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4.0 AVERAGE
4.0 AVERAGE
I grew up watching Katie Couric on TODAY and thought it would be fun to learn more about her life outside of what I saw on mornings when we were out of school. This lacked a real reckoning for mistakes made by herself (particularly regarding race and gender identity) and her colleagues. The best response to "I learned that my close colleague is a sexual predator" is not "why didn't anyone come to me about it?" The title made me think she was going to go all in on gossipy tidbits or on Lauer's behavior, but instead it was a disappointment. This book would have benefited from stronger editing (lots of jumping around at the end, in particular) and could have easily been 150 pages shorter.
3.75 rounded up.
Great that it is read by the author, also adding in audio clips from actual interviews and events is a bonus.
Some parts score a 5, some are barely a 3. Chapters where she is dealing with grief are very powerful. Chapters where she is bragging about things (designer labels she wears, going to the Hamptons, name dropping, etc. ) just came across to me as conceited. Pretty gutsy book though.
I have to say that throughout most of her career, I knew of her, but seldom actually watched her. That was because me, like millions of others, were at work while the Today show was on, or still at work/stuck in traffic while she was on the evening news. So I missed her on both ends of the day.
Great that it is read by the author, also adding in audio clips from actual interviews and events is a bonus.
Some parts score a 5, some are barely a 3. Chapters where she is dealing with grief are very powerful. Chapters where she is bragging about things (designer labels she wears, going to the Hamptons, name dropping, etc. ) just came across to me as conceited. Pretty gutsy book though.
I have to say that throughout most of her career, I knew of her, but seldom actually watched her. That was because me, like millions of others, were at work while the Today show was on, or still at work/stuck in traffic while she was on the evening news. So I missed her on both ends of the day.
A little uneven at first but hits its stride when she shares about her husband Jay, Today tenure and so forth. She made it look easy….but it was not. And glad she shared some regrets about the whole CBS debacle.
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I picked up this book after reading a scathing review which piqued my interest. I wanted to read what the reviewer was so critical about. I found this book to be honest, eye-opening and captivating.
Katie Couric breezes over her childhood and takes a deep dive into her journalism career, marriages, daughters and the big “C” which has taken hold of both her husbands and sister, Emily.
I listened to the audiobook, read by the author, and found Katie’s storytelling fresh and engaging. There were lots of interesting tidbits yanked out of news headlines including the me too movement, Matt Lauer and CBS/60 Minutes dramas (I don’t know if I’ll ever again not think of Katie Couric when I watch 60 Minutes).
Katie gives her readers a glimpse into the life and injustices of major network television. While she does seem clueless in some situations (her husband losing weight and his cancer diagnosis and sexual harassment in the workplace) it’s easy to see how she’d miss the signs. I found her as more of a player in the game than self absorbed.
Katie Couric breezes over her childhood and takes a deep dive into her journalism career, marriages, daughters and the big “C” which has taken hold of both her husbands and sister, Emily.
I listened to the audiobook, read by the author, and found Katie’s storytelling fresh and engaging. There were lots of interesting tidbits yanked out of news headlines including the me too movement, Matt Lauer and CBS/60 Minutes dramas (I don’t know if I’ll ever again not think of Katie Couric when I watch 60 Minutes).
Katie gives her readers a glimpse into the life and injustices of major network television. While she does seem clueless in some situations (her husband losing weight and his cancer diagnosis and sexual harassment in the workplace) it’s easy to see how she’d miss the signs. I found her as more of a player in the game than self absorbed.
4.5 stars. I loved this! I listened to the audiobook on loan from the library and was forced to listen to the last half in 3 days when I realized someone was waiting for it. Didn't turn out to be a problem! I've always liked Katie Couric and my opinion of her is even higher after listening to her book.
i always feel weird writing reviews of memoirs because i feel like i'm passing judgement on the people who wrote them. i'm obviously a katie couric fan and thought there were a ton of illuminating moments in this book. it was probably the breeziest memoir i've ever made my way through — but maybe that's also an issue i had with it? especially given all the losses katie has faced, i think i expected a little more depth to this book outside of just "x happened, x happened, etc etc etc." katie is beautifully optimistic — which is something i admire — i just found myself wanting her to give readers just a LITTLE bit more.