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Summary: Not My Kinda Biography
Review: I love Shania, and this book has some great information about her life, and the experiences that shaped her. The problem is that the author's "extensive research" consists of reading every magazine article ever written about Shania, which the author has to acknowledge every time he quotes one. That means that almost every paragraph in the book contains a sentence like, "As she said in the May 1998 issue of Canadian Country Music Disgest...". I found this aspect of the book very annoying! If not for my interest in Shania, I wouldn't has had the stamina to finish this book.
Rating:
Summary: Not My Kinda Biography
Review: I love Shania, and this book has some great information about her life, and the experiences that shaped her. The problem is that the author's "extensive research" consists of reading every magazine article ever written about Shania, which the author has to acknowledge every time he quotes one. That means that almost every paragraph in the book contains a sentence like, "As she said in the May 1998 issue of Canadian Country Music Disgest...". I found this aspect of the book very annoying! If not for my interest in Shania, I wouldn't has had the stamina to finish this book.
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Summary: surprisingly tasty
Review: Picked it up waiting in line in an east-kansas wal-mart. Couldn't put it down. I was expecting your garden-variety teen idol trash that you usually read while waiting in line to pay for your Funions and Blue Star Ointment. I picked it up for the cover shot of Shania, but kept it for the intensity of the words that lay behind the photo. Gray is obviously a guy as passionate about Twain as I am. To him, the scribe, I would like to say: "Keep scribblin'". After tossing a Carmex and a pack of Chiclets in my bag, I gladly paid the blue-vested cashier and rushed home to learn the rest of the story. Thank you Shania, for the music, and Mr. Gray for the courage to bring her story to us!On Her Way is a must-read for anyone who waves the young-country flag.
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Summary: surprisingly tasty
Review: Picked it up waiting in line in an east-kansas wal-mart. Couldn't put it down. I was expecting your garden-variety teen idol trash that you usually read while waiting in line to pay for your Funions and Blue Star Ointment. I picked it up for the cover shot of Shania, but kept it for the intensity of the words that lay behind the photo. Gray is obviously a guy as passionate about Twain as I am. To him, the scribe, I would like to say: "Keep scribblin'". After tossing a Carmex and a pack of Chiclets in my bag, I gladly paid the blue-vested cashier and rushed home to learn the rest of the story. Thank you Shania, for the music, and Mr. Gray for the courage to bring her story to us! On Her Way is a must-read for anyone who waves the young-country flag.
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Summary: Oh Brother
Review: This book does a good job of covering the life of Shania in a summary manner due to its Reader's Digest nature (mini-book or long article).
The Nashville power base or good olde redneck boys hate Shania cause she ain't "true" country. No matter that she has sold more CD's than any other country artist, male or female.
Country music was declining in sales before Shania was discovered. She has brought new life to country music on a global scale, but gets few awards at the annual CMA ceremony and too many bad reviews by the media critics(magazine, radio jocks). Like Jesus Christ she's being crucified by the power politician's or "priest's" of country "religion".
Critics say she's a bubble gum singer(lyrics) which laughingly describes most country artist songs; she's too pop; she can't sing before a live audience (when she delayed in going on a concert tour after the Woman In Me CD)... on and on.
What matters most is her millions of world-wide fans love her, which shows in the number of CD's, DVD's sales, tickets sold at her live concerts around the world.
Shame on Nashville for crucifying this highly talented, and lovely lady. Jealousy is a nasty character flaw, along with hate, revenge...
Reba McEntire is quoted in the book "... It's almost like everybody is jealous of her success and I don't like that."
RIGHT ON, REBA!
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Summary: Very insightfull
Review: This book does a good job of telling Shania's life. The book also gives us insight on her musical influences. The author goes a great job telling us about her life.
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Summary: THIS GIRL HAS COME A LONG WAY
Review: This book was better then I expected and the one thing that I really like was the author took actual quokes that Shania had made over the years to tie everything together. He didn't over praise her nor did he bash her but showed how far she'd come from singing in a Las Vegas style place in Canada to recording one of the best selling albums in Country Music history. The photos were great and over all, it was worth reading.
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Summary: A must read for any Shania Fan
Review: This is a great book about Shania. It has an in depth look into the bad and goods times of her life
Rating:
Summary: A must read for any Shania Fan
Review: This is a great book about Shania. It has an in depth look into the bad and goods times of her life
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Summary: THIS GIRL HAS COME A LONG WAY
Review: This is a very informative book on the history of shania and her family. It tells the story of her troubled past and all the hardships she had to overcome in order to be the person she is today. The book is a little outdated and will not cover much of her life after about 1998-99. Overall this is a great book to learn about the life of one of the greatest cross-over country singers in history.
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