CJ Reads | Read Vanishing Twins or ELSE | Life Stories Book Tag @CJReads | Uploaded May 2021 | Updated October 2024, 15 hours ago.
Hi lads! Hannah told me to do this tag about memoir/auto fiction/biographies, so I had to listen to her. Is this a genre you gravitate towards? Will you PLEASE read my fav book, Vanishing Twins?
✨ Things I mentioned/read✨
@hannahmay11
@BenjaminGreen
Literary Iggy: youtube.com/channel/UCnUfXhGfNdCq5WQDOouTC_Q
Rebecca Eats Books: youtube.com/channel/UCrEuMQEysdtn84vIjIxsIFg
Vanishing Twins: A Marriage by Leah Dieterich: bookshop.org/a/12158/9781593762919
Just Kids by Patti Smith: bookshop.org/a/12158/9780060936228
Sontag: Her Life and Work by Benjamin Moser: bookshop.org/a/12158/9780062896407
Born to Run by Bruce Springsteen: bookshop.org/a/12158/9781501141522
The Glass Castle: A Memoir by Jeannette Walls: bookshop.org/a/12158/9780743247542
Things I Don't Want to Know: On Writing by Deborah Levy: bookshop.org/a/12158/9781635572247
Know My Name: A Memoir by Chanel Miller: bookshop.org/a/12158/9780735223721
Hunger: A Memoir of (My) Body by Roxane Gay: bookshop.org/a/12158/9780062420718
The Fran Lebowitz Reader by Fran Lebowitz: bookshop.org/a/12158/9780679761808
Stray: A Memoir by Stephanie Danler: bookshop.org/a/12158/9781101875964
Golem Girl: A Memoir by Riva Lehrer: bookshop.org/a/12158/9781984820303
Theft by Finding: Diaries (1977-2002) by David Sedaris: bookshop.org/a/12158/9780316154734
Questions:
1) Do you have a preference for biography or autobiography?
2) Do you gravitate towards a specific area like sport, celebrity, history, etc.?
3) Have you ever read the life story of someone and in doing so changed your opinion of them, for better or worse? Example.
4) Must you always know who the person is before picking up their life story?
5) Have you ever met someone whose biography/autobiography you've read?
6) What do you think about books that are described as semi-autobiographical?
7) Give an example of a life story that really surprised you.
8) What biographies, autobiographies, memoirs, etc. are currently on your TBR?
9) Whose life story did you find particularly hard going? Either emotionally difficult to read or very boring?
10) Is there anyone you know personally who you feel should have their life story written down?
11) Have you read any diaries or collections of letters if so which ones did you find interesting?
12) What are a few life story books you would recommend to us to read?
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Hi lads! Hannah told me to do this tag about memoir/auto fiction/biographies, so I had to listen to her. Is this a genre you gravitate towards? Will you PLEASE read my fav book, Vanishing Twins?
✨ Things I mentioned/read✨
@hannahmay11
@BenjaminGreen
Literary Iggy: youtube.com/channel/UCnUfXhGfNdCq5WQDOouTC_Q
Rebecca Eats Books: youtube.com/channel/UCrEuMQEysdtn84vIjIxsIFg
Vanishing Twins: A Marriage by Leah Dieterich: bookshop.org/a/12158/9781593762919
Just Kids by Patti Smith: bookshop.org/a/12158/9780060936228
Sontag: Her Life and Work by Benjamin Moser: bookshop.org/a/12158/9780062896407
Born to Run by Bruce Springsteen: bookshop.org/a/12158/9781501141522
The Glass Castle: A Memoir by Jeannette Walls: bookshop.org/a/12158/9780743247542
Things I Don't Want to Know: On Writing by Deborah Levy: bookshop.org/a/12158/9781635572247
Know My Name: A Memoir by Chanel Miller: bookshop.org/a/12158/9780735223721
Hunger: A Memoir of (My) Body by Roxane Gay: bookshop.org/a/12158/9780062420718
The Fran Lebowitz Reader by Fran Lebowitz: bookshop.org/a/12158/9780679761808
Stray: A Memoir by Stephanie Danler: bookshop.org/a/12158/9781101875964
Golem Girl: A Memoir by Riva Lehrer: bookshop.org/a/12158/9781984820303
Theft by Finding: Diaries (1977-2002) by David Sedaris: bookshop.org/a/12158/9780316154734
Questions:
1) Do you have a preference for biography or autobiography?
2) Do you gravitate towards a specific area like sport, celebrity, history, etc.?
3) Have you ever read the life story of someone and in doing so changed your opinion of them, for better or worse? Example.
4) Must you always know who the person is before picking up their life story?
5) Have you ever met someone whose biography/autobiography you've read?
6) What do you think about books that are described as semi-autobiographical?
7) Give an example of a life story that really surprised you.
8) What biographies, autobiographies, memoirs, etc. are currently on your TBR?
9) Whose life story did you find particularly hard going? Either emotionally difficult to read or very boring?
10) Is there anyone you know personally who you feel should have their life story written down?
11) Have you read any diaries or collections of letters if so which ones did you find interesting?
12) What are a few life story books you would recommend to us to read?
🗣 Feel free to follow me on 🗣
Bookshop: bookshop.org/shop/cjreads
Buy me a coffee: ko-fi.com/cjreads
Instagram: instagram.com/ciarajalberts/
Goodreads: goodreads.com/cjalberts
Newsletter: tinyletter.com/cjreads
Letterboxd: letterboxd.com/cjalberts/
Email: ciarajalberts@gmail.com
