The first reflection of The Liar's Club

I found the title of The Liar's Club to be extremely intriguing. I was drawn in. I wanted to read it, and I was not disappointed by the first couple pages. I was a little bit confused but none-the-less curious as to how the story would unfold. The author began with an unnerving memory of childhood and I was mesmerized by the troublesome tale. Then however she decided to start on a new topic and get back to the memory and she lost my concentration. I liked to understand the back ground of her family and the story of her nervous mother's many marriages, and the life of her father; but at the point when her focus changed I was drawn into her memory and I was anxious to here what happened so right now I am filled with anticipation to get back to that traumatic time. She lost me a little in the trasition to family back ground but I caught up again because she kept that interesting as well. I did not find the skipping between tenses to be all that confusing probably because I tend to do the same thing. I could sense the honesty and passion when it came to Mary Karr talking about her family and I thought the facts where very honest and interesting. Her mother was a little bit out there and I liked her approch to her desctiption of her. I happy to understand the significance of the title early on in the story with her father's group of friends being deamed the Liar's Club by one of his friend's wives and I am interested to learn more about the Liar's Club. I though it was interesting that the author's father would bring her along to Liar's Club meetings and that she would be the only child there. I have not really heard of too many fathers open to bringing there child with them when they are with thier friends. This book has my attention and I actually want to continue reading it. I enjoy reading but usually books lose my attention early on.
The Memoir and The Memoirist did not retain my attention. I found it VERY difficult to focus on and I found my self rereading paragraphs because it not retain my concentration. I thought it was very informative but a little confusing and slow. There where specific quotes however that I thought where especially profound. Through reading I came to understand what a memoir acually was and I have built the opinion that there is no wrong way to write a memoir as long as the whole heart is placed on writing things as they are remembered. What is remembered also may not be what happened because everyone one remembers things slightly differently and I think it is quite interesting to see the different views of the same situation. I have also come to understand the difference between the memoir and the autobiography in the simple quote "to write memoir is to be selective; to write one's autobiography is to be indesciminate." I guess a memoir is to reveal who you truely are and not to explain one's expierences. The auther was obviously a loved teacher so I am interested in reading more, I simply hope that it becomes more interesting and easier to focus on.