AUGUST - “The gossip is priceless”

[Rachel]

This month, read a book about fame, show business or Hollywood (anything from a tell-all to a fiction book about someone famous).

[Rachel]

We'll get the post up within a few days, but here are some lists/articles to get ideas!

https://www.goodreads.com/shelf/show/...

Really Good Books: Scandals of Classic Hollywood Edition
https://www.thehairpin.com/2012/05/re...

The 20 Most Explosive Hollywood Tell-All Books — Of All Time!
https://radaronline.com/photos/the-20...

Galloway on Film: The 10 Greatest Movie Books
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/lis...

10 Juicy Hollywood Books To Get You Prepped For the Golden Globes
https://www.bustle.com/articles/57579...

[Sophie]

I'm going to read for this one!

Also have to catch up on some previous months, I got behind!

[Rachel]

Jack Ketchum wrote The Secret Life of Souls, which I liked. If you like animals/dogs and want something a little darker then I recommend it :)

[Eve]

I Didn't Come Here to Make Friends: Confessions of a Reality Show Villain

I think I'll be reading this! I bought it back in February but haven't gotten around to it yet.

[Lea]

Romance books where one character is famous for show biz reasons are eligible for this month. I really like Act Like It by Lucy Parker. Can one of our romance readers rec some more that fit this trope?

[Lea]

Anne Helen Petersen (the writer who gave us that hilarious profile on Armie Hammer) has a book on Old Hollywood gossip: Scandals of Classic Hollywood: Sex, Deviance, and Drama from the Golden Age of American Cinema

I also found this book while browsing around on Goodreads today: One On One by Craig Brown (it's about unlikely meetings between famous people)

I think I might pick The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo for this month

[Cathryn]

I got a bit ahead of myself and I've nearly finished The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo, which is fantastic.

Karina Longworth is currently doing a series for her podcast, You Must Remember This, where she fact-checks stories from Kenneth Anger's book, Hollywood Babylon and I have to say I'm tempted to read that as well, but we'll see.

[Sasha]

I was thinking about Truth and Beauty, since I remember someone on ontd rec'ing it. But, not sure if it fits the theme 100%.

Ngl, seeing Hollywood Babylon and hearing about its gossipy legend makes me want to actually check it out. Someone on ontd also rec'd I Must Say: My Life as a Humble Comedy Legend. So I have choices this month :)

[Lea]

Sasha, that's correct, Truth and Beauty doesn't fit this month's theme. If anyone is picking a memoir, the eligible ones are by famous actors/comedians/directors/etc, basically Hollywood people (and similar industries from other countries), reality show people, models and famous musicians, but not writers or politicians.

[Jamie]

I'm going to read Beautiful Ruins. It's about a fictional actress in the 1960's.

[Kim]

IDK what to read I might read Revenge of the Nerd: Or . . . The Singular Adventures of the Man Who Would Be Booger does that count?

[Rachel]

Kim wrote: "IDK what to read I might read Revenge of the Nerd: Or . . . The Singular Adventures of the Man Who Would Be Booger does that count?"

That looks like it works!

[Rachel]

BTW, the post was submitted earlier so be on the look out!

[Rachel]

Post!
https://ohnotheydidnt.livejournal.com...

[Susan]

I was thinking of Everything Leads to You, since it's on my to-read already and looks like a cute romance for the potentially crazy month that August is going to be lol. I might check out a tell-all scandal book tho........

Also, would a book like Night Film be eligible?

[Lea]

Susan wrote: "Also, would a book like Night Film be eligible?"

I don't know - Rach, you've read it, is it eligible?

[Rachel]

Oops, I meant to respond! I'm sorry!

I would say it counts.

[Dainey]

Hmmm, I probably should've gone for a fiction book about a famous character, but I wanted to get out of my comfort zone, so I picked the pointed out One on One.

Alas, that wasn't the best choice for me, I think. The writing wasn't very gripping, plus most of these encounters were a long time ago (presumably for lawsuit reasons...), so many of them I felt were already common knowledge even for a non-gossip buff.

There's still plenty of time, so I'll probably go for Night Film as well.

[Tejal]

Hollywood Daze was on offer from Amazon so I nabbed a copy of that as it seems to fit the challenge.

[Kat]

I just finished Wishful Drinking, it made me sad for Carrie.

[Nicole]

I just remembered I had bought Act Like It some months ago and it fits with the theme so that'll be my pick for this month!

[Jamie]

I stumbled upon this podcast series that tears apart the apparent inaccuracies of Hollywood Babylon if anyone is interested.

http://www.youmustrememberthispodcast...

[Kim]

I picked Revenge of the Nerd: Or . . . The Singular Adventures of the Man Who Would Be Booger which was a fun read. Learned a lot about Curtis himself and enjoyed all of the Hollywood gossip.