survived by Jim and their daughter Madeline Rose.

This is a tearjerker people, made me cry like a little girl. Bring tissues.

Come to the edge.

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