have you ever bought/read a sleb autobiography?

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was it any good? was it very bad?
interesting read, or waste of time?

loads seem to plugging books for Christmas this year. Just wondering if there is actually worth reading in them.

Older ones I love

Clive James
David Niven
John Peel
Peter Ustinov

Just bought Clarissa Dickson Wrights for a friend.

I want to read the Motley Crue one!!

Have heard it's vile

It is so vile. Me, DP and my sister all finished it within week, you have to keep reading to see what supid thing they do next.

Motley Crue is gobsmackingly crude but excellent.

Boy George's first one was fab too

Also read Holly Johnson - lots of gay sex (not a huge surprise)

For the Motley readers, remember "Bullwinkle?"

Eeeewwwwww

Nigel Slater 'Toast' also v v good and spectacularly easy to read

Martine McCutcheon. Was a gift from SIL, would never have bought it myself.

Read it on holiday. She is so full of herself its unbelievable. Went right off her after I read it.

Going to get my Dad the Roger Moore one for xmas and borrow it - sounds like he has had a really interesting life.

ooohhh good idea loumacca.

think my dad would like that as well.

I read Jordan's and it actually made me really dislike here where I had quite liked her before. I'm not sure if theat's what she (Or the ghost writer) intended though.

I enjoyed Russell Brand's, but that was partly because of the local references (he grew up 5 minutes away from me). Boy George's was very good, I liked Rupert Everett's but by god is that man self obsessed! My favourite autobography is Too Many Mothers by Roberta Taylor, (aka Tffany's mum in Eastenders/a character whose name I don't know in The Bill). She's not a superstar by any stretch, but her writing is fantastic, she made her childhood sound both wonderful and tragically sad.

kerryk - Roger M was on Jonathan Ross on friday night, he was lovely!! So witty and modest. Defo more to him than just James Bond.

I found Rupert Everett's v. entertaining and enjoy his caustic narrative style. I read Gordon Ramsay's first one and found it interesting; his complete lack of self-pity about his abusive father made a refreshing change to all the 'mis-lit' memoirs the book shops are crammed with. His second one was all about business and v. dull in comparison.

I am looking forward to reading Dawn French's and heard an extract from Julie Walters' book on the radio recently - that sounds entertaining too!

peter kays is fantastic

Dirk Bogarde's

Grayham Norton's book is brill.

Rolf Harris! Loved it!

Jordan's first two.
Ulrika Johnson.
Ronan Keating.
Kerry Katona.
Jamie Oliver.
Jodie Marsh.
Nigel Slater (loved it even though it made me cry).
Martine McCutheon.
Peter Andre.
Posh.
Sharon Osborne.
Gordon Ramsey but that was a Biography.
Stan Collymore.
Probably others but that's all I can think of now.

I currently have Daniella Westbrook from the library.

I read Eamonn Holmes' biog

Simon Cowles (thats not spelt right is it?!}. .

Was actually quite good though.

John Barrowman

Very good, made me smile reading about his childhood but then I only have to think of his gorgeous face & I smile

I have an Ozzie Osbourne one but I didn't buy it, was given it.
Also a brilliant one by a well known (not world wide though) kiwi rugby league player who lost his leg in a motorbike accident - very inspiring all about overcoming adversity in your life.

The only one I love though, is Clive James. I would never buy an autobiography though ...

i'm quite suprised that so many have been liked so much.

i thought a large proprtion would be..well..rubbish really.

i think self obsession would be quite an important personality trait to write an autobiog at a fairly young age. unless you had lived a lot.

I enjoyed Rupert Everett's