The Beautiful Ones | 
“To create something from nothing is one of the greatest feelings, and I would - I don't know, I wish it upon everybody. It's heaven.”
My favorite color, my favorite artist 🎹💜🎸🎤🎼 🕺🏾
#Purple
#CoverLove
I found this t shirt at Walmart today and had to get it!! 🎤🎼💜
#BookMoods
#MusicRelated
Prince has always been a part of my life! When my parents divorced music and books were all I had… I really miss him 💔💜
This is one of my favorite songs 🎶 He could play 27 instruments! Such a loss 💔 A true musical genius!
https://youtu.be/xSJAeWPEWTw
#WeRemember #Prince
How could I not choose Prince for the #purple prompt 💜💜💜
It‘s been raining for a month now!!
“I never meant to cause you any sorrow
I never meant to cause you any pain
I only wanted one time to see you laughing
I only wanted to see you
Laughing in the purple rain.” 💜😢
#Curiouscovers
https://www.sfgate.com/news/amp/Prince-fans-headed-to-Paisley-Park-five-years-16...
“Just start by creating your day. Then create your life.”
Has it really been 5 years? 😓💜
I love Prince and the feel and look of this #gold cover! He‘s hanging out with all of these beautiful Christmas cards!! Thanks everyone!! I‘m still opening so more to display ❤️🎅💚 Thank you Cindy for this treasure 💜 @Cinfhen
#SleightheShelves
#LitsyLove
so-so#FEASTMODE #ProgressItNovember #CrushTheRush
4⭐️
I would have referred the Introduction narrator or another male as opposed to two different females for this one.
Omg!! I‘m elated! This is pure gold in my hands!! I‘ve wanted this one for so long! I know I won‘t be able to read it all at one time. A beautiful tribute to a true legend we lost too soon 💜😓 Thank you Cindy @Cinfhen you are awesome!
Quote from back flap
“U know how u can tell when someone is smiling just by looking in their eyes.”
💜😓💜😓💜😓
so-soI have been a fan of Prince since I was a teenager. His music was the soundtrack to my life. I wanted to love this book, but it really was unfinished. I enjoyed the pictures and notes about them, but other than that, I was disappointed.
#bookspin
@TheAromaofBooks thank you so much! I finished d my #bookspin and started my #doublespin. I don't know when i would have read this book if not for #bookspin
pickIf you‘re looking for some new startling revelations you won‘t find any but if you are seeking a peek into Prince‘s beautiful life this is a treasure trove. Full of personal photos, notes and artifacts Dan Piepenbring serves up a visual feast. This would be perfect for #Booked2021 #ABookWithPhotos
Thinking of you @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks 💜This should be the perfect inflight reading material ✈️
1. Gosh I can't think of one!
2. Yes it does snow here. We had some snow flurries on Sunday.
#two4tuesday @TheSpineView
pickBittersweet, the story of an artist who we lost too soon. Filled with fascinating stories and personal photos, this book of memories shows you a side of Prince that he often kept to himself. I had hoped for a little more but this was enough. Book #180 of 2020. #farewellsweetprince
My #bookspin and #doublespin November! I'm excited for both!! Thanks @TheAromaofBooks for doing this!!
Prince‘s book about himself (he didn‘t want to label it a memoir) became an unrealized dream; he passed away before its completion. A memorable phrase from Prince‘s notes: he wanted people to create!! First you create your day! Then you create your life...Prince was the epitome of self-creation/reinvention
so-soI‘m not a huge Prince fan but enjoyed some of his music. The book was pretty good in giving some background of his childhood, some good photos along with some of his own writings when starting the memoir. He died shortly after the book was started so of course it definitely feels like an abrupt ending to the book also. I enjoyed it but not the best autobiography I‘ve read.
pickI am a lifelong Prince fan. I really enjoyed this book, Dan's insights into his meetings with Prince and how he found him to be. The absolute highlights of the books were the pages written in Prince's own handwriting and words and seeing some of the photos/mementos he had kept and treasured throughout his life. A good read for any Prince fan it gives insights into the man behind all the fame and a delightful look at his life through his own eyes.
pickThere‘s a bit of bias here as “Purple Rain” was one of the first records I had as a little kid, but I loved this book. Prince passed away before he could write much of his memoirs, and the co-author did a great job putting everything together. A brilliant use of photographs of Prince, and photographs taken by Prince.
pickGreat book, would have been interested to see how this evolved had Prince completed it.
1) 2.5 😂 English, Spanish and learning Japanese
2) The Beautiful Ones was a great!
3) Three
4) ❤️😊🙄
5) @rsteve388 @EchoLogical
#Friyayintro @4thhouseontheleft @howjessreads
Thank you @EH2018
pickNeeding to catch up on some reviews today. This book is a little controversial but I thought it was wonderful. I'm not a hardcore fan at all, but I do feel that Prince was a large part of the soundtrack of my adolescence and so remembered fondly. It's not a memoir. Prince had only written a few pages about his childhood before he died. But he was planning to write a memoir and had begun gathering bits and pieces. ⬇️
Just one day after posting my #WeeklyForecast I've had to shift plans because this book that I very much want to read will be due at the library at the end of the month. It has so many holds there will be no chance for renewal, so it must be squeezed into February! 💜
pickI really enjoyed this book. I have been a Prince fan since I was a young and I felt like this book really did him justice. I love that Prince‘s co author was able to make such a true to the artist book despite Prince passing before finishing . I enjoyed reading about the author‘s time getting to know Prince as well as Prince‘s own words. Prince was such a private person yet you get to know enough of him to be satisfied yet not invade his privacy.
pickThe Beautiful Ones refer to eyes, like his mothers, who Prince seems to look up to, and love deeply. With many insightful passages and quotes from Prince, this is a memoir that will make you feel, somehow, closer to the mystery known as Prince.
I did enjoy this but, maybe because it was never really finished by Prince, it has a disjointed and rushed feel. Essential for fans, a great read for the rest!
Full review goodreads.com/overtheedge
pan⭐️⭐️ This is less a memoir by Prince, more an article written by Dan Piepenbring. The audio is only 3 hours long, so I checked out a physical copy from the library afterward. It‘s loaded with photos and notes and such. If this had been completed prior to Prince‘s untimely death, it could‘ve been brilliant. This is just a bunch of stuff thrown together. Not enough material nor substance.
so-soI finished listening to this on audio today, and I find rating this hard because I have some issues. The audio is 3 hrs and ca 55% of the book is an introduction by editor Dan Piepenbring and he is telling about how he got the job as Prince editor. Before Prince died he had written 10p of his memoir/ book and those pages are interesting. Then the book ends with a lot of Prince quotes found in different magazines. For me it was too little Prince.
Thank you, Prince. Thanks for being unapologetically you. Thanks for inspiring us to create. Thanks for staying in Minnesota. Thanks for everything you've shared with us. You had so much more to share. We miss you. I hope you're finding peace in purple paradise. ☔☮️💜
Just in time for vacation. I‘ve wanted these for awhile. 🤞🏽
Unexpectedly found myself in possession of a Target gift card, so I picked this up today. It‘s gorgeous! Can‘t wait to read it!
pickMinimalist for a memoir but 👍🏼👍🏼 for pictures, scrapbook goodies and early life reminisces.
Lots of snow here right now so I‘m settling in with this one.
#prince
#TBRTuesday
Here‘s what‘s up on my TBR this week! 🙌🏼🙌🏼🙌🏼
#LMPBC #Memoirs @Wife @Shadowfat @Hooked_on_books Here are some memoirs I‘m interested in. Let me know which ones you‘re more interested in and which ones you just don‘t want to read.
1. Candy!
2. Yes!! And ebooks and print books... all the books!
3. A few things, today is my daughter's 30th birthday, what seen amazing gift she is, a party for no reason tomorrow, Thanksgiving, family.
4. Too many to count
5. Purple
#friyayintro @howjessreads
This book is absolutely gorgeous in person. It‘s almost too pretty to read. Plus, it has some kind of scent to it as well. 🥰❤️😍
I forgot that I pre-ordered Prince's book awhile back! It's full of photos, scrapbook and lyrics sheets and the memoir he began writing before his death. We toured Paisley Park last Spring, I'm anxious to see more of Prince's incredible work and life. #bookmail #prince #thebeautifulones #purplerain
Two days to go!!!
But I have to wait for my copy to arrive via the post man.
