Tome Thursday: Troublemaker

 

Hello everyone!

 

I hope you're having an amazing week so far. I'm over here trying to figure out exactly why I suddenly had a nightmare about waking up late for school, when I haven't been to school in YEARS.

 

No, seriously, the years bit isn't a joke! LOL

 

But anyway, after picking and choosing books for Booktober, I figured that a simple Thursday post would work best really, and that was how I picked tonight's topic.

 

This was the last book I read prior to the beginning of October and my book extravaganza and I kind of wanted to do a blog post on the theme to begin with though never got so far at the time. Now though, nothing's stopping me as I'm well and truly back to the old ways!

 

Weird dreams aside, I'm pretty sure this book is one of the best things to come out of Hollywood in a long, long time, and again this is no joke.

 

Hollywood used to be this glitzy, glamorous place everyone wanted to be, but the more we learn about it in recent years, the less we ACTUALLY want that.

 

Reading Leah Remini's Troublemaker: How I survived Hollywood and Scientology book gives you one more reason to tip the scale.

 

Troublemaker (Booktober)

 

"And to my fellow troublemakers, I say: carry on."

 

 

This is maybe not the most autumnal book I've ever read BUT it's my most recent non-fiction read and I really did want to share it with you guys. I've never known much about Scientology as a whole until I heard about Tom Cruise and this religion of his. I have, however, liked Leah Remini for quite some time, so when I stumbled over her television documentary series, I had to pick up this book, too. If you want to know a bit more about Scientology - at least from someone who's as blunt and as upfront as Ms Remini - then I think this is definitely the book for you. Be aware, however, that it isn't going to be all honey and roses, and you should be just fine!

 

 

 

Indoctrinated into the church as a child while living with her mother and sister in New York, Remini eventually moved to Los Angeles, where her dreams of becoming an actress and advancing Scientology's causes grew increasingly intertwined. But when she began to raise questions about some of the church's actions, she found herself a target. In the end, she was declared by the church to be a threat to their organization and therefore a "Suppressive Person," and as a result, all of her fellow parishioners—including members of her own family—were told to disconnect from her. Forever. 

(from Goodreads)

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*image not mine

The Lord of the Rings (Booktober)