Follow this link Call Me Russell to find the ebook available at kobobooks.com
Edition: eBook
Finished December 2010
Cover (from the Hardcover Edition)
Up-close personal and yes funny - this is the must-have celebrity memoir of the year. This candid first-person memoir chronicles Russell's life from his humble beginnings in suburbia as a scrawny brown bullied kid with ADD all the way to his remarkable rise as one of the world's top-earning comics. This is a shockingly honest book filled with poignant memories of his family his life and his career. Call Me Russell is a deeply inspirational story for aspiring artists of any culture about having hope working hard and dreaming big.
My Thoughts
Russell Peters "The Brown Comic" born and raised right here in Ontario, Canada. I remember the first time my son introduced me to Russell Peters and his comedy. We sat in the kitchen, heads together in front of the lap top and laughed till our tummies hurt. I couldn't wait for my husband to come home so we could watch it all over again. I really wanted to see my husband's reactions, you see it takes a lot to get my husband to have a good laugh. So when the viewing of Russell Peters brought uproarious laughter from my husband I knew this comedian was a hit.
Having said all that, when I was browsing for a new book to read last November on kobobooks.com I stumbled across his book. I was quite anxious to purchase it and get right to reading.
I enjoyed learning about his personal life, the ups and down, highs and lows. I could identify with his ADD and troubles with school, as my son is experiencing high school in a similar way. I was able to feel his emotion with the retelling of many events from his past.
The only down side to this book was the language. Could it have been worse? Yes. Have I read worse? Yes. If you have an aversion to language please beware.
Signing off till next time.
L
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Tuesday, January 18, 2011
Monday, January 18, 2010
Her Fearful Symmetry
Follow this link HER FEARFUL SYMMETRY should you wish to see it at chapters.ca
BY: AUDREY NIFFENEGGER
From the Publisher
Another brilliant original and moving novel from the author of The Time Traveler's Wife.
Julia and Valentina Poole are normal American teenagers - normal, as least, for identical "mirror" twins who have not interest in college or jobs or possibly anything outside their cozy suburban home. but everything changes when they receive notice that an aunt whom they didn't know existed has died and left them her amazing flat in a building by Highgate Cemetery in London. They feel that at last their own lives can begin ... but they have no idea that they've been summoned into a tangle of fraying lives, from the OCD-suffering crossword setter who lives above them to their aunt's mysterious and elusive lover who lives below them, and even to their aunt herself, who never got over her estrangement from the mother of the girls - her own twin - and who can't even seem to quite leaver her flat...
About the Author
Audrey Niffenegger is a visual artist and writer who lives and works in Chicago. She is the author of The Time Traveler's Wife, a novel which has been translated into more than thirty languages, as well as two visual novels, The Three Incestuous Sisters and The Adventuress. The Night Bookmobile, a graphic novel, was serialized in the Guardian.
My Opinion
I purchased this book because I loved The Time Travellers Wife and hoped that Audrey Niffenegger had managed to write another exceptional book.
Wonderful ghost story, (not the scary kind) bit of mystery, a warped love story. Was very impressed with the story until the ending. The ending left me disappointed, almost disgusted. UGH!!!!
BY: AUDREY NIFFENEGGER
From the Publisher
Another brilliant original and moving novel from the author of The Time Traveler's Wife.
Julia and Valentina Poole are normal American teenagers - normal, as least, for identical "mirror" twins who have not interest in college or jobs or possibly anything outside their cozy suburban home. but everything changes when they receive notice that an aunt whom they didn't know existed has died and left them her amazing flat in a building by Highgate Cemetery in London. They feel that at last their own lives can begin ... but they have no idea that they've been summoned into a tangle of fraying lives, from the OCD-suffering crossword setter who lives above them to their aunt's mysterious and elusive lover who lives below them, and even to their aunt herself, who never got over her estrangement from the mother of the girls - her own twin - and who can't even seem to quite leaver her flat...
About the Author
Audrey Niffenegger is a visual artist and writer who lives and works in Chicago. She is the author of The Time Traveler's Wife, a novel which has been translated into more than thirty languages, as well as two visual novels, The Three Incestuous Sisters and The Adventuress. The Night Bookmobile, a graphic novel, was serialized in the Guardian.
My Opinion
I purchased this book because I loved The Time Travellers Wife and hoped that Audrey Niffenegger had managed to write another exceptional book.
Wonderful ghost story, (not the scary kind) bit of mystery, a warped love story. Was very impressed with the story until the ending. The ending left me disappointed, almost disgusted. UGH!!!!
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