This is the one about ‘Official Book Club Selection.’

Posted October 22nd, 2009 by Mike Lawson

You either love her or you hate her.  It seems that I haven’t found anyone that is just like, “Kathy Griffin is okay.”

I just finished Griffin’s memoir Official Book Club Selection, and she doesn’t disappoint.  The book begins with a letter to Oprah that explains the title.

“Get ready, cause after you read this barn burner, you’re gonna want me on sweeps week.  You’re gonna want to open a school in my name, and have a special edition white ladies’ legends ball, just for me.  Barbra Walters can cater.  Maybe.”

The memoir gives you some of the stuff you’ve come to expect from Griffin; she has chapters devoted to celebrity stories and funny mom stories.  What I enjoyed most was the details she dished about the tough road she took as a female comic, life as a TV funny-girl sidekick, and the family stories we’ve never heard in her stand-up or on My Life On The D-List.

If you’re a Kathy fan, it’s worth a read.  If you’re not, what’s wrong with you?

I decided to spend some time reading some kids-lit.  I think I want to write a kid’s book, so I’m going to hit the Hardy Boys up…starting with the first in the series The Hardy Boys: The Tower Treasure.