I agree with you about most memoirs and some biographies. But there are some that are just fun reads, like Bill Bryson's "Life and Times of the Thunderbolt Kid" or Richard Feynman's "Surely You're Joking." I'm also a sucker for interesting narrative histories, like Colleen P:aeff's "The Great Stink" or Christine Corton's "London Fog."
I agree with you about most memoirs and some biographies. But there are some that are just fun reads, like Bill Bryson's "Life and Times of the Thunderbolt Kid" or Richard Feynman's "Surely You're Joking." I'm also a sucker for interesting narrative histories, like Colleen P:aeff's "The Great Stink" or Christine Corton's "London Fog."