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The Vanity Fair Diaries: Power, Wealth, Celebrity, and Dreams: My Years at the Magazine That Defined a Decade
Tina Brown
3.71 AVERAGE
107 reviews for:
The Vanity Fair Diaries: Power, Wealth, Celebrity, and Dreams: My Years at the Magazine That Defined a Decade
Tina Brown
3.71 AVERAGE
informative
lighthearted
medium-paced
A charming insight on the world of magazines, and fashion. This book is a page turner and funny and witty read.
Strongly recommended to all those who admired Tina Brown in her Vanity Fair/New Yorker years.
Many thanks to Orion Publishing Group and Netgalley
Strongly recommended to all those who admired Tina Brown in her Vanity Fair/New Yorker years.
Many thanks to Orion Publishing Group and Netgalley
informative
lighthearted
slow-paced
This book was a really interesting read; but it is so hard for me to read only one voice with no variation and this is where this book lost its star and took me so long to finish... Good.
When I saw this come up on NetGalley I was looking for a lighthearted read between my usual thriller and YA novels and this seemed ideal. I found it intriguing and felt compelled to read on. This is a book full to the brim with gossip and news heard through the grapevine. I thought I would enjoy it more than I actually did but that isn't to say I didn't find it interesting. There were parts I devoured - the remarks on Trump to name one such part.
I felt a slight fraud for reading it knowing it would be based substantially on gossip as I have never been one of those girls interested in talking about others behind their back, especially in a derogatory manner.
Anyway, it's read now and that is that. I think I will stick to my usual genres for the foreseeable! That said, I do like to discover other books/genres that fall outside of my comfort zone. You can often find real gems that way. This just wasn't for me i'm afraid.
I would recommend this book to anyone interested in celebrity and the rich and famous, their behaviour and their lifestyle. It's 3.5 stars from me.
I would like to thank the publisher and NetGalley for my copy of the book in exchange for an honest review.
I felt a slight fraud for reading it knowing it would be based substantially on gossip as I have never been one of those girls interested in talking about others behind their back, especially in a derogatory manner.
Anyway, it's read now and that is that. I think I will stick to my usual genres for the foreseeable! That said, I do like to discover other books/genres that fall outside of my comfort zone. You can often find real gems that way. This just wasn't for me i'm afraid.
I would recommend this book to anyone interested in celebrity and the rich and famous, their behaviour and their lifestyle. It's 3.5 stars from me.
I would like to thank the publisher and NetGalley for my copy of the book in exchange for an honest review.
Brilliantly gossipy, full of the famous and infamous, nightly parties and summers on Long Island. It could only have been the 80s. Totally Tina, too, and a sharp look into how her mind works and her editorial sense.