When voting for the best, you can consider anything you want... the best to you might not necessarily be the best written or the juicest, maybe it's just because it's your favourite Spice Girl who wrote it!

 

Also vote for which book you think has the best artwork!

 

Bonus question... do you think Emma ever release an autobiography to complete the set? :thinking:

 

 

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Catch a fire is the best by far. It screams Mel B and northerners I found so much familiarity in the book being from Leeds myself.

 

Best artwork probably brutally honest even though that is my least fave book.

 

Yes emma will do one at some point

On the subject of artwork, I remember being so perplexed by Geri for the original Just for The Record cover.

 

After revealing so much about her struggles with eating disorders in If Only, she then promoted this image glamorising being ultra thin for JFTR. I would've thought she'd understand the damage that could do.

 

Of course, the alternative cover is not a good photo either. But that's just because you can't see that it's her.

 

Conversely, I always found her books an interesting read. And fairly well written too.

If Only is the best though Just For The Record is my personal fave.

 

I really like Catch a Fire and Who I Am aswell.

 

I wasn't keen on Victoria's and Mel Bs second.

I always thought the Just for the record original cover was so bad especially with the content inside it.

Yeah I agree that it’s a dodgy image. Did it cause any controversy at the time because I can’t recall? I’m sure nowadays it would have immediately been condemned on social media!

 

By the way my favourite book is If Only, and I’ve always liked the Catch a Fire artwork.

 

I would like to think that Emma will do one, but it might be something she waits to do until she’s quite a bit older?

 

Out of interest these were their ages when the books were published:

 

27 - Geri (If Only)

27 - Victoria (Learning to Fly)

27 - Mel B (Catch a Fire)

30 - Geri (Just for the Record)

43 - Mel B (Brutally Honest)

48 - Melanie C (Who I Am: My Story)

I take this poll as a sign that you've finished reading Who I Am...? What are your thoughts on the book as a whole?

^ I'll respond in the Who I Am thread!

From those I read, Mel C was the best as it was honest and at least had niteresting facts about the recording of music.

 

Personally, I only read Victorias, Mel Bs first one and then Mel Cs and in all of them I skipped the pre-Spice chapters as I am not really interested in those, I cant really put them in competition as 'the best' as I havent read all of each book lol

 

Art work wise, Victoria's is the best!

 

Emma will do one one day, though personally unless she goes into the recording of her solo music in detail, I am not that bothered lol

I voted for If Only as my favourite book. I think the timing was excellent, because she'd just left the band. But also, she'd had much more life experience before the Spice Girls. So she had many ridiculous adventures to share.

 

Who I Am is my second favourite book. But I haven't thoroughly read either of Mel B's yet.

 

I voted for Victoria's as best artwork because, while obviously she looks stunning, it has the most tasteful typography.

Edited October 3, 20222 yr by McAndrew

Emma will do one one day, though personally unless she goes into the recording of her solo music in detail, I am not that bothered lol

"'All That I Need' is my favourite song, co-written with my Spicy pal Melanie C! It was the first single taken from my debut album 'Free', which was released in May 2002. Both the single and album peaked at #1 in the UK charts, which I remain very proud of to this day! The album also included a cover of '2 Become 1'. It was a duet with Will Young, who had recently come second on Popstars: The Rivals - we performed it together on Top of the Pops."

"'All That I Need' is my favourite song, co-written with my Spicy pal Melanie C! It was the first single taken from my debut album 'Free', which was released in May 2002. Both the single and album peaked at #1 in the UK charts, which I remain very proud of to this day! The album also included a cover of '2 Become 1'. It was a duet with Will Young, who had recently come second on Popstars: The Rivals - we performed it together on Top of the Pops."

 

 

STOPPPPP :lol:

Geri's If Only just about winning the poll so far!

I would rate If Only the second best autobiography purely because Geri’s life before Spice Girls was quite incredible too!

Catch a fire for me is one of the most honest imo.