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 Wish I Hadn't Bothered
If I could have given this book no stars I would have. It was a complete waste of money and time. Ms. Bacall comes across as a sour, shrewish old woman. I don't know why actors think their political opinions are the ones we should all have. Her disdain for her fellow Americans and our President lost her this former fan. I've read my last book by Bacall.
Fecha: 2006-05-25
 Truly a Regular Joe as Bogie stated!
I love the way she writes. She has the ability to write detailed but without fluff. Miss Bacall truly transports one back in time to a wonderful age in Hollywood. Not afraid to voice her opinions and be honest. BRAVA! No backstabbing or gossip. Lovely woman. In brief a book about a classy Lady. More bio's and auto bio's should be out there such as the style with which she wrote hers.
Fecha: 2006-03-14
An Extraordinary Autobiography
I grew up with Humphrey Bogart and Lauren Bacall and one of the books I enjoyed as a teenager was the short biography of Mr. Bogart by Joe Hyams. One of my great pleasures was seeing Lauren Bacall in Applause when the show was touring in Chicago. I have not read Ms. Bacall's book about Humphrey Bogart but when I saw her being interviewed about her current book - By Myself and Then Some - I got a copy immediately,
The book is written in a conversational style that works very well. It is as if Betty Bacall were speaking to you, relating the story of her life. At first, I did not find quite as absorbing as I thought but as I began the story of her relationship and marriage to Humphrey Bogart, I could not put the book down. The story of Mr. Bogart's illness and death made me feel as if I had been a witness to his pain and suffering. I learned quite a bit more than I had even thought about "Betty and Bogie's" relationship and certainly much more about life with Jason Robards. I was very impressed on how Ms. Bacall was able to convey her emotions in her book. One comes away from the devastating deaths of Bogie and her mother with a real sense of the loss and the pain of her divorce from Jason Robards becomes your own. But there are also the triumphs, like Betty's winning her Tony award for Applause that are joyously written. I also enjoyed reading about her close relationships with her children and her devotion to them and the times that she wanted to do more. The stories Ms. Bacall relates about friends, like Roddy McDowell, are interesting and poignant, and in the latter case especially an introduction to someone I would like to have known.
It is disappointing to see that some reviewers gave this book one start because of Ms. Bacall's critical remarks about George W. Bush, which amount to a paragraph. Yet, again, we have an example of dissent being treated as disloyalty and someone's opinion being dismissed out of hand.
This is an honest autobiography, as one would expect from Ms. Bacall with not a boring page in it. There are many excellent photographs, many in color, that helps to add a family album qualtity to the book. If one has enjoyed her career on stage and screen you will want to have this book. Highly recommended.
Fecha: 2006-02-23
Another Hollywood political platform
I have to agree with P. Michels' review. Ms. Bacall lost my interest and my respect when she started in on bad-mouthing the President. Her earlier autobiography was more interesting than this book. Probably because her life was more interesting up to that point. It appears now that she just needed more money (she probably didn't think she'd live this long). It's evident in the "Then Some" portion of her book. This section is very limited in substance but full of name dropping. I'm so glad I didn't buy this book.
Fecha: 2006-01-21
 Bacall Autobiography
The title is misleading because the author spends an inordinate amount of time detailing her many friends around the world and how many lunches, dinners, vacations, etc., she has with them. There is a lot of name dropping going on here and not a lot of introspection. Who is she trying to impress? And, more important, why? Her acting ability speaks for itself. It seems to me she doesn't need to catalogue her social relationships.
Fecha: 2005-09-08
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