I enjoyed "Bossypants", although it does have a few lulls in it. It is written in more of a laid-back memoir-style (even though it's marketed as Not a Memoir) as apposed to written to be down right funny, as Patton's book. The story of her facial slashing was riveting, and her lifelong straight ally association with glbt's of theater was notable and timely (given Tracy Morgan's recent slip up). In the introduction it is clear that the book aims for family appeal, as a book for moms and daughters to share as a female in a man's world success story, so I wasn't disappointed. The amount of "strong father" influence and "modern working mom" juggler material, for me, was summed up in her response to being called a "cunt" at work, "You can't call me that, I'm not some adult child of alcoholics" (give or take a few words). Priceless! Everyone (even the adult children of alcoholics) should be able to stand up for themselves!
I also read Dick Cavett's latest book based on his blog spot. I liked that a lot. He has some interesting opinions of our modern world.
I also read Carol Burnett's book "This time together" which was great. It is full of old stories of her and her success. The best part is the so much of the television moments she talks about can be found of youtube, I kept going back and forth between youtube and the book. You should read that one next!
