Category: Book Recommendations

Falling Leaves is an autobiographical story about Adeline Yen Mah.  It explores the hardship she endured while living with her father and stepmother. She was born into privilege, but like many girls born into Asian countries, there were cultural forces that sent her reeling backward.  She didn’t have the same luxuries as her brothers, and…

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This is a little departure from my normal book recommendation.  It might be because I’m getting to the age where my perspective on life is changing.  I’m also doing some good old fashion reminiscing of the days past.  The books in this series were my favorite way back when, and definitely read them more than…

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These are three radically different books as you can probably tell because of the authors.  Palahniuk has been listed as a “nihilistic writer” although he rejects this title.  He is most famous for his books Fight Club and Choke, which were both made into movies.  Pears focuses on historical novels where he weaves historical events…

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Shambling Towards Hiroshima This is probably the most whacked-out book I have ever read.  It is satirical in nature and focuses on WWII, Reptilian Creatures, and Hollywood.  The main character, Syms Thorley, is thrust out of his B Hollywood movie and into a rubber suit meant to put the F in fear.  If he succeeds…

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The Devil’s Guide to Hollywood Dare I say this recommendation might be reserved for bathroom reading?  I say this because it is written in such a way that it could be read in short spans of time since much of this book is structured in easy compartmentalized sections throughout the chapters.  Joe Eszterhas has written…

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The Dress Lodger It’s been a long time since I was awed at a writer’s technique and word usage.  The sentences seemed to jump off the page for me when I read The Dress Lodger.  They got a lot of distance and hit my face each time as if they were saying, “read me, read…

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Not Dead & Not For Sale Most of us know about the passing of STP frontman, Scott Weiland.  It was plastered everywhere and anywhere especially in The United States.  Groupies and fans mourned the loss of a great singer and song writer, but in the midst of it all let’s not forget all the havoc…

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This is a simple and easy read.  It is very fast paced.  I read this book a while ago, but remember it being thought provoking.  Humans all love to blame others especially when shit hits the fan. The bigger the problem, the harder one falls when they fail.  This begs the question of what exactly…

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This is a great book for the fact it gives the reader insights into the personalities of famous actors and actresses, unadulterated and brutally truthful. Even if it portrays the Hollywood legends in a less than favorable light, you continue to have respect for them as they deserve. I enjoyed it from first page to…

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