James M. Patton

The best part of recent SNL is here!!

Revisado: 10-10-20

Weekend Update has become the best part of SNL in recent years and Colin Jost brings all of that humor and more to his memoir.

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A great time capsule from the front lines of life.

Revisado: 10-10-20

Rather does a great job of taking us through so many of the historical events that occurred during his time as a reporter.

A great telling of his life, and ours!

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You Can't Get Much More Inside Than This!

Revisado: 10-10-20

An insider's telling of one of the biggest cons in the era of Enron. Interested to see how the case is resolved.

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These are hilarious!

Revisado: 10-10-20

Between the reviews and the performers bringing them to life, this was a fun listen,

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Addictive! The rare book hard to turn off.

Revisado: 10-10-20

Having read American Kingpin, this was recommended. Good call! This was a fantastic listen and was hard to turn off when I had to do things like work and sleep.

If you are interested in the science of how people are manipulated and the history of hacking, this is a good listen.

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Great comparison of time in CIA vs FBI.

Revisado: 10-10-20

Walder does a great job of walking us through her life and time in both the CIA and the FBI.

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2/3 Personal, 1/3 Movie Making

Revisado: 10-10-20

I know there is a demographic that buys Vietnam autobiographies and I support anyone that fought for our country, but I bought this to hear about Stone's film career. While about 1/3 of the book is about his experiences making films, a lot of it is about his time in Vietnam and the aftermath of his time there.

Read in Stone's monotone voice, it was okay, but not entertaining for the most part.

Tell your story how you want, but here is the formula for a good memoir/biography: Start out discussing what we know you for (movie making and Hollywood in this instance). Then, if there are times in your life or people that play a part in what we know you for, work those parts of your life into the story.

Anyone who writes a book starting with their grandparents, through to their parents, through to their birth, through their youth, and 6 to 9 hours in finally starts discussing what we know them for, is doing a history report.

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More Please!!!!

Revisado: 10-10-20

I loved Man Up, and when I saw Ross Mathews had written another book, I looked forward to it. If Ross could just go ahead and find the time to write 5 of these a year, that would be great.

His stories, his wit, his hilarity are fantastic. If you like hearing about celebrities and do not mind the author doing a great job of entertaining you while sharing their real-life experiences from coast to coast, this book is for you.

More, please!!!

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A second perspective of the Molly's Game tale.

Revisado: 10-10-20

I greatly enjoyed "Molly's Game", the book and the movie, so when I saw that more of the story was available from another perspective, I got it. While it only covers the portion of her story that Houston Curtis was involved in, the early games, it sheds more light on the story,

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I learned so much. Curtain the perfect narrator.

Revisado: 05-19-20

I chose to read this after seeing the fantastic movie. This book, while under 3 hours, does a great job of giving more detail about the story told in the movie.

And to have Jane Curtain read it after seeing her tour de force performance as Lee Israel's agent in the movie, it is the perfect companion to the film. I wish there was more!!

For the record, I think, while it may steer its way more into fiction, that it would be great to have Curtain have a film of her own about the agent character. There were so many scenes where we walked in and out on her character in the movie. I would love to see either more of the movie as a whole (all of the characters) or at least Curtain. The character was so richly played that I thought it truly deserved 2 hours of its own. An Oscar wouldn't hurt either.

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