Apparently There Were Complaints... & other non-fiction I've read recently

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I'm back with a non-fiction only reading wrapup! This is a mix of celebrity memoirs, Old Hollywood biographies, true crime, and corporate whistleblowing/histories.
Some of these are REALLY GOOD! But you might be surprised which one I found slightly dry (and don't recommend to non-fiction newbies).
Correction: I say Me and My Shadows was a mini-series on CBS. It was on ABC in the US, actually.
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The Most Difficult Shot in Movie History (And Why It Matters) by Patrick (H) Willems: • The Most Difficult Sho...
00:00 Introduction
01:06 The Devil's Candy by Julie Salamon
06:05 Me and My Shadows by Lorna Luft
09:22 You Can't Be Serious by Kal Penn
13:20 Three Cups of Deceit by Jon Krakauer
16:22 House of Gucci by Sara Gay Forden
24:53 Apparently There Were Complaints by Sharon Gless
29:03 At Any Cost by Rebecca Rosenberg & Selim Algar
32:19 Whistleblower by Susan Fowler
36:42 The Secret Life of Marilyn Monroe by J. Randy Taraborrelli
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Комментарии : 52

@ruthanne6729 2 года назад

I’m so happy you’re back, Alexa, I missed you so much. Watching your videos is like having tea and an awesome conversation with a dear friend.

@jmw-lv9rj 2 года назад

Agreed! Needed some book recs and alexa’s are always spot on!

@t.s.611 2 года назад

Alexa, you and I have such different reading tastes, but I always love watching your reading wrap-ups. You have a gift for talking about books!

@NixLaLoupe 2 года назад

It's interesting how many layers of cooperate marketing, societal perspectives, and interpersonal projection you have to peel back just to get a glimpse of who the real Marilyn Monroe was. It's interesting and sad.

@AlexaDonne 2 года назад

Yes, that's exactly it! The one I read feels like a good picture of her family history, mental health struggles, and her intelligence, but I still don't feel I know her as a living, breathing woman. I'd be really curious to read a biography written by a woman.

@RegginaldRiglet 2 года назад

There is something so comforting about watching your videos. Love your content. Cheers on the book deal and here’s hoping we get more videos with it

@SynsBookNook 2 года назад

I love celebrity memoirs, adding Kal Penn’s to my list. The Devil’s Candy sounds fascinating as well. Looking forward to your upcoming mountain disaster video!🏔📚

@tonje_gram 2 года назад

I'm not an avid non-fic reader and I've already forgotten the title of the first book BUT that cover though... awesome! I can see that describing that cover to a clever librarian will be enough.

@aprilchardy1 2 года назад

Thank you for this! I LOVE Sharon Gless-she was an amazing badass on Burn Notice and I grew up watching Cagney & Lacey, and she deserved all the props for Queer as Folk. I didn't know she wrote a memoir but I stopped this video and bought it, as soon as you said her name. I am so excited to read this, thank you again!

@grethen123 2 года назад

So nice to see you back! Really enjoy those themed reviews

@erinpatton 2 года назад

There's a podcast based on The Devil's Candy. It's through TCM. Julie Salamon narrates it. A great Marilyn Monroe biography is Marilyn In Manhattan by Elizabeth Winder

@AlexaDonne 2 года назад

Ooh I'll check that out!

@StephenAryan44 2 года назад

Love Sharon Gless from Cagney and Lacey, and Burn Notice later on. Very curious to read it now!

@AlexaDonne 2 года назад

She talks in depth about both! She actually talked about QaF least ha. She had such a fascinating life though. And she's funny :)

@StephenAryan44 2 года назад

Definitely on my list!

@samyboynton6129 2 года назад

Alexa, I binge watched The Thing About Pam and I kept thinking it would be something you would love! I fell into a Thing About Pam hole, as you would say, and want to learn everything I could about it.

@mjjulian72 Год назад

My favorite of the Marilyn Monroe books from a journalistic standpoint is "Goddess" by Anthony Summers. He didn't know her and doesn't fawn over her but sought out interviews from people who were around her during her lifetime, as well as followed paper trails (receipts, letters, telegrams) to tell the story. Some of the Monroe fans don't like Summers' book because it doesn't varnish her human flaws, so it's a bit of a controversial choice, but he also didn't go for blood and I felt he painted a realistic and sympathetic picture while being objective.

@emieloo76 2 года назад

I’ve read a LOT of true crime over the years and have some very specific favorite authors, but one of the books I’ve never been able to forget (and definitely one of the top true crime I’ve ever read) is Deadly Intentions by William Randolph Stevens. This story was absolutely incredible (in a horrific way) and completely unputdownable and unforgettable. Edited to add that one of my absolute favorite podcasts is The C Word with Lena Dunham and Alissa Bennett. Alissa is a historian and they cover women that society has deemed “crazy”. It is fascinating! I love that they delve deep into the truth and have really done the research. I think you might enjoy it! (The one they did on Judy Garland was especially amazing!)

@timpancakes2011 2 года назад

Daaang I LOVE Grease 2 and Paulette is one of my favs. Had no idea she was Judy's daughter

@AlexaDonne 2 года назад

SAME I didn't fully groc that until several years ago. Mind. Blown.

@timpancakes2011 2 года назад

@@AlexaDonne my recent "WTF?!?!" realization was that Michael from Grease 2 is married to Tabitha from Passions (Juliet Mills) and THEN that she was Haley Mills' sister. Grease 2 is the gift that keeps on giving.

@AlyssaMatesic 2 года назад

Like everyone said, I'm so happy you're back from your hiatus! I love that you got to read so much during the break; I'll have to add some of these to my list!

@oddsox-sensei 2 года назад

I just picked up 3 new books, and have 3 memoirs but now I want to read these. :) Love Krakuer’s writing and this new novels sounds juicy. And I loved loved Sharon in Cagney and Lacey. Yes, I’m that old. And I was so happy to see her return in Queer as Folk! Definitely adding her book to my TBR list. The Whistleblower kind of reminds me of a recent article in the NY Times about Eboni Major at Bulleit Bourbon. (Note read the comments not just the article) Another must read for me, and I haven’t seen the Uber series yet. Thanks so much for the reviews. full disclosure I’m married to a former Bulleit.

@sokagames0114 2 года назад

I'm currently writting a book that is Harry Potter mixed with Lord of The Rings. High fantasy.

@cadencefarm7005 2 года назад

Fab video. I'm so glad you're back Alexa. Missed you!

@rocketaxxonu 2 года назад

Love it!! Always enjoy these reading wrapups, but I tend to lean toward nonfiction so always especially love hearing your thoughts and recommendations on them. I've been seeing the House of Gucci book around bookstores, and been curious to check it out. Some of the comments on Susan Fowler's childhood from 'Whistle Blower' put me in mind of both the books 'Educated' and 'Hillbilly Elegy'; they're both gripping memoirs with commentary on family dynamics and growing up in a limiting environment, and the themes of 'Educated' and the unreliability of memory I found particularly striking. Those are both hugely popular and I wouldn't be surprised if you had read them already, but if not I would definitely say they're worth checking out as far as nonfiction/memoirs go.

@CharlieeWriter 2 года назад

i don't read much non fiction but man I do love film. I might have to switch genres to explore haha

@LindsayPuckett 2 года назад

It’s me. I am the niche audience

@andeeharry 2 года назад

16:38 Didn't know the House of Gucci was a book. I know they did a film recently with loads in the A-list and it was met with mixed reception.

@AlexaDonne 2 года назад

yep the movie was based on the book--as in they purchased the rights to it. It's very fascinating.

@susanmarie2231 Год назад

Yes! Me and My Shadows is a very good TV mini series.

@jaythewriter7625 2 года назад

Idk if you read it or not, but you may like the seven husbands of Evelyn Hugo! It's a fictional story about an actress during the 1950s and her (many) adventures with love, and her experiences as a Latina in Hollywood

@AScreenwritersJourney 2 года назад

The Bonfire of the Vanities by Tom Wolfe is a great book. The movie is a bad adaptation. I love The Devil's Candy! Another book detailing a disastrous film shoot is Final Cut: Art, Money, and Ego in the Making of Heaven's Gate, the Film That Sank United Artists by Steven Bach. As for autobiographies, one of my favorites is Yes I Can: The Story of Sammy Davis, Jr. When I was in my 20s I read a lot of Marilyn Monroe biographies. I remember liking Marilyn Monroe: The Biography by Donald Spoto. Happy reading!

@merrittgates8653 2 года назад

hey Alexa I have a question! Would you recommend revising a novel by parts, or finishing the whole draft before going in with revising? I can't help but keep going backwards when I write, like I can't progress until I feel the previous parts are acceptable and properly set up the future parts. Thanks!

@gracemyer2148 2 года назад

I can totally see you writing an adult thriller about a corporate scandal with a murder

@victoriadickman2329 2 года назад

Alexa referencing Patrick Willems... a crossover of my RU-vid go-tos!

@AlexaDonne 2 года назад

I felt terrible I blanked on his name while filming! Love that channel!

@jordanmiller501 2 года назад

I am still waiting for Marilyn Monroe Musical. Always waiting. Love your video.

@mplbooks 2 года назад

Introduced my musical theater-loving daughter to "Smash" (and "Galavant") last summer!

@prophetessoftroy 2 года назад

OH MY GOD SHE’S PAULETTE 😮 …so I definitely have to read this now. Wow. Thank you!

@Sunset013 2 года назад

ok ok this is probably really annoying because like 13-year-olds probably keep commenting this but I just saw your back and I’m really happy so you should read warrior cats if you haven’t already

@tanishjain7851 2 года назад

noo, the mountaineering disasters, i was waiting for, ig ill wait a lil longer 💀

@AlexaDonne 2 года назад

Me, torturing my audience... like climbing K2, man.

@tanishjain7851 2 года назад

@@AlexaDonne 😢

@jammiez2805 2 года назад

The Sharon Gless book sounded good until you mentioned the chapter on losing her mom to cancer. I lost my mom to cancer and i cant go there. I read crying at H Mart and i sobbed through that book. I can never do that again.

@AlexaDonne 2 года назад

Sharon didn't lose her mom to cancer, AFAIK--that was me mentioning my IRL experience. In Gless's book it's a chapter on friends she's lost to cancer, rather. It's easily skippable, as well, if you prefer--it's one self-contained chapter, short, about four friends. I personally found it a really beautiful chapter, and cathartic for me personally. It's not so much about the cancer itself (no blow-by-blow), but about her amazing friends. The chapter ends on "fuck cancer," which made me smile. Hope that helps!

@sarahholmes1901 2 года назад

Are you going to do a video on writing conferences? They're a lot of money if you just want to have an industry professional critique your work rather than do the networking side of things. Is it still worth the money?

@monicamerle1417 2 года назад

Marilyn: The Passion and the Paradox by Lois W. Banner

@jammiez2805 2 года назад

The book on Judy Garland might be good. I always loved her growing up. I like that its written by her daughter.

@booluther 2 года назад

Yes Smash! Ivy ❤️

@AlexaDonne 2 года назад

YES TEAM IVY 100%. The most baffling part of that show is any universe where Ivy was not obviously the only choice to play Marilyn?! Though I was totally convinced they were going to end up doing a new book with Karen playing Norma Jean in the first half and Ivy playing Marilyn in the second but oh well. Super excited to see what they do with the IRL musical plans.