I don’t get around to reading as much as I would like, and I don’t have much patience for sitting down with a new book, either. I blame Anne Rice for this but that’s another story to be told at another point in time.
I do love to read, though, and when I find a new book I adore sharing it with others. For whatever reason, fiction has been put on the back burner and memoirs have really grabbed my attention. If you have any recommendations for memoirs of any kind, don’t hesitate to suggest them! Here are the most recent books that I have read and loved:

Notice a trend? Now, I’m not going to give you in-depth reviews. Trust me; I love absolutely everything about these books. Let me just summarize them so you can decide if they are your kind of reading.

Chocolate, Please by Lisa Lampanelli - A memoir of Lisa’s life with heavy focus on her choice in men and her battle with overeating. Most of the book is linear with aside chapters talking about her career. LIsa is charming, totally honest and utterly filthy – just like in her act as Comedy’s Lovable Queen of Mean.

American on Purpose by Craig Ferguson – Craig is funny dude, not just scripted like on the Drew Carey Show or The Late Late Show but off-the-cuff funny, even in his book. In true memoir stle, Craig takes us down amnesia road of his childhood and turbulent youth in Scotland to his rock bottom years, recovery, immigration to the USA and eventual citizenship. I have the honor of having my book signed by the man himself back when it was first released back in summer of 2008 and he had a signing at Vroman’s of Pasadena. Craig – I’m sorry if I gave you my summer cold. I promise that I bathed in hand sanitizer before shaking your hand.

Official Book Club Selection: A Memoir According to Kathy Griffin – Oh, Kathy. I love her. You know what I love best about this book? It’s told very matter-of-fact, as in Kathy isn’t always “on” (this doesn’t mean that Lisa being “on” all of the time in her book makes me dislike it). Like Craig, Kathy goes in linear order of her life up to the point of publishing her book. I learned a lot about Kathy, her family, career struggles, personal relationships and life as an award winning D-list celebrity. Unsurprisingly, Kathy is a very open, lovely human being; something that her critics will never understand because they’re just totally unable to get the joke.

I have a few more books that I have recently read but they’re either not worth mentioning or warrant their own individual post.