have you read any auto or biogs recently

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that were good

No

Can't even think of the last biog I read, actually.

Is Piers Morgan the insider any good?
I want to read it.

Not recntly, but Laura Sage's "Bad Blood" is a very good book.

The Piers Morgan book is FAB!

Roisin recommended Blue Eyed Son by Nicky Campbell to me and it was very good. Never liked him much before, but after reading it thought he seemd an ok bloke.

Lance Armstrong - read that so I could be sure it was OK to give to DS's friend who was diagnosed with cancer. It really helped him.

Michael J Fox was good too.

Bob Dylan's 'Chronicles'.

The John Thaw biography by his wife Shiela Hancock. Absolutely brilliant. V moving.

have reada bad blood woudl agree
what about the one about larura blundy

yes read nicky campbell
wa s interested at he bginnign butTHE "oirish" stuff bored me

piers is goo dhten?
mayeb ill buy that

not laura blundy
anna

Think the Joanna Lumley one where she uses all the rooms in her house as prompts to tell her life story sounds quite interesting. (And yet its been out for more than a year and I can't remember the title, so obviously am not a great advocate for it...)

Don't read Laura Blundy - it's an awful book (by Julie Myerson) - totally inept.

Janet Street-Porter's one, Baggage, is a quick, easy read - I'm convinced she dictated it. She's vituperative v. her mother especially.

How about Nigel Slater's Toast? Another celeb who can't forgive his mum and dad, but otherwise a light, fairly jolly read. I didn't like him as much after reading it, but I still like his take on food.

Or John Peel's - just out? I want to read that.

I got bored with the Joanna Lumley one, shame because I really like her.
Piers Morgan one is juicy fun, good for dipping into.

anna blundy? met her on holiday...

hilary mantel, giving up the ghost
a woman in berlin, anonymous

love hilary

hate J lumley
wgat was anna blundy like?

Frank Skinner. v.funny.

Recently read Harry Thompson's This thing of darkness which is the life story of Captain Fitzroy and Charles Darwin. Excellent book, if a tad long.

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greenmonsterbean, thanks for that recommendation. It sounds interesting.

have read Frank Skinner - hilarious esp the bit about the hooker

also Piers Morgan - v good and juicy
and Jordan - quite amusing

I enjoyed the Frank Skinner book. V funny and he also comes across as being quite sweetly vulnerable.