I had a post planned - it was going to be about how shamefully bad I am at blogging. But it will have to wait, because there are much more important things to discuss.
Specifically, Tyra Banks' book.
Tyra Banks' YA magical supermodel fantasy book. It's coming out in September, and I just don't know if I can do it. I want to, because I love YA, and I love trashy urban-fantasy YA even more. 70% of the books I've read in the last three months have involved angsty witches and lovestruck half-demons. Modelland should offer all of that, plus some good old fashioned Tyra-brand narcissism.
And the magical supermodels are called Intoxibellas! That is the single most ridiculous thing that I've heard in months. Which is saying a lot, given my new-found infatuation with Toddlers and Tiaras.This book sounds like the exact sort of thing that I would buy with cash at a bookstore in a part of town where no one knows me, read four times, and NEVER EVER put on my bookshelf.
But then...
The internet tells me that about a week ago, Ms. Banks herself went on GMA with a giant feather glued over her eyebrow. She told GMA Lady Host that it was called a "smize" because of course it is. Apparently, a young Ninja-Fairy-SuperMagic Modelling School candidate increases her chances of being admitted to Ninja-Fairy-SuperMagic Modelling School by 91% if she has a piece of leftover Mardi Gras mask stuck to her face. Why? I have NO IDEA.
Because I tried, y'all. I did. But I only made it a minute into watching the video online (I don't watch GMA - what's the point of a morning show that doesn't include Kathy Lee downing half a bottle of wine?). I just couldn't take it. And if I can't handle three minutes of Tyra, how am I going to handle 576 pages?
That's right, 576 pages of pure Tyra. This could easily prove to be the most amazingly unnecessary book in the history of the world. I MUST KNOW what Tyra Banks spends nearly 600 saying about Tookie (actual character name) the Magic Model, and the perils of Thigh High Boot Camp (actual plot point), but I think that reading it might break my brain.
Note: This is the first time I've used "books" as a label. So, to the casual observer, this is the only book I've ever even considered. If you need me, I'll be in a shame spiral.
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ReplyDeleteFINALLY YOU'RE BACK!
ReplyDeleteSecond, can we start a book club specifically for this book? now already know we're each capable of rationally discussing the plot points of say, Wuthering Heights, but this--THIS! Tyra may be the next great American novelist. A Gertrude Stein, Mark Twain, Joan Didion--hell, maybe even a DANIELLE STEELE! We cannot let this book go without deconstructing the perhaps one to four cogent ideas that Tyra manages to string together.
Let me know when the first meeting is. I'll bring the smize feathers.
We can - nay we MUST - book club this book. How else can we successfully parse all of the ways that Tookie is totally not at all a thinly veiled Tyra stand-in. Besides, in facing any traumatic event, it's best to have your friends at your side.
ReplyDeleteAnd I thought I read some trash. Good luck guys. Hope you survive your experiment in mental self-abuse.
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