Present Containing Books Boob Tube
| Title | : | Boob Tube |
| Author | : | Mark Coker |
| Book Format | : | Kindle Edition |
| Book Edition | : | Anniversary Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 300 pages |
| Published | : | (first published March 7th 2008) |
| Categories | : | Fiction. Contemporary. Novels |
Mark Coker
Kindle Edition | Pages: 300 pages Rating: 2.83 | 156 Users | 20 Reviews
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When Actress Gina Martin lands a role on a top daytime soap, she soon finds herself immersed in a glamorous world of hidden secrets and dangerous temptations. Will Gina survive the Hollywood machine, or will it consume her?Boob Tube introduces the reader to a cast of colorful characters and stories inspired by real events. As research for the novel, the authors conducted confidential, behind-the-scenes interviews with dozens of soap opera industry insiders (actors, agents, managers, hair & makeup professionals, fan club managers, writers, etc.) who dished stories stranger than fiction. The authors wove their stories into Boob Tube, a novel that some fans have alternately described as fun, eye-opening or deeply disturbing. After reading Boob Tube, you might never view celebrity the same way again.
About the authors: Lesleyann Coker is a former reporter for Soap Opera Weekly Magazine. She now writes the Entertainment Bytes column for Forbes.com, and also contributes to the Huffington Post. Mark Coker writes for the Huffington Post, is the founder of ebook distributor Smashwords, and is a former Silicon Valley publicist. This is their debut novel.
Mention Books Concering Boob Tube
| Original Title: | Boob Tube ASIN B00197L3HW |
| Edition Language: | English |
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Ratings: 2.83 From 156 Users | 20 ReviewsComment On Containing Books Boob Tube
Interesting window into the world of the soaps.Catchy front cover. Wasn't really my thing but it was a decent story if you like Soap Operas and stories about Soap Operas. Historically Soap Operas were broadcast in weekday daytime slots when most listeners/viewers would be housewives; thus the shows were aimed at and consumed by a predominantly female audience. The same is true about this story. If you'll excuse me I'm going to go build/kill/destroy something to regain my manhood.
I got half way through and put it down. It did not hold my interest anymore. The way the story is written and I could see the ending. Maybe if you did not have the cliff scene then go back to three months earlier. I might try it again later, but probably not.
This was quite good - not a world beather, but I enjoyed it. A good Sunday afternoon read.
I am not the target audience for this book, which is why, I presume, that I found it so weak to begin with.The first 2/3 of the book should be about 2/3 shorter. It was almost insufferable. The last third actually involved some plot and was genuinely interesting and well-paced.I read the book because the author is the founder of Smashwords and if I understand his story correctly, he created Smashwords specifically because of this book and his experience trying to find a publisher. I can relate
Very much like the soap opera that the characters of the plot work on.
This is one of the first books I bought a couple years back. I just got around to reading it. I am glad I finally read it as it was entertaining. But at one point I almost put it down. The new actress "good girl" starts to fall into some Hollywood pitfalls and I just almost couldn't take it. I wanted to shake some sense into her. But I kept reading and it all came to a pretty good ending.
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