I had to really fudge on this one because there is no song or movie or any topic I could think of having to do with Elvis that started with ‘X.’ So for my ‘X’ topic for the A to Z Blogging Challenge, I chose Xtraordinary Books About Elvis – told you it was a stretch. I [continue reading]
I always want to call this book “Careless Whisper” like the Wham song. I first read Careless Love: the unmaking of elvis presley by Peter Guralnick when it first came out almost 20 years ago and hadn’t read it since. My copy is a paperback, but it is a first edition paperback. It [continue reading]
This was my second time reading Peter Guralnick’s Last Train to Memphis (over 400 pages) I first read it in the 1990s as my second Elvis book (my first was Elvis and Me). I was lucky enough to meet Peter during Elvis Week this past August, and he autographed my copy of his book. I excitedly [continue reading]
