The " Why Bother" Bio
It's mildly annoying the range of people who think they qualify to write a Biography nowadays.
Paris Hilton - of course, but I'm not even going to go there.
A classic example would be Geri Halliwell who at the ripe old age of 27 or so, wrote a best seller bio. OK so she was in the highest selling girl-group of all time, but in other respects she's hardly worthy of awe.
Other super "why bother' authors include Monica Lewinski - her bio is titled "Monica Speaks" - do we really need to read about Monica's life? No we don't. And why does she call it "Monica Speaks' when in truth we know that her talents can be described quite simply by two letters, which also happen to be my initials.
Whilst also on the Monica subject, Monica Seles also has a bio out - "Monica - from Fear to Victory", an incredibly boring read which makes the stabbing out to be the only remarkable event in Monica's life.
It's so ridiculous that you'd think even Tonya Harding would have a book out. Oh wait! I just checked Amazon and sure enough there it is "Fire on Ice: The Exclusive Story of Tonya Harding" which amazingly ranks at 3 out of 5 stars. There are Tonya Harding fans out there apparently. Meanwhile, US darling Nancy Kerrigan's bio ranks in at 4.5 stars; she is also the new co-host on their programme "Stars on Ice - Skating with Celebrities", kind of like a more slippery version of our "Dancing with the Stars".
posted by BJ @ 7:26 PM
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Fine then, I won't give you a free copy of mine. :P
I *think* that its the same as out "Skating on thin Ice".. you know, the one with deni hines.
On the hines matter, Marcia's biog is a MOST interesting read, but maybe I am biased...
Hmmm... not quite sure from this post if you are actually INTO biographies bj... half decent ones at least lol!
Just in case you are, here are a couple I can thoroughly recommend.
Billy - by Pamela Stephenson, a biography about Billy Connelly (although I have to admit to being a HUGE BC fan so my views here may be a little biased)
Lucky Man - an autobiography by Michael J Fox. I love most of MJF's work so again may be a little biased, but this is a truly profound insight into one mans life, living with Parkinsons... I cried... SEVERAL times! But I also laughed a hell of a lot too. Definately 5 stars!
thanks for posting Bella - I totally agree with you on the MJ Fox bio, I've own too it was a fantastic read. Also - sorry to see you blog go :(
And Bleachy, do you have to bring marcia marcia marcia into everything lol. But please don't tell me you're a Deni Hines fan as well!!
Maybe you should refer to the "random" post below as to the explination for the disappearnce!!!!
MJF is a legend, even if he still looks like he is 16.
I saw Tonya Harding on ET this week and she is really fat an unattracive now!!
I saw that as well BJ.
It's like a ghost town BJ, are ya going to post something else? :)
*makes spooky noises*
Yikes! What was that?
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