Kath's 32 & 33
#32 - Confessions of a Prairie Bitch by Alison Arngrim
This was a memoir by the woman who played Nellie Oleson on Little House on the Prairie. She is a stand-up comedienne, so it was quite hilarious, but with a serious undertone (she an AIDS activist, because her on-screen husband (Percival, for those in the know) died of the disease, and she is also a child abuse/incest activist due to having been a victim herself). Very readable and totally worth reading. I must say though, after this and Melissa Gilbert's memoir, I'd really love an honest memoir from Melissa Sue Anderson, if only to know what was up her craw back in the Little House days.
#33 - Not Buying It: My Year Without Shopping by Judith Levine
I'm going through a period (which seems to happen often these days) where fiction is boring me, so I read another of those "give up something for a year" books. I liked this one. Levine is a good author and she included a lot of research about consumerism etc. Definitely worth a read.
This was a memoir by the woman who played Nellie Oleson on Little House on the Prairie. She is a stand-up comedienne, so it was quite hilarious, but with a serious undertone (she an AIDS activist, because her on-screen husband (Percival, for those in the know) died of the disease, and she is also a child abuse/incest activist due to having been a victim herself). Very readable and totally worth reading. I must say though, after this and Melissa Gilbert's memoir, I'd really love an honest memoir from Melissa Sue Anderson, if only to know what was up her craw back in the Little House days.
#33 - Not Buying It: My Year Without Shopping by Judith Levine
I'm going through a period (which seems to happen often these days) where fiction is boring me, so I read another of those "give up something for a year" books. I liked this one. Levine is a good author and she included a lot of research about consumerism etc. Definitely worth a read.