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The first definitive, unauthorized, behind the scenes cultural history of the Bachelor franchise, America s favorite guilty pleasureFor fifteen years and thirty five seasons, the Bachelor franchise has been a mainstay in American TV viewers lives Since it premiered in 2002, the show s popularity and relevance has only grown than eight million viewers tuned in to see the conclusion of the most recent season of The Bachelor.The iconic reality television show s reach and influence into the cultural zeitgeist is undeniable Bestselling writers and famous actors live tweet about it Die hard fans dubbed Bachelor Nation come together every week during each season to participate in fantasy leagues and viewing parties Bachelor Nation is the first behind the scenes, unauthorized look into the reality television phenomenon Los Angeles Times journalist Amy Kaufman is a proud member of Bachelor Nation and has a long history with the franchise ABC even banned her from attending show events after her coverage of the program got a little too real for its liking She has interviewed dozens of producers, contestants, and celebrity fans to give readers never before told details of the show s inner workings what it s like to be trapped in the mansion bubble dark, juicy tales of producer manipulation and revelations about the alcohol fueled debauchery that occurs long before the fantasy suite Kaufman also explores what our fascination means, culturally what the show says about the way we view so called ideal suitors, our subconscious yearning for fairy tale romance, and how this enduring television show has shaped society s feelings about love, marriage, and feminism by appealing to a marriage plot that s as old as Jane Austen. New Download Bachelor Nation By Amy Kaufman For Kindle ePUB or eBook – kino-fada.fr Now that I ve outed myself as a Bachelor viewer, I might as well embrace it and fully delve into it You can t watch this show without being a little critical, or at least I can t That being said, there s light hearted snark and then there s mocking I felt this book fell into the later category Kaufman is building a career as an author on the Bachelor, so I felt she was often a little too mean about everything involved in the show, including it s fans The tone of the book is a mixture of gos Now that I ve outed myself as a Bachelor viewer, I might as well embrace it and fully delve into it You can t watch this show without being a little critical, or at least I can t That being said, there s light hearted snark and then there s mocking I felt this book fell into the later category Kaufman is building a career as an author on the Bachelor, so I felt she was often a little too mean about everything involved in the show, including it s fans The tone of the book is a mixture of gossip rag and the author s attempt at a feminist dissection of the show, which didn t quite work for me Also, the frequent swearing on the author s part brought down the tone of the book evenMaybe it was because I listened to th...My secret is out.I m a Bachelor Fan Of course, my immediate family and a few friends know I love The Bachelor and Bachelorette shows but it s not something I regularly admit to watching I know I m not alone since I ve been seeing comments for this book pop up on Goodreads from others who start off by saying The Bachelor is their guilty pleasure show And a secret Well, Amy Kaufman has now put our BachelorNation obsession into coherent words with her engaging, witty book Seriously, how ha My secret is out.I m a Bachelor Fan Of course, my immediate family and a few friends know I love The Bachelor and Bachelorette shows but it s not something I regularly admit to watching I know I m not alone since I ve been seeing comments for this book pop up on Goodreads from others who start off by saying The Bachelor is their guilty pleasure show And a secret Well, Amy Kaufman h...Well, now that I ve outed myself as a Bachelor fan, I ll say that I was hoping forbehind the scenes gossip and drama, but unfortunately that s not what I got The book itself was a little boring, and I found myself zoning out while reading it.This was a fun ride, mostly because Kaufman is a good narrator She is authoritative journalistic at times aka getting us some dirt and behind the scenes info, teaching us some Bachelor history, walking us through what it is like to be on this show And she is a total fan at...Read this review on Julie s BookshelfI m going to lead into this one by saying Amy, you are HILARIOUS, like really hilarious From page one Amy had me beyond entertained and this book read as if I was engaging in a conversation with a friend How many times did I find myself giggling you ask Well, as if it was an interruption, my dear husband asked me on one too many occasions why I was laughing while my nose was in this book It s seriously such an entertaining read.Now, if your impression is Read this review on Julie s BookshelfI m going to lead into this one by saying Amy, you are HILARIOUS, like really hilarious From page one Amy had me beyond entertained and this book read as if I was engaging in a conversation with a friend How many times did I find myself giggling you ask Well, as if it was an interruption, my dear husband asked me on one too many occasions why I was laughing while my nose was in this book It s seriously such an entertaining read.Now, if your impression is that this book is pushing The Bachelor agenda, you are very mistaken Amy isn t here to give you reasons why you should be watching The Bachelor Honestly though why aren t you It s great reality television Instead her aim is uncovering why we are all so infatuated with not only the series, but the message it conveys love While only six couples remain together since The Bachelor s initial season, the fairy tale love story doesn t a...I m assuming anyone who has Bachelor Nation on their TBR is either a fan of the show or they hate watch it like I do If you ve never watched the show then this book won t appeal to you at all, but if you haven t HOW have you escaped it It s such a pop culture phenomenon that I m genuinely curious.Back to hate watching, I use that term because every time I decide to tune into a new season I wind up regretting it I watched the first few seasons religiously then got bored and stopped A few y I m assuming anyone who has Bachelor Nation on their TBR is either a fan of the show or they hate watch it like I do If you ve never watched the show then this book won t appeal to you at all, but if you haven t HOW have you escaped it It s such a pop culture phenomenon that I m genuinely curious.Back to hate watching, I use that term because every time I decide to tune into a new season I wind up regretting it I watched the first few seasons religiously then got bored and stopped A few years ...I skim read this in 90 minutes at Chapters this afternoon while sipping a Starbucks tea latte because I am secretly B A S I C I started watching The Bachelor in high school when I was very sad because watching pretty people cry can make you feel really good about yourself if you are in A Bad Place Since then, I have dipped in and out of being a member of Bachelor Nation Often, I will watch only watch the show if someone else in my life happens to be watching it, a dynamic which my boyfriend h I skim read this in 90 minutes at Chapters this afternoon while sipping a Starbucks tea latte because I am secretly B A S I C I started watching The Bachelor in high school when I was very sad because watching pretty people cry can make you feel really good about yourself if you are in A Bad Place Since then, I have dipped in and out of being a member of Bachelor Nation Often, I will watch only watch the sho...I guess I set my expectations too high for this book, because my only thought when I finished reading it was is that it For a book that s supposed to be about what happens behind the scenes of The Bachelor, it revealed surprisingly little This could be because I regularly read recaps and blog posts by former contestants, from which Kaufman seems to have drawn much of her material The only interviews she scored for the book were with contestants who have already been outspoken about their exp I guess I set my expectations too high for this book, because my only thought when I finished reading it was is that it For a book that s supposed to be about what happens behind the scenes of The Bachelor, it revealed surprisingly little This could be because I regularly read recaps and blog posts by former contestants, from which Kaufman seems to have drawn much of her material The only interviews she scored for ...This was a fairly interesting read I was hoping fordetailed and scandalous dirt, but the author sounds like she did her due diligence in trying to get people to open up She conducted a ton of interviews with people who were willing to talk, and I really commend her research efforts for this book Honestly, most of what is revealed in the book will come as no surprise to Bachelor fans unless you really buy into the romance it tries to sell, especially if you also watch UnREAL In revealing This was a fairly interesting read I was hoping fordetailed and scandalous dirt, but the author sounds like she did her due diligence in trying to get people to open up She conducted a ton of interviews with people who were willing to talk, and I really commend her research efforts for this book Honestly, most of what is revealed in the book will come as no surprise to Bachelor fans unless you really buy into the ...This was a lot of fun I had low expectations because I listen to a few Bachelor podcasts with contestant interviews I know I know and I thought I mostly understood the setup Wrong There was so much I learned from this book Amy is a great and funny narrator Each chapter is se...

Bachelor Nation
  • 03 July 2018
  • 320 pages
  • Amy Kaufman
  • Bachelor Nation