Shoutout to the person who argued we should ban celebrity memoirs forever

Last meeting, someone said these books are just cash grabs with no real substance. I agree, because most of them feel like ghostwritten PR stunts. We spent twenty minutes debating if a famous name makes a book worth our time. Let's stick to actual literature next month, please.

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blake_martinez181mo ago

Who decides what counts as literature?

mitchell.daniel1mo ago

But my friend bought a big star's memoir last year, sure it would change his view. He told me it was just empty stories about parties and paid advice. That ties into what @blake_martinez18 said on who picks what is literature. What makes a book worth reading if it feels like a ad? He wasted money and time on something with no real feel. Why do we let famous names trick us into buying their shallow books?

aaron84526d ago

Honestly, my own memoir would just be a list of bad decisions and what I had for lunch. The bar is pretty low, but some of these books still manage to trip over it. Maybe we should just save our cash.