I was going to read Lionel Shriver's We Need to Talk About Kevin (person with a disability) until I noticed these words on the cover: "a novel."

Hardly a biography!

So I changed that to a free choice, and am reading  House of Stone (by Anthony Shadid). It was a bit of a challenge getting into it, but now I am completely hooked.

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I worked on Bill Clinton's memoir a bit more. It's a serious trek, and politics is boring to me. I wish it were more about his actual life and not so much his political career, but I guess with someone like him it's pretty entwined. I really don't need to know the details of every primary and poll and election he has seen since his grade school days though.

Tess, we all receive bonuses when you post. Thank you for the extra info you've learned through your book choices.

My goal will be to follow your example!

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Hello - new to this forum.  Anyway, I just finished A Fortunate Life - Robert Vaughn.  Pretty interesting but could have done without the philosphy lesson and "what I learned" section.  Liked the stories about Steve McQueen and all the Hollywood scoop.  He seems like a pretty down to Earth person and not overly impressed with himself.   However, it did lead me to another book.  Nemesis - Peter Evans.  It puts forth the theory that Aristotle Onassis had Bobby Kennedy killed.  (although I'm not to that part yet - Mr. Vaughn said it in his book).

WOW the Onassis' and Kennedy familes and their friends are seriously screwed up!  Everyone sleeping with everyone else's husband/wife/friend/cousin and what not.  When did they have time to do any actual work or anything.  So this is a pretty good book, but I'm not liking any of the "players" in it.