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The Princess Diarist
The Princess Diarist by Carrie Fisher Published: 2016 Narrated by: Carrie Fisher Length: 05:10 (257 pages) I was sad to finish this one, knowing this will be the last of Carrie Fisher’s memoirs. I would have kept reading these memoirs for as long as she published them. She was just hilarious, and that really comes out in her writing. This focuses on her Star Wars career and the events surrounding it, something she usually skirted around in her other memoirs. The more you read of Carrie Fisher, the more you understand that Star Wars was one of the least interesting things about her, but it’s still fun to hear some…
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Shockaholic
Shockaholic by Carrie Fisher Published: 2011 Narrated by: Carrie Fisher Length: 04:25 (176 pages) I was very sad to hear of Carrie Fisher’s death last December. I read Wishful Drinking a year ago and really loved it. I’d forgotten at the time that she was a hilarious and talented writer, and I decided that I needed to eventually read everything she’s written. Her autobiographies, of which this is the second, are all on Audible, so I’m starting with those. She narrates them herself, which is always an added pleasure with the memoirs of performers. Her fictional novels are also on Audible, but they all seem to be abridged, so I’ll…
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Wishful Drinking
Wishful Drinking by Carrie Fisher Published: 2008 Narrated by: Carrie Fisher Length: 03:08 (163 pages) With the latest Star Wars release a few months back, I went down a black hole of interviews on YouTube and was reminded of how hilarious Carrie Fisher is. I knew she had written an autobiography, so I thought this would be the perfect time to check it out. It turns out she actually has three autobiographies and a number of novels, and after reading this I think I’ll eventually make my way through them all. This first autobiography is based on her one-woman stage show, and it’s basically an overview of why she is…
