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This Year's Model
by: Carol Alt
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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 813.6
EAN: 9780061366246
ISBN: 0061366242
Label: Avon A
Manufacturer: Avon A
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 272
Publication Date: September 01, 2008
Publisher: Avon A
Release Date: August 26, 2008
Sales Rank: 759681
Studio: Avon A
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This Year's Model
by: Carol Alt
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Supermodel Carol Alt takes us on a wild ride through the glamorous, cutthroat world of fashion and fame—in a biting, witty, and absolutely authentic novel that rocks the world of high-end modeling!
Tall, beautiful, practical Melody Ann Croft of Morristown, New Jersey, is busting her behind as a waitress and wishing there was an easier way to earn money for college. When a customer claiming to be a fashion photographer insists she could become a model, Melody is skeptical—and totally shocked when dropping his name actually opens agency doors. Signed up before her head has even stopped spinning, she's got a new name—Mac—and is off to her first shoot. Could this be that "easier way" at last?
But in modeling, nothing's easy. Mac faces demanding diva photographers with their body-torturing, day-long sessions, and jealous rivals whose flawless beauty hides sharp claws. There are rumors and lies, lecherous model-collecting playboys, rock stars and drugs, and the most perilous pitfall of them all . . .straight male models! Temptation is everywhere, and even a level-headed Jersey girl may have trouble keeping her footing on the long, hard climb up.
I have read very good reviews on the book This Year's Model, written by Supermodel Carole Alt. I also like Carole Alt, I think she is beautiful, but more importantly, smart and decided a long time ago, that she was not only going to be about beauty - but rather she was also going to use her brains. I like that!
So, its with very positive vibes that I started reading This Year's Model. I really enjoyed the first few chapters. Then, something happened - the book starting dragging and all of a sudden, I felt myself completely disconnected for any of the characters, including Mac.
Although fashion is not a big deal for me, I usually always enjoy a good fashion-oriented chick lit read, but this one got very boring, very quickly.
The writing style was okay, but the storyline got bogged down in petty details and I just could not phantom any type of interest in the story after the first few chapters. I thought the character of Mac was kind of beige and she did not shine through the storyline.
Sorry, this one is a miss for me.
Average Rating:
Rating:  -
I have read very good reviews on the book This Year's Model, written by Supermodel Carole Alt. I also like Carole Alt, I think she is beautiful, but more importantly, smart and decided a long time ago, that she was not only going to be about beauty - but rather she was also going to use her brains. I like that!
So, its with very positive vibes that I started reading This Year's Model. I really enjoyed the first few chapters. Then, something happened - the book starting dragging and all of a sudden, I felt myself completely disconnected for any of the characters, including Mac.
Although fashion is not a big deal for me, I usually always enjoy a good fashion-oriented chick lit read, but this one got very boring, very quickly.
The writing style was okay, but the storyline got bogged down in petty details and I just could not phantom any type of interest in the story after the first few chapters. I thought the character of Mac was kind of beige and she did not shine through the storyline.
Sorry, this one is a miss for me.
Rating:  -
This book is, to steal a word from the book itself - 'fabtastic'!
Superb writing - the story grabs the reader from the get go. Talk about a hook - this book is it. The oh-so-personal writing style left me wanting more. Kudos to Carol and her editors. I can't wait for her next book!
Because of my name, people always ask if I know Carol. The book's tone has a being there - in the moment realness, makes the reader a part of the story and makes me feel like I really do know her!
Read 'This Year's Model' - you'll love the becoming part of a model's world. I did.
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THIS YEAR'S MODEL
CAROL ALT
Rating: 4.5 Enchantments
Melody Ann Croft finds the guy she's waiting on at table eight to be unnerving, what with the way he keeps complimenting her, like he thinks she should be on the menu. But when his meal's done and he hands her a card, telling her to call the modeling agencies and drop his name, she can't imagine the sudden twist her life's about to take.
Within the course of a few months her life is barely recognizable. The eighteen year old Melody is now 'Mac', and she's spending more time in the city than at home with her family. Her days are filled with go-sees, photo shoots and rare down time spent at the local tea shop, hanging out with Jade and her crush in newcomer male model, Duncan Shiloh. From her newfound jet setting model ways to walking the runways for Fashion Week in New York and Milan for some of the hottest designers, her dreams of a scholarship to Penn state gets put on the backburner as she pursues her newfound dream of modeling. The only stable thing in her life is her at times awkward friendship with fellow model, Jade, who is not only Mac's best friend but at times, her competition as well.
I really enjoyed THIS YEAR'S MODEL and the set up of Mac flashing back to how she ended up on the cover of the swimsuit issue of S.I. Mac's journey from a small town waitress to one of the fashion world's rising stars. I think my favorite part of the book was Mac herself, how she didn't let anyone walk all over her or push her into doing something she really didn't want to do, even if her booker was telling her to just do it and let it go. I also enjoyed the unusual friendship between Mac and Jade. The ending while not entirely surprising given Jade's behavior throughout the book, is a great set up to see where Ms. Alt takes Mac and co in the next book in the series. Readers apt for a behind the scenes look into the NYC model scene won't want to miss this debut!
Ms. Alt pens an interesting behind the scenes glimpse into the life of a "Supe" model in the making in THIS YEAR'S MODEL, her first fiction novel. The sequel is due out next year. You can visit her online at www.carolalt.com
Lisa
Enchanting Reviews
September 2008
Rating:  -
I'm not sure who's intelligence the author is insulting by writing this book - the reader's or her own (probably both). But, I understand that the market demands that this story be told. The life of a model has a mystique of luxury and glamor that all us muggles can only speculate about in our wildest dreams. In that sense, yes, Alt does a passable job of letting us live vicariously through her Alice as she struts down the rabbit hole.
But it's this world, this fantasy of working in the modeling industry that's just mind-blowing. No doubt Carol Alt's many years of experience as a model supplies a majority of the stories in book - the possible fact of which makes this book truly horrifying. This is a world where people are rewarded grossly (financially/professionally/socially) for simply how they look. It's world where your "work" is holding still for a camera (eek!) and regular exercise at the gym (dear god no!). A world where all that's asked at an audition is to simply show up and smile.
For every challenge that's presented to the main character, there's an instant solution that falls into her lap within ten pages. Relationships between characters are shallow to the extreme and Alt has no problem letting her hero fold on a few of her principles. Considering this, I just can't understand how Alt expects us to actually care about the protagonist. All the book leaves me with is a depressing reflection on the stranglehold that physical appearance has on our society. Based on the laws for success the book sets up for us, if we could only see a photograph of the hero on the cover, maybe we would have connection to her. Maybe.
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In this fun new novel the reader gets to experience the outrageous world of professional modelling through the eyes of newly discovered model Melody Ann Croft.
Melody is just a normal kid from New Jersey, working as a waitress during her last summer before going away to college. Then one night a professional photographer happens to have dinner at the restaurant where she works. He thinks she has potential and gives her some contacts which turn out to be top modelling agencies in Manhattan.
After some indecision she decides that she has nothing to lose and calls some of the numbers on the card. The photographer's name is enough to get her interviews at several top agencies. The first one she visits immediately snaps her up, they think that she has "it", that elusive quality that means success. She is immediately thrust into the competitive and frantic world of professional modelling.
It's an eye opening experience. There are ugly sides to the new world that she finds herself in. She has to lose weight, of course, and it is difficult to maintain the waif like appearance that is demanded by most clients. The other models are fiercely competitive and some are downright mean. Then there is the ever present drug use. Melody is a strong girl with a solid middle class upbringing, so she is grounded and able to resist the temptations around her, but she still learns some difficult lessons.
Supermodel Carol Alt has written a fast-paced, fun novel that gives the regular person a peek into the inner workings of an industry that most of us will never experience. I know that I'll never look at a glossy fashion advertisement the same way again!
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