Posted on 09/13/2009 12:04:50 PM PDT by trueamerica
THE literary works of Katie Price, Barack Obama and Dawn French are the most readily discarded reads in UK hotel rooms in 2009 a new report reveals today.
Topping this year’s Travelodge’s “books left behind index” is Jordan’s third autobiography, Pushed to the Limit, In which she reveals the tough times she has faced in the last couple of years concerning marriage, children and turning from glamour model to businesswoman.
In second place is Dreams from My Father, Barack Obama’s moving account of his journey towards understanding both his father's life and his own cultural inheritance.
British actress, writer, comedienne and wife of Lenny Henry, Dawn French, has made third place with her memoirs, Dear Fatty. Written in a letter style to family members, school and professional friends, the book chronicles the extraordinary rise of Dawn from her early years as an RAF child and her flat-sharing antics with Jennifer Saunders, to her outspoken views on sizism and her marriage.
Listed below are the rest of the top 10 reads left behind in Travelodge hotels over the last 12 months:
1. Pushed to the Limit - Jordan (Katie Price)
2. Dreams from My Father - Barack Obama
3. Dear Fatty - Dawn French
4. The Tales of Beadle the Bard - J.K. Rowling
5. Sex And The City - Candace Bushnell
6. A Sense of Urgency - John.P.Kottler
7. The Appeal - John Grisham
8. At my Mother’s Knee and her Other Low Joints - Paul O Grady
9. The Magic and the Madness - Michael Jackson
10. Confessions of a Shopaholic - Sophie Kinsella
Greg Dawson, Travelodge spokesman, said: “Over 7,200 books have been left behind in our hotels over the last 12 months.
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There has to be something seriously wrong with the collective intellect of a society that reads a fantasy autobiography from a young, flim-flam man with no legitimate life experience worth telling about. I would rather read the confessions of his teleprompter, or a real exposé of the criminal activities of ACORN and the defrauding of American taxpayers by community organizers.
I assume the authors/celebrities 1,3,8 and 10 will be unknown to most here.
Yes they are. I sure wish #2 was an unknown to me as well.
1—Glamour model/topless page 3 girl tuned reality TV star
3- Comedienne
8—Comedian/TV chat show host
10—Novelist
2-Glamour model/Joker
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