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Author
Roger Ebert
Genre
Memoir & Autobiography
Rating
3.86 of 5 Votes: 4
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ISBN
0446584975 (ISBN13: 9780446584975)
Language
English
Publisher
Grand Central Publishing
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Picked it up hoping to learn more about his career as a movie critic. Instead, it focuses on his memories with his family and his various stories attempting to portray him as a "ladies man" (nice try, I'm not buying it). Also, much of the content is repetitive from chapter to chapter -- not sure if this was intended to be written as a series of essays, rather than chapters, or if it was a technique. Either way, it was annoying. As with many books of this type, I liked some of the essays, and didn't care for others. Here are my memorable quotes:"A bore is someone who deprives you of solitude without providing you with companionship." --page 65"With the help of the janitor he screwed onto the side of the desk a pencil sharpener--that highly satisfying, highly philosophical instrument that goes ticonderoga-ticonderoga, feeding on the yellow finish and sweet wood, and ends up in a kind of soundlessly spinning ethereal void as we all must." --page 305

What do You think about Life Itself (2011)?

The book took forever to read, but it was worth it.
—berlinda

Try to see the documentary too. Terrific.
—tstump

Very interesting writing style.
—AbbyRenee

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