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I finally finished my #SexDrugsandRockAndRoll book for #titlesandtunes. The last few chapters were hard to get through because of how honest it became. Reading about Mayte's hopes of living with the love of her life for the rest of her life to only be betrayed and heartbroken, to losing her baby, to getting her daughter was very emotional. Despite everything she went through, she still respects and admires Prince. 4.5⭐️

As I'm finishing up my #titlesandtunes for the month of June, I already have July's prompt ready for #SexDrugsAndRockNRoll

Title: The Most Beautiful by Mayte Garcia (I had the pleasure of dancing with Mayte a few years ago so I figured it was time that I finally pick up her book.)

For my tunes, I have to go with my favorite Prince song Purple Rain: https://open.spotify.com/track/54X78diSLoUDI3joC2bjMz?si=lL3encxbQHeSQVW8esrqzA
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March 3 #MarchMagic Involves Music 🎶 @Eggs @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks

I was surprised at how much I enjoyed this memoir!

Mayte followed in her mother's footsteps and became an accomplished belly dancer at a very young age.

One thing led to another and she became a dancer for Prince. The story of their life together is a page-turner.

I picked this up at the Dollar Tree not even really considering myself a fan of Prince. I'm glad I took a chance.

Couldn't resist picking this up when I found it at Dollar Tree (or should we call it Buck-25 Tree now?) back in June. There were some concerning things here (Prince seemed to be grooming her from the time she was 16 😳) and some truly heartbreaking things (including the death of their newborn son) 💔 but it was an honest look at her life with a notoriously private musician.

I knew nothing of Mayte Garcia before reading this. This is her story, and while part of it includes Prince, I appreciated her life separate from him just as much. She was a bellydancer from a very young age, learning alongside her mother. She had a thriving dance career before she met Prince, and as a teen she met him as a dancer.

This is also her story of struggling to become a mom. Really beautiful, I cried.

TWs in spoiler below.

@Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks look what came! Thank you! I love Prince and I‘ve wanted to read this since I first heard of it.

This is Mayte Garcia‘s life story that Prince was part of for 11 years. It seems Garcia tried to put him in a positive light when possible, but despite his immense talent, I doubt anyone reading will wish they‘d been married to him. It‘s a fascinating (but not salacious) autobiography.

I very rarely cry when reading books, but this one made me cry…a few times! 😔 It‘s a beautiful story…and beautifully written. I‘m not a huge fan of Prince, but this book had me going to YouTube and looking songs I‘d never heard of up. I even found myself liking the songs 😬 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

#TheStarsAbove
#ThankfulThoughts

✨🌟💫⭐️💜

I didn‘t like it. It was mostly about her and I was thinking it was about Prince. Plus, I didn‘t know that he met her when she was 16 and became her guardian at 17. They married when she was 19. That didn‘t sit right with me so I didn‘t enjoy this one.

#TBRCrew #AwesomeAugust

5⭐️

“But life is just a party, and parties weren't to last.” 💜

#Ephemeral
#BeautifulWords

💔💜💔
I‘m still sad 😢

🎧 I expected a story about Prince. As I listened it felt more like Mayte‘s life. She reads the book. And about 1/3 of the way in I was hooked. I thought I wanted a history of Prince but ended up enjoying this book immensely as a memoir of a young girl‘s life who just happened to be married to Prince for a handful of years. Very interesting book! A very positive book. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

#Prince
#ReallyRandomFebruary

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New week, new audiobook #audiocommute

Definitely #iconic 💜💔💜

“Every day I feel is a blessing from God. And I consider it a new beginning. Yeah, everything is beautiful.”

Thanks again Harper!! I love him!! 🕺🏿💜 @CoffeeNBooks

#Movember

#Music
#Selfimprovementsept

💜🎹🎼🎤🎸💜

#SeptemberSins #HeyYouBeautiful Yup, virtual #TBR ~ thinking of using an Audible credit for this one. Has anyone tried the audio??? ( By anyone I mean @Megabooks 😉)

1. It's sad. 2. Mayte was no trophy wife, her story is pretty amazing on it's own. 3. I love Prince and it gives some insight on the secretive icon. 4. It was a fun fast read. Loved it.

I‘m a day behind my blog in posting for my #MonthOfMemoirs I love celebrity memoirs and this is a great one.

https://wellreadneck.wordpress.com/2019/07/07/the-most-beautiful-mayte-garcia/

“When I want to hear new music, I make it”

#MusicalTitles
#JazzyJune

If you know me at all, you know it had to be Prince 💔💜

Just finished this book by Mayte Garcia about her life with Prince💜💜❤️

I love me some Prince. 💜💜 Flying through this account of Matye‘s life with Prince

Part of my Mother‘s Day haul. Ok, the candle I bought for myself but I used Mother‘s Day money from my parents for it. The other stuff was from my kids. As well as the next couple pics. #mothersdaypart1

Beautiful, crazy, she can't help but amaze me
The way that she dances, ain't afraid to take chances
And wears her heart on her sleeve
Yeah, she's crazy but her crazy's beautiful to me🎶

#beautifulcrazy #amonthofsongs @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks @OriginalCyn620

Repost for @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks :
It‘s going to be a lyrical month!!! I LOVE music!!🎼🎹🎤 🎶 And So does Cyn!!! Welcome to our first photo challenge together featuring some really great songs!! We hope you guys will join us!!

Please share and repost!!

#AMonthofSongs

https://open.spotify.com/user/2256slgu6wfsannx2d4ja4dbq/playlist/2AapvWDZflCa75C...

It‘s going to be a lyrical month!!! I LOVE music!!🎼🎹🎤 🎶 And So does Cyn!!! Welcome to our first photo challenge together featuring some really great songs!! We hope you guys will join us!!

Please share and repost!!

#AMonthofSongs

https://open.spotify.com/user/2256slgu6wfsannx2d4ja4dbq/playlist/2AapvWDZflCa75C...

#2019Book30
I‘ve never been a huge fan of Prince, though I like some of his songs, but I won a copy of this book and went into it figuring it would be a juicy tell-all from his first wife. Instead, it focuses mostly on Mayte, her upbringing, the circumstances that led her to meeting and falling in love with Prince, and the way she put her life back together after losing her child and her marriage.

#nonfiction2019 #music What a beautiful memoir this was! Tender, honest, heartbreaking, poignant. By Prince‘s first wife Mayte Garcia - who seems like such a kind and good person inside and out. 💜💜💜💜💜

#Legend
#LiteraryLuck
💔😭💜🎤🎼🎹

“Music is real. It affects people; it's real.”
Prince

The Most Beautiful 💜
Purple Rain ☔️💜
Baby I‘m a star ⭐️💜🎤🎼

I miss him!! 😭💜

#ManicMonday #🤩

Wow! I thoroughly enjoyed this memoir by Prince‘s first wife. I loved reading about her and her unusual life as much as the insight about Prince. Super fab celebrity memoir.

#SoBeautiful #SeptemberDanes @Kalalalatja @Cinfhen

#newhogwartsadventure #symbols @vkois88 @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks

#thankyouforthemusic 💜💜 and the memories 😪 you will always be a legend and no one can compare to you 💜 I‘m in my feelings tonight 😭😭😭

#AbbainAugust

#poplife #princeofjuly

One of my favorite songs by Prince 💜😢
http://youtu.be/yTAGR0UgANE


“The beautiful ones they hurt you
Every time
Paint a perfect picture
And bring to life a vision in one's mind
The beautiful ones
(The beautiful ones)
Always smash the picture
Always every time “

#PrinceofJuly
#TheBeautifulOnes

#PrinceOfJuly #thebueatifulones @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks @vkois88

💜💜💜 #readingatwork

#AdelesMayMashUp #forgiveme @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks @vkois88
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Mayte Garcia, Prince‘s first wife, longtime muse, and mother of his only child shares the story of her life with her #famous husband. #aprella #TBR

Mayte Garcia was Prince's first wife. I've always loved his music and videos but what a strange life

1. The Most Beautiful (tagged)
2. Branson Flowers
3. Prince
4. Purple Rain
#MANICMONDAY
@JoScho