I found this to be a very good biography. I discovered a lot of different facets to Oprah Winfrey, that has significantly altered my opinion of her. I can't say that I like her as much as I did before I read her book. Underneath the generous, understanding, good-will ambassador, lies a power-hu...
Oprah's life and personality is weirdly compelling, but Kelley's tone is snide throughout. I'd like to read a biography of Oprah that is honest, but less mean-spirited in the future. Although Kelley's snarky, this biography reminded me of the second volume of Peter Guralnick's Elvis bio, Careless...
Kitty Kelley's book includes some of the most memorable Kennedy photographs taken, including one of John Jr. hiding underneath his father's Oval Office desk. Kelley, a friend of photographer Stanley Tretick, includes interesting insights into Tretick's relationship with the Kennedy family, especi...
Well, this was pretty much trash. Since I listened to it on audio, I guess that it could be classified as "ear candy". In my defense, I needed a book to listen to while en route to Hilton Head that wouldn't distress my husband. So I stooped to his "Bush is an idiot" mentality and picked this u...
Read a few pages at a time while nursing the baby at night ...With the recent birth of the royal baby of William & Kate Middleton (yet to be named), my interest in the royal family was renewed. And with the excessive media coverage surrounding the birth, I was in the mood for a little scandal & m...
Bush was determined to go to Yale. His family’s long line of Old Blues stretched back four generations to his great-great-grandfather the Reverend James Smith Bush (class of 1844). His grandfather Prescott, whose devotion to the school never flagged, was known on campus as the senator from Yale. ...