http://uk.news.yahoo.com/35/20090728/tmusic-joel-madden-to-write-good-book-716af92.html

          It doesn’t seem like Madden is any rush to finish the book.  Most article I found quoted him as saying “If I put a book out.”   After that he would also have to actually sign a book deal but I doubt that would be any kind of issue.   Not to be negative against famous people but it makes it pretty easy to get a book deal.

          If you have ever listen to Madden’s lyrics, you will be able to predict how interesting his memior will be.  His father walked out he and his twin brother Benji were sixteen.   Both brothers took up jobs in order to help their mother out to support the family that also included two younger siblings.    Sometime later all the siblings actually decided to take their mother’s maiden name (Madden) because they wanted no association with their father. 

          Good Charlotte was formed when Madden was still in high school.  After some years they began playing small shows at bars and eventually got radio play.  After some time their first single, Little Things, made it onto the Billboard charts.  Many predicted that would be the last we saw of these boys but then Young and the Hopeless hit the shelves.  Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous was the first single which gots the band many MTV gigs but it was far from being the only one.  The album brought a slew of megahits including  The Anthem, Girls and Boys, and Hold On.    The band also released “Chronicles of Life and Death” which did okay but not great, and “Good Morning Revival” which spawned another chart topping single,  “Dance Floor Anthem.”  The band is currently working on a fifth album.  They have gone from small bars, to stadiums, to big venues and everything in between.  I’m sure the book will have lots of interesting stories about their many tours.

          In another interesting life turn, Madden ended up dating hollywood party girl Nicole Richie.   The couple has a daughter named Harlow and is expected a second child.  They have been spotted buying blue baby stuff so it looks like it is a boy for this adorable family. 

          For Hawlow’s baby shower, the couple encouraged guest to bring only books as gifts saying they would love their child to have a huge libary of books.  Sounds like my kind of couple!!! 

        Richie and Madden also started The Richie Madden Children’s Foundation which helps mom’s and families to be with regular baby items that they otherwise could not afford.  Madden is also involved with UNICEF. 

          Sounds like more than enough life stories to fill a very interesting book.  I wish Madden the best of luck in continuing with the book.  I actually loved Richie’s book (it was girly and cheesy but that is okay sometimes) so perhaps she will be able to help her man out!

           Will you buy Madden’s book?

http://www.contactmusic.com/news.nsf/article/justin-timberlake-to-pen-golf-book_1109191

          So yeah, Justin is writing a book about golf.  Personally I’m not a golfer so I don’t care at all.   I think it will be interesting to see how well it does though.  It seems like it might have trouble since the target audience is a little unclear.  I don’t pictures many hardcore golf fans being Justin fans.  It seems like everyone I know that golfs is guys that would not be caught dead owning a book by Justin.  I would imagine a book by Justin would have appeal to young girls for the most part but I don’t know how many of them will care about golf.  What do you think?

          What do you think about celebrities writing books in general? What, if any, celebrity penned books have you read?

          Personally the book that has honestly had the biggest impact on my view of the entire world is Notes from My Travels by Angelina Jolie.  I have talked about it on here before.  It is such an honest account of someone seeing the reality of a third world country for the first time.   It is done in a journal fashion so it isn’t like it is award winning writing but it is very real. She is intelligent and an okay writing doing her best to convay what she was feeling seeing everything.

          One book that surprised me how much I did actually enjoy it was The Truth About Diamonds by Nicole Richie.   It was written on a young adult kind of level and reminded me a little of something like Gossip Girl.  The plot and characters were all interesting though.  It seemed to parallel her own life quite a bit which was interesting.   The book is about a girl in LA so it is interesting having the things this celebrity character is doing be described by someone that has seen them.  More in depth then say if someone life me where to try about write about it.   I wouldn’t have first hand expirance which many writers that have character’s that are supposed to be famous don’t have fame similar to their characters.

          If I see it somewhere eventually, I will probably pick of LA Candy by Lauren Conrad.  I have never watched The Hills so I don’t really care that she wrote it.  I am interesting to see how it compares with Richie’s. Conrad has gone on record saying that she came up with an idea then other people helped her write it.  The same goes for Pam Anderson’s books (which I have brought but haven’t read yet). Richie as far as I know wrote the story out before approuching the publishers.

          The one and only cookbook I own is from the lovely Amy Sedaris.  It is so funny.  I don’t ever cook (plus I never have people over to cook for anyways) so I haven’t tried the receipes.  The whole book just makes me laugh though.  From the stories, to the pictures, to the drawings, it is just hilarious.  The first time I read through Children’s Game I almost died laughing so hard.  Example:

7. JR Cat Burglar- Lock the kids out of the house and see if they can break in.

9. – Train Robbery- Make a pretend train car by setting up chairs in a line.  Now have some of the children act as train passengers.  Have the rest of the children pretend they are Indians and rob the passengers.  If one of the “passengers” is a blond girl, encourage the “Indians” to kidnap her in hopes of making her their savage bride.

12. P.O.W. – Confine s0me of the children and give them a secret.  Now have some of the other children escort the confined children one by one into another room.  Once secure, the “guard” children will attempt to get the “prisoner” children to tell their secret through coercive means.

          So overall, I don’t mind books by celebrities.  What about you?