My ratio of reading books vs. listening to books just happens to work out to 5:1. Again, all these books were free from the Burlington County Library.
Naked by David Sedaris - Another collection of stories about David Sedaris' life. Memoir doesn't have to be entirely factual, but the folks at the nudist colony where Sedaris had his first (and possibly only) naturist experience are saying he made some of this stuff up.
Bettyville: A Memoir by George Hodgman - Hodgman leaves his job in New York City and returns to Paris, Missouri to care for his elderly mother. This should be required reading for everyone who has parents.
True Story: Murder, Memoir, Mea Culpa by Michael Finkel - Finkel was a successful journalist with The New York Times Magazine until he got fired for making up his stories. Then one of those you-can't-make-this-stuff-up things happened to him. Christopher Longo, a murderer on the lam in Mexico, assumed Finkel's identity. After Longo's arrest and return to the United States, Finkel interviewed him extensively and wrote this book.
Incognito: The Secret Lives of the Brain by David Eagleman - Eagleman is a neuroscientist at Baylor University. His book is about all the things that go on in your brain about which you have no awareness. Nature or nurture? I pick nature every time.
Gifted Hands by Ben Carson, M.D. - Here's another memoir that's got people claiming it's a pack of lies. Carson should have realized when he ran for the Republican presidential nomination that his every statement would be verified. While the childhood deprivations, the anger management issues, and the acceptance to West Point might not be entirely accurate, Dr. Carson had to be a decent neurosurgeon in order to be the Director of Pediatric Neurosurgery at Johns Hopkins Hospital. He could show a little humility, though.
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