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Title: Celine Dion : My Story, My Dream by Celine Dion ISBN: 0-380-81905-8 Publisher: Avon Pub. Date: 04 December, 2001 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.09 (33 reviews)
Rating: 3
Summary: A good read, but not something I'd read again.
Comment: I have been a fan of Celine Dion for a few years now. That is the reason I bought this book. On thw whole, it was interesting, and hard to put it down. What I did find a littlw weird though was the way she decribes what she felt about Rene when she was 14. Fine, if she knew/thought she knew she was in love with him, but the way she describes it makes her sound selfish, if a little sordid.
This book also makes her out to be greedy. Tell me, please, who needs 33 televisions? You just don't. She says that all she needs around her is her family. Why does she have so many houses then? She talks about designing new houses about a year after she has already had one. It's stupid!
The book was very detailed throughout, until the end. When I got to the final 3 or 4 chapters, I notcied lack of detail in some places. It all started to seem very rushed, particually the last chapter. For a book that had been very thorough at the start, I was a little disappointed at the way it just got rather thin and boring.
I better talk about some good points now. The opening of the book is good, and makes you want to read more, instead of just putting it down. And the photos were good too :D
So, IMO, this is a good book, but I think in some places a little too revealing, and as I say, the ending rushed. Still, Celeine fans who are interested in the person as well as the music will enjoy this.
Rating: 5
Summary: Amazing Woman...
Comment: I bought this book as a gift for John - although we are both huge fans of Celine Dion's. Her voice is amazing, but she has a rare quality in her personality that made me buy the book to discover more. I didn't read the book for over a year, but when I started reading it, I couldn't put it down. It was extremely well written.
It was so interested to learn of the role that David Foster had in her American recordings. David Foster is a master with talent. He also has introduced the world to Josh Groban. It is my utmost hope that Celine and Josh will do many duets and shows together. It isn't just their voices - it's their personalities. They are both confident, but they are both so unpretentious as well.
I was awed by the strength of Celine and her family. What a unique environment to grow up in! Additionally, Celine seems so honest about her life - both the good and the bad.
I was amazed at the details regarding her husband, Rene. Amazed that Celine had such a love for this man that it triumphed over YEARS when he repeatedly "rejected" her. She was famous and could have had any number of boyfriends, but instead her heart wouldn't allow her to love anyone but Rene. I believe that Rene was MEANT to be with Celine and her family; that he truly didn't begin to live until he met them. Likewise, I think that Celine is everything that she is because of Rene. Not just her voice, but her looks, style, education, etc.
Celine, a "homewrecker?" Give me a break! She was 14 and mesmerized by a cultured, attractive,genius agent who put her first in his life. I don't think that any marriage could have survived when one woman becomes such an obsession as Rene wanted the whole world to hear Celine. And in all fairness, the marriage had been over for a long time before he finally made love to her at 20. To me it is one of the greatest love stories of our time!!
Rene groomed Celine to become the woman she is. And he is her whole world. What man could resist this? Personally, I think he should feel as though he is the luckiest man in the world to have the love and loyalty of this gifted, funny, and amazing woman.
Rating: 4
Summary: Good, but write a sequel!
Comment: When she finishes the book, she's finally become pregnant. She wishes it to be a little girl, because she feels that a little boy would be cold to her. She did end up having a little boy. I would like to see how this has worked with her career, her time at Caesar's Palace, and her fathers death. Many of the stories in her book are very touching, but she tends to be on the melodramatic side more times then not. I have to agree with the reviewer who wrote that it was disturbing to read about her ideas of seducing Rene Angelil when she was 14. Rene and Celine have a beautiful love story, but at 14 that would be wrong, and it feels invading to read it. She does come across as a diva in many points, but all of these shortcomings are minor compared to the wonderful story she writes.
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Title: Celine: The Authorized Biography by Georges-Herbert Germain, David Homel ISBN: 1550023187 Publisher: Dundurn Press Pub. Date: 01 October, 1998 List Price(USD): $19.99 |
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Title:Celine Dion - All the Way... A Decade of Song & Video ASIN: B000053GTF Publisher: Sony/550 Pub. Date: 20 February, 2001 List Price(USD): $14.98 Comparison N/A, buy it from Amazon for $13.03 |
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Title: Celine Dion 2004 16 Month Wall Calendar by Entertainment Calendars ISBN: 1587741172 Publisher: Entertainment Calendars Pub. Date: 15 July, 2003 List Price(USD): $12.99 |
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Title:Celine Dion - The Colour of My Love Concert ASIN: 157330042X Publisher: Sony/Columbia Pub. Date: 21 October, 2003 List Price(USD): $14.98 Comparison N/A, buy it from Amazon for $13.48 |
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Title: On Her Way: The Shania Twain Story by Scott Gray ISBN: 0345429362 Publisher: Ballantine Books Pub. Date: 01 December, 1998 List Price(USD): $5.99 |
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