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Title: Madonna: An Intimate Biography by J. Randy Taraborrelli ISBN: 0743227093 Publisher: Simon & Schuster Pub. Date: 2001 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $24.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 3.94
Rating: 5
Summary: A Real American Idol
Comment: You may love her work or you may hate her work, but if you read this book, you'll come away from it with a great deal of respect for a woman who used every possible means available to her, including people, to achieve her apparent dream - global recognition. I can remember the first time I'd heard of her twenty years ago and am in awe that she's still here. The author must have worked his _ss off writing this book, and it's a great bio to date. Had he waited until after she'd died to write her bio, it no doubt would be as thick as a Webster's Dictionary and he'd be within the age of retirement. I'm not a great fan of Madonna's, but I found her rise to fame completely fascinating. Someone please tell Kelly Clarkson she's got a lot of work to do to join that American Idol club!
Rating: 5
Summary: Loads of Fun -- Could Not Put it Down for a Second!
Comment: Wow -- what a book. I sailed through this baby in two days because I couldn't put it down. J. Randy has outdown himself with this smooth and sometimes absolutely hysterical tale about a woman who makes his "Call Her Miss Ross" heroine Diana look tame. (Remember that book. Loved it!) Madonna is as bitchy as they come -- so funny, too -- but I loved the stuff in here about her rise to the top, how she did it, and why she wouldn't look back. I also had a lot of empathy for her as she pays a karmac price for her fame -- poor girl was unhappy in love, that's for sure, but you can't have it all, I guess. Still, the betrayal business with Dennis Rodman. Did she deserve it? And, such a shame, all that tear-stained nonsense with JFK Jr. over Jackie O. And did Sean Penn really have to push her into the pool? But at least she finds her true love with the dashing Guy Ritchie, and all's well that ends well. Loved it, loved it, loved it. Balanced and fair, too. But it's the dish that counts. Look, this is Madonna, after all. If this J. Randy Taraborrelli guy (that name!) keeps writing these books, I'm gonna keep buying them, I can tell you that. Also loved his "Jackie, Ethel, Joan -- Women of Camelot" opus of last year, and saw the movie, too. (When does this author sleep. That's what I want to know.)
Rating: 5
Summary: Excellent-The Only Madonna Biography You'll Ever Need!
Comment: The only thing I wanted to know that this book didn't tell me was where RAIN peaked on the Billboard charts. If you know where it did, then after reading this book you will know all you need to know about Madonna up to 2001. This book's got everything about her, absolutely everything. What's more? It reads smoothly and well, even those who don't consider themselves readers of books will be able to read this with ease, and why wouldn't they? Except for Taraborrelli's odd observations about the True Blue album (he said a less-interesting artist wouldn't have survived it...mmmm NO!), this is a great book about the Material Girl, and quite a tribute to her life and work as well. This is the only Madonna biography you NEED to own.
ONE THING THOUGH!: He gives away the ending to BODY OF EVIDENCE. If you haven't seen the movie, see it before reading this book, unless you skip the early nineties section (at your own risk) or absolutely do not want to see the movie. I hadn't seen the movie yet, and I was very disappointed to suddenly read what happened at the end, because it was in my plans to buy the DVD. I have, and I know I would've enjoyed it much more.
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Title: Goddess: Inside Madonna by Barbara Victor ISBN: 006019930X Publisher: HarperCollins Pub. Date: 06 November, 2001 List Price(USD): $26.00 |
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Title: Madonna by Andrew Morton ISBN: B00007CWGV Publisher: St. Martin's Press Pub. Date: 2001 List Price(USD): $24.95 |
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Title: Madonna: In Her Own Words by Mick St. Michael, Mick St Michael ISBN: 0711977348 Publisher: Music Sales Corp Pub. Date: 2000 List Price(USD): $15.95 |
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Title: Encyclopedia Madonnica by Matthew Rettenmund ISBN: 0312117825 Publisher: St. Martin's Press Pub. Date: 1995 List Price(USD): $16.95 |
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Title: Madonna by Mark Bego ISBN: 0815410514 Publisher: Cooper Square Press Pub. Date: 2000 List Price(USD): $18.95 |
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