Nicholas Bruner
Fantasy, Science Fiction, and Young Adult Author
Tag: book reviews
What I’m Reading: Wonderful Tonight
Wonderful Tonight is an honest and compelling autobiography written by the woman who was both bride and muse to two of the most famous and talented rockstars in the 20th century – Pattie Boyd. Pattie Boyd was the inspiration for the Beatles song, “Something”… Continue Reading “What I’m Reading: Wonderful Tonight”
What I’m Reading: The Real Girl Next Door
The Real Girl Next Door is a candid yet sometimes opaque look into Denise Richards’s life through the demise of her first marriage and adoption of her third daughter, Eloise. While Denise does discuss her midwestern childhood and her Catholic roots in this memoir,… Continue Reading “What I’m Reading: The Real Girl Next Door”
What I’m Reading: The Company She Keeps: The Dangerous Life of a Model Turned Mafia Wife
The Company She Keeps: The Dangerous Life of a Model Turned Mafia Wife is a timepiece from the 1960’s New York mafia era. The author, former model-turned-stunt-car-driver Georgia Durante, shares her dramatic familial experiences with the mafia in this riveting memoir. Ms. Durante also… Continue Reading “What I’m Reading: The Company She Keeps: The Dangerous Life of a Model Turned Mafia Wife”
What I’m Reading: Softly, As I Leave You: Life After Elvis
Softly, As I Leave You: Life After Elvis is a 2025 autobiography by Priscilla Presley detailing her life post Elvis. This memoir picks up from where Priscilla’s first book: Elvis and Me, left off. Priscilla broadly describes leaving Elvis in this memoir so she… Continue Reading “What I’m Reading: Softly, As I Leave You: Life After Elvis”
What I’m Reading: No One Would Listen: A True Financial Thriller
No One Would Listen, a 2010 autobiography, is a financial thriller written by the Madoff Ponzi scheme whistleblower, Harry Markopolos. This book gives a first-hand account of the massive fraud investigation into Bernie Madoff, an infamous admitted mastermind of the largest known Ponzi scheme in history,… Continue Reading “What I’m Reading: No One Would Listen: A True Financial Thriller”
What I’m Reading: Gwyneth: The Biography
Gwyneth: The Biography, a 2025 biography by Amy Odell, is a well-researched and thorough read on Gwyneth Paltrow’s life so far. Ms. Odell’s deep dive into Gwyneth’s extraordinary world of privilege and opportunity provides glimpses of Gwyneth from childhood into middle age. The book… Continue Reading “What I’m Reading: Gwyneth: The Biography”
What I’m Reading: My Life So Far
My Life So Far, a 2005 memoir authored by Jane Fonda, is an autobiographical masterpiece. Jane Fonda takes the reader on her life journey sharing her mistakes and triumphs with honesty, humility, and depth. Unlike many celebrity autobiographies which skim the surface of their… Continue Reading “What I’m Reading: My Life So Far”
What I’m Reading: Uptown Girl
Uptown Girl, a 2025 autobiography written by Christie Brinkley, is about as deep as an 80’s pop song. It is quite fitting therefore that Christie Brinkley was a famous model during the 1980s who starred in a pop song music video. Aptly put, this… Continue Reading “What I’m Reading: Uptown Girl”
