Udobno se namestite, sprostite se in se podajte po Taylorini poti okrog sveta! Če ste že od nekdaj sanjali, da bi spoznali simpatično ameriško pevko Taylor Swift, dobitnico številnih glasbenih nagrad, ki je ukradla srca poslušalcev po vsem svetu, potem je ta knjiga prava za vas! Avtorica Sarah Oliver predstavlja največje Taylorine oboževalce – swifterje – z vsega sveta ter njihove pripovedi o tem, kaj se je dogajalo, ko so v živo srečali Taylor, njeno mamo Andreo in številne druge, ki jo spremljajo na neverjetno uspešni glasbeni poti. Razkriva skrivnosti s svetovnih turnej Fearless, Speak Now, Red in 1989 ter s spremljevalnih srečanj, organiziranih posebej za pevkine oboževalce.
Chloe je bila povabljena na skrivno srečanje za Taylorine največje oboževalce, na katerem so še pred izidom poslušali album 1989, Taylor pa jim je pripovedovala o navdihu za posamezne pesmi. Ugotovila je tudi, da Taylor obožuje svoje sledilce na twitterju. Marley je v družbi Taylor preživela več ur, ko se je udeležila zabave s pico v njenem stanovanju. Ljubkovala je njeno mačko Olivio in spoznala, kakšna je Taylor v resnici – še zdaleč ni vzvišena zvezdnica, pač pa prijazna mladenka, ki ima svoje oboževalce za prijatelje. Kristen je med swifterji postala znana po fotografiji s koncerta, na kateri nori in joče, dve leti pozneje pa je prav po zaslugi te fotografije imela priložnost spoznati Taylor. Sanje se lahko uresničijo!
I am a celebrity journalist and biographer. I have met Robert Pattinson and most of the Twilight cast - so if you have teenagers that love Twilight, I'm the author you need!
I'm proof that you don't have to be old and boring to be an author.
My first book was Be the Best - an inspirational book for young rugby players. I started coaching a boys' rugby team when I was sixteen, and we became one of the most successful in the country in our age group. Six years later, I decided to write the first book that looks at every stage - from being in a mini team, to trials, and to county level. My book teaches self-confidence and will inspire any child to become a better rugby player.
After dabbling in scriptwriting, I became an editorial assistant and then the editor of an online entertainment magazine. I started writing articles about Robert Pattinson and to date I have written over 700. In May 2010, Robert Pattinson A-Z came out, closely followed by Glee A-Z. In October, I had two books published: Taylor Lautner A-Z and The Wanted A-Z. My fifth celebrity biography, Miley Cyrus A-Z, came out in May 2011.
I have to give it two stars at least because I want to encourage authors to write about Taylor Swift. But this book is totally disorganized, the timeline is totally flipped up and it's just not coherent. Plus the chapters on fans from all over the world answering the same questions over and over again (yes, it's actually obvious that they were interviewed with the SAME QUESTIONS and probably via email/social media, and that's flimsy reporting) were sometimes unnecessary, as they didn't add any new information, especially in those countries where she's never toured but they're still from Europe. The author could've categorized by continent and then choose the biggest fanbase countries or something like that, but it just seemed picked at random and it was just bizarre. The story about Taylor Swift is only comprehensible because I'm a fan and I know everything about her, but if someone who doesn't know her read this book, they'd totally be left feeling confused. I would give it 1 star but as I said before, the author at least had the interest on doing a book about her, so I'm just going to see over this. But there were so many important things missing - like Taylor's fight for smaller artists and other causes that make her who she is - and so many unnecessary things added that this book makes absolutely no sense. Plus, there is no interview or anything. It just reports on what she said to other journalists (and some blocks appear out of nowhere, with seemingly no context on the matter whatsoever). As a Taylor fan, I'm disappointed.
Хоча у мене був період «охолодження» до творчості Свіфт, коли вона вирішила поекспериментувати у напрямку поп-музики, її талант сонграйтера і світогляд захоплюють, а постать – надихає.
Нещодавно вона написала для ELLE ще одне есе – цього разу 30 Things She Learned Before Her 30th Birthday, і це такий класний текст. Там немає категоричності або вказівок з розряду «дотримуйся цього правила і будеш щасливим». Есе схоже на ті слова, які тобі можуть ніколи не сказати, але які ти усе життя будеш чекати.
У світлі останніх подій книзі Сари Олівер не вистачає голосу самої Тей, хоч тут і багато цитувань слів її друзів, фанатів, уривків інтерв’ю, ліричних текстів. Вийшла непогана збірка відомих фактів, епізодів життя Тей до ери 1989 включно.
Однозначні плюси цієї книги в доступності та лаконічності подачі біографії. Незважаючи на легкість стилю, подужати, прочитавши за один раз, неможливо. Та й непотрібно, бо ти читаєш і прослідковуєш як з найскладніших періодів життя Тей народилися її кращі пісні.