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How to Murder Your Life – Cat Marnell (2017)

How to Murder your Life by Cat Marnell

May 25, 2021 by vel veeter Leave a Comment

I mean this book is just great. I don’t always like memoirs that much in part because for one, the vast bulk of them are a little formulaic or written because of fame. Even well-written ones often get a little committeed to death because of the more or less puritanical impulses in the publishing industry. I don’t know much about Cat Marnell (or didn’t. I think I know a few things now), but she was big for a while in certain crowds. This memoir begins […]

Filed Under: Biography/Memoir Tagged With: Cat marnell

vel veeter's CBR13 Review No:235 · Genres: Biography/Memoir · Tags: Cat marnell ·
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Proceed with caution

December 9, 2018 by octothorp Leave a Comment

I remember just before Amy Winehouse died thinking “she’ll be ok, when you’re that rich, that famous, and that obviously spinning out, people are bound to keep a closer watch on you.  If paparazzi can follow you 24-7, surely any bottoming out will happen in view of someone who can help.” I don’t know how to review this book but I am really worried for the author. Cat Marnell’s don’t-give-a-fucketry was what drew me to the book, I hadn’t ever read her writing before (that […]

Filed Under: Biography/Memoir, Non-Fiction Tagged With: Cat marnell

octothorp's CBR10 Review No:71 · Genres: Biography/Memoir, Non-Fiction · Tags: Cat marnell ·
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