One writer, five celeb memoirs, five days...

Jonathan deBurca Butler has a workday week stroll through the short and silly, or long and boring lives of a handful of stars.

Another Christmas and another avalanche of celebrity autobiographies hits the book shops. From Arnie to Jessie J, we set Jonathan deBurca Butler the task of reading five of the latest star memoirs in five days. But just what would it do to his brain? Our exhausted and deflated reviewer reports back.

TAKE ONE working class person from a poor but wholesome family. Throw in a childhood challenge — some bullying, an illness or a parent with a drink problem.