Book of Interest: A Star is Bored

I don't have a Summer Reading List (at least not yet) but if I did, I would add A Star is Bored by Byran Lane to it. This seems really interesting with Charlie Besson becoming an assistant to a Hollywood star. I find it interesting that this story takes a little inspiration from the author's time as an assistant to Carrie Fisher. I can only imagine what that probably entailed especially since the late Ms. Fisher was known for being an very exuberant person. I think this will make a good summer read.

Book: A Star is Bored by Byron Lane

Description:

She needs an assistant.
He needs a hero.

Charlie Besson is tense and sweating as he prepares for a wild job interview. His car is idling, like his life, outside the Hollywood mansion of Kathi Kannon, star of stage and screen and People magazine’s Worst Dressed list. She's an actress in need of assistance, and he's adrift and in need of a lifeline.

Kathi is an icon, bestselling author, and award-winning movie star, most known for her role as Priestess Talara in a blockbuster sci-fi film. She’s also known in another role: Outrageous Hollywood royalty. Admittedly so. Famously so. Chaotically so, as Charlie quickly discovers.

Charlie gets the job, and his three-year odyssey is filled with late-night shopping sprees, last-minute trips to see the aurora borealis, and an initiation to that most sacred of Hollywood tribes: the personal assistant. But Kathi becomes much more than a boss, and as their friendship grows Charlie must make a choice. Will he always be on the sidelines of life, assisting the great forces that be, or can he step into his own life's leading role?