Book Review: "Official Book Club Selection: A Memoir According To Kathy Griffin"

Can I just say I was overjoyed to finally get my hands on this book? It's been seemingly consistently checked out of my local library since it came out, so imagine just how overjoyed I was to find it was actually there? (Ironically, it was on the shelf right next to Steve Martin's book. If you read this book, you'll see why I find that hilarious.)

For how many hilarious anecdotes pepper this entire book, it also paints a clearer picture of Kathy as an actual person. A woman with a family, with her own short-comings, with.... oh hell, I'm not going to drag this down with that shit. ANYONE reading this book knows damn well they just want to hear her talk shit about any and every celebrity! ;) And she does plenty of it. (I was shocked there was only one teeny brief mention of Liza Minnelli though. I'd of loved to hear glorious anecdotes about her, given what Kathy's had to say about her many times in her stand-up acts. "LIGHTER!", anyone?) I'm kind of shocked just how much of her celebrity 'drama' has happened in my lifetime and I'd never even heard about these stories until this book. (Guess who's gonna pay that much closer attention to Kathy now?) Seriously though, this book is a hoot. I can't echo enough just how much you ought to read this. But, if you're faint of heart about swearing or rude humor, then you'll probably have a heart attack over it. (Doesn't mean you shouldn't read it!) 4 out of 5 stars!