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Funny Famous People (CBR11Bingo: Birthday)

Congratulations, Who Are You Again? by Harrison Scott Key

The Greatest Love Story Ever Told by Megan Mullally, Nick Offerman

Yes Please by Amy Poehler

Bossypants by Tina Fey

August 20, 2019 by badkittyuno Leave a Comment

Funny celebrity memoirs — definitely one of my favorite categories. I might be stretching the definition of “celebrity” with Harrison Scott Key, but his was my favorite so I’m grouping it in here. Also, god bless Amy Poehler — her birthday is September 16th and she’s my Birthday square! (five stars) Congratulations, Who Are You Again? by Harrison Scott Key Harrison Scott Key wrote this great book I read earlier this year — The World’s Largest Man. It won a lot of prizes. It also […]

Filed Under: Biography/Memoir, Comedy/Humor Tagged With: amy poehler, badkittyuno, Harrison Scott Key, megan mullally, Nick Offerman, Tina Fey

badkittyuno's CBR11 Review No:134 · Genres: Biography/Memoir, Comedy/Humor · Tags: amy poehler, badkittyuno, Harrison Scott Key, megan mullally, Nick Offerman, Tina Fey ·
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“I firmly believe that all human families are full of crazy people, and if your family doesn’t appear to have any, then there’s a high probability you lack situational awareness.”

The World's Largest Man by Harrison Scott Key

May 9, 2019 by badkittyuno Leave a Comment

This is a memoir about a boy growing up in the south, surrounded by guns and hunting and the Bible, and wanting none of it — while also wanting badly to fit in. “The South is a strange place, one that can’t be fit inside a movie, a place that dares you to simplify it, like a prime number, like a Bible story, like my father.” Harrison Scott Key grew up getting dragged out of bed at 4am to go sit in a deer blind, […]

Filed Under: Biography/Memoir, Comedy/Humor, Non-Fiction Tagged With: Harrison Scott Key

badkittyuno's CBR11 Review No:61 · Genres: Biography/Memoir, Comedy/Humor, Non-Fiction · Tags: Harrison Scott Key ·
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