Jul. 5th, 2009

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If you have any young friends who aspire to become writers, the second-greatest favor you can do them is to present them with copies of The Elements of Style. The first-greatest, of course, is to shoot them now,while they're happy. -- Dorothy Parker


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Booking Through Thursday Suggested by Callista83:

Do you read celebrity memoirs? Which ones have you read or do you want to read? Which nonexistent celebrity memoirs would you like to see?
In questions like this, I'm always a little wary of the noun 'celebrity' - as if being famous were separate from a person's accomplishments. Who decides who is or is not a celebrity? Actors, singers, members of a royal family - what about politicians? Scientists? Explorers? Journalists? Writers? Seems to me there is something dismissive in the word 'celebrity', that many people who are celebrities don't deserve.

Yes, I read celebrity memoirs - not often, and only when I have a reason. But I like autobiography, and memoirs, and biography, and essays. Let's see: I've read some of the volumes of memoirs by Noel Coward; I've read Anything Goes by John Barrowman; I've read the motorcycling adventures of Ewan McGregor, and I recently started the autobiography of Christopher Plummer. I read Cheryl Tieg's book which talked about her life as well as her health and beauty tips.

I suppose I can't count Caesar's De Bello Gallica in this list - ?

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I have been working very, very hard not to hear spoilers about Torchwood series 3.

Mostly, I've done all right.

But I couldn't help hearing some rumours, and that's even worse. I wish I hadn't.

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