Always be a first rate version of yourself...: modeling

What's Going On Here?

There are SO MANY wonderful book review blogs out there and I can't compete with them, that is for sure. So this is not a book review blog. This is just a way for me to organize what I have read so that I can be better at matching the right book to the right person. The blog title comes from the brilliant mind of the most talented woman who ever lived, Ms. Judy Garland. The full quote is, "Always be a first-rate version of yourself, instead of a second-rate version of someone else." That is what I hope to do here and in ever aspect of my life.

Friday, February 16, 2018

David Levithan Loves Super Models!

I mean he must, right? Because, as Mr. Levithan believes THIN IS IN! Shockingly, I don't know much about the model industry! So this book really was my first exposure. I don't know if it is a common experience, but from other things I have heard and seen in snippets on tv, it seems like it might be. I was also shocked to read about this guy who seems just like a first class David Levithan.
I wish the very best for Victoire Dauxerre and thank her for the courage it took to write this book. It must have been a painful, but hopefully empowering task.

Sunday, May 12, 2013

Walter Dean Myers's Feminine Side

Myers has written short stories that I've read with female POVs, but this was the first full book with a female POV that I read from Myers. The guy is such a gifted author, even a book from the POV of a tree would be awesome. Crystal is in the modeling business, still in high school, not the best student, good kid. She is feeling conflicted about the morals she is taught in church and the morals shared by many in the modeling world. A good peak into the world of show biz and its impact on the young. Recommended.