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What about Margot Robbie?
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Surely one might think that Margot has already done her skating movie?
(I'm not a big one for wink-wink, nudge nudge, say no more, so if that is what you meant, I apologize).
Surely one might think that Margot has already done her skating movie?
(I'm not a big one for wink-wink, nudge nudge, say no more, so if that is what you meant, I apologize).
Margot is a very skilled actress, so would be able to portray Gracie in an entirely different way than the other one. But maybe two actresses — Margot for the Gracie from 2016 to now & a younger one for early-days flashbacks.
Well there are indie filmmakers who excel at this so not to worry.
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I think that the New York Times Bestsellers lists come out once a week, on Tuesday afternoon..
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Gracie's book originally was #11 on the NYT Hardcover Nonfiction bestseller list (of top 15) that was dated Feb 25, 2024.
Hardcover Nonfiction Books - Best Sellers - Books - Feb. 25, 2024 - The New York Times
The New York Times Best Sellers are up-to-date and authoritative lists of the most popular books in the United States, based on sales in the past week, including fiction, non-fiction, paperbacks, children’s books, audiobooks, graphic books and more.
Gracie's book is not on the following week's list, which is dated Mar 3 and which is already available online.
"A version of this Best Sellers report appears in the March 3, 2024 issue of The New York Times Book Review. Rankings on weekly lists reflect sales for the week ending February 17, 2024."
Hardcover Nonfiction Books - Best Sellers - Books - March 3, 2024 - The New York Times
The New York Times Best Sellers are up-to-date and authoritative lists of the most popular books in the United States, based on sales in the past week, including fiction, non-fiction, paperbacks, children’s books, audiobooks, graphic books and more.
About the Best Sellers - The New York Times
The New York Times Best Sellers are up-to-date and authoritative lists of the most popular books in the United States, based on sales in the past week, including fiction, non-fiction, paperbacks, children’s books, audiobooks, graphic books and more.
Publication date for Gracie's book was Feb 6, and I would guess that all pre-orders over many preceding months would have counted toward sales for the NYT list dated Feb 25, as well as "new" sales thru Feb 10.
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Well phooey. Thank you.Gracie's book originally was #11 on the NYT Hardcover Nonfiction bestseller list (of top 15) that was dated Feb 25, 2024.
Hardcover Nonfiction Books - Best Sellers - Books - Feb. 25, 2024 - The New York Times
The New York Times Best Sellers are up-to-date and authoritative lists of the most popular books in the United States, based on sales in the past week, including fiction, non-fiction, paperbacks, children’s books, audiobooks, graphic books and more.www.nytimes.com
Gracie's book is not on the following week's list, which is dated Mar 3 and which is already available online.
"A version of this Best Sellers report appears in the March 3, 2024 issue of The New York Times Book Review. Rankings on weekly lists reflect sales for the week ending February 17, 2024."
Hardcover Nonfiction Books - Best Sellers - Books - March 3, 2024 - The New York Times
The New York Times Best Sellers are up-to-date and authoritative lists of the most popular books in the United States, based on sales in the past week, including fiction, non-fiction, paperbacks, children’s books, audiobooks, graphic books and more.About the Best Sellers - The New York Times
The New York Times Best Sellers are up-to-date and authoritative lists of the most popular books in the United States, based on sales in the past week, including fiction, non-fiction, paperbacks, children’s books, audiobooks, graphic books and more.
Publication date for Gracie's book was Feb 6, and I would guess that all pre-orders over many preceding months would have counted toward sales for the NYT list dated Feb 25, as well as "new" sales thru Feb 10.
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I agree with you. Ever since Gracie made her first "comeback" I've felt that she needs to be away from skating. Completely. Give college or a job a try. Make friends who don't have any expectations. Do something new. Skating, among other things, makes her sick. She needs a fresh start.
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Maybe Gracie will star in the movie herself? I wonder what theme song they could use? On My Own from Les mis? Never Enough from the greatest showman? Eye of the Tiger? Chariots of Fire? Whitney Houston's One Moment in Time? I can go the Distance? The Final Countdown? She could play her twin sister Carly and win an Academy Award for the duo role.
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I finished the book today. I ordered in on paper, to my excitement I could buy it on a Norwegian online bookstore. I suspect they needed to wait for the book to come from outside Norway because it took some days before the book was shipped, but I finally got it my hands.
This is really a good book worth reading. All though with all the dark parts, I still enjoyed to read it, because of all the humor in between. I learned so much about Gracie I didn´t know, particular the part of her personality being a spitfire as she several times called herself. I guess the image they painted of her as the ice princess really was convincing since I had no idea her personality was so different. I really much enjoyed learning that side about her and I like her even more now. I also found it fascinating to learn about her relationship with her twin Carly, and i´m sad to read about the family issue, but it explained a lot. Despite all the bad things happening, Gracie reflected so well upon it. She had such care and good thoughts about coaches and other people around her that maybe should have acted different, but a understanding behind it. I was surprised to find out that Frank wasn´t that bad after all, they were just distanced. Even the US jacket in the trash had en explanation, Gracie had snapped to him that he could throw it in the trash for all the she cared.
I feel like the book ended in a good way, Gracie really seems to be in a good place, i´m happy she found love both with James, the cat and at the rink with coaching and Road to Gold-seminars. It´s so nice to hear she get so many feedbacks from people saying that her talking about mental health has helped them and that it´s make a difference. It seems she really was in a good place with skating last season, but the hip injury stopped her, but an injury which they finally figured out. I hope she will try for one more season, because it seems she is in the right place now and healthy. But if not, it seems like she has a bright future as coach.
This is really a good book worth reading. All though with all the dark parts, I still enjoyed to read it, because of all the humor in between. I learned so much about Gracie I didn´t know, particular the part of her personality being a spitfire as she several times called herself. I guess the image they painted of her as the ice princess really was convincing since I had no idea her personality was so different. I really much enjoyed learning that side about her and I like her even more now. I also found it fascinating to learn about her relationship with her twin Carly, and i´m sad to read about the family issue, but it explained a lot. Despite all the bad things happening, Gracie reflected so well upon it. She had such care and good thoughts about coaches and other people around her that maybe should have acted different, but a understanding behind it. I was surprised to find out that Frank wasn´t that bad after all, they were just distanced. Even the US jacket in the trash had en explanation, Gracie had snapped to him that he could throw it in the trash for all the she cared.
I feel like the book ended in a good way, Gracie really seems to be in a good place, i´m happy she found love both with James, the cat and at the rink with coaching and Road to Gold-seminars. It´s so nice to hear she get so many feedbacks from people saying that her talking about mental health has helped them and that it´s make a difference. It seems she really was in a good place with skating last season, but the hip injury stopped her, but an injury which they finally figured out. I hope she will try for one more season, because it seems she is in the right place now and healthy. But if not, it seems like she has a bright future as coach.
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I'm glad I read her book as now I know why I (regrettably now) didn't care for her during her competitive days. She always came across (to me) as an ice queen. I didn't know it was actually Gracie frantically keeping herself glued together, trying so hard to present herself as a strong, happy competitor. It's tough enough growing up as a competitor--when kids really need a supportive family. It was sad reading about her emotionally unhealthy family situation. It looks like Gracie can/will have a very positive effect on figure skating's young athletes (probably is already doing so).
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That's pretty good sales figures for hardback nonfiction! Remember most people in the US don't follow skating - I imagine Nathan Chen's book had the same problem there, especially with the plethora of books on sport published - and a lot of casual readers will go for kindle. If they can sell it for film or TV, that will also bring in more profit and sales down the line of course.
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Gracie's book originally was #11 on the NYT Hardcover Nonfiction bestseller list (of top 15) that was dated Feb 25, 2024.
Hardcover Nonfiction Books - Best Sellers - Books - Feb. 25, 2024 - The New York Times
The New York Times Best Sellers are up-to-date and authoritative lists of the most popular books in the United States, based on sales in the past week, including fiction, non-fiction, paperbacks, children’s books, audiobooks, graphic books and more.
Gracie's book is not on the following week's list, which is dated Mar 3 and which is already available online.
"A version of this Best Sellers report appears in the March 3, 2024 issue of The New York Times Book Review. Rankings on weekly lists reflect sales for the week ending February 17, 2024."
Hardcover Nonfiction Books - Best Sellers - Books - March 3, 2024 - The New York Times
The New York Times Best Sellers are up-to-date and authoritative lists of the most popular books in the United States, based on sales in the past week, including fiction, non-fiction, paperbacks, children’s books, audiobooks, graphic books and more.About the Best Sellers - The New York Times
The New York Times Best Sellers are up-to-date and authoritative lists of the most popular books in the United States, based on sales in the past week, including fiction, non-fiction, paperbacks, children’s books, audiobooks, graphic books and more.
Publication date for Gracie's book was Feb 6, and I would guess that all pre-orders over many preceding months would have counted toward sales for the NYT list dated Feb 25, as well as "new" sales thru Feb 10.
Apologies that my previous post did not cover NYT Combined Print & E-Book Nonfiction bestseller list.
Adding for the sake of completeness:
Gracie's book debuted at #14 on the NYT Combined Print & E-Book Nonfiction bestseller list (of top 15) that was dated Feb 25, 2024.
Combined Print & E-Book Nonfiction - Best Sellers - Books - Feb. 25, 2024 - The New York Times
The New York Times Best Sellers are up-to-date and authoritative lists of the most popular books in the United States, based on sales in the past week, including fiction, non-fiction, paperbacks, children’s books, audiobooks, graphic books and more.
Gracie's book is not on the following week's Combined Print & E-Book Nonfiction list, which is dated Mar 3.
Combined Print & E-Book Nonfiction - Best Sellers - Books - March 3, 2024 - The New York Times
The New York Times Best Sellers are up-to-date and authoritative lists of the most popular books in the United States, based on sales in the past week, including fiction, non-fiction, paperbacks, children’s books, audiobooks, graphic books and more.
(I am not trying to diminish that appearing on the NYT lists was good news, regardless of longevity.)
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She says she wants to be involved with skating. I don't know why she can't be trusted to know what she wants.
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I agree with this sentiment 100%. Gracie is not asking me for my advice. She is not seeking my approval. She is not inviting me to comment on what she might have done differently or on how she ought to feel about this or that.
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On the other hand it's clear that when you put your biography out there people will comment on your very personal life. I think it's fair to do this, as long as it does not cross borders.
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simply commenting is one thing, thinking you know what is best for her is another thing.
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Well, I don't think it crosses a line though. That's really a difficult line to draw sometimes - but in general I think that people who are putting themselves out there on purpose should be able to deal with such comments: people who know better, people who think you should have done better... If you are not prepared for that or not willing to accept that such comments will be made (doesn't mean you have to agree with them or like them) you should avoid publishing your biography. I am sure GG knew that would come and was ready to take it. Of course readers will have an opinion on your life.
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i'm not sure the question is about whether Gracie cares if people talk about her or if she thinks others should/should not comment on her life- i think she is smart and mature enough to know people will talk because she is in the public eye. at this point, i don't think she cares and does not place value in those comments much, especially negative ones. rather, i think the issue lies more in that it's not really appropriate and is a bit out of line for some of us to think we have the right to say what they think is best for her when we don't know her, and when she has made it quite clear in her book she knows what is best for herself and has the ability to determine that. given everything she has been through and the growth and healing she has done, it's a bit disrespectful in my eyes. i trust Gracie and only Gracie knows what is best for herself.Well, I don't think it crosses a line though. That's really a difficult line to draw sometimes - but in general I think that people who are putting themselves out there on purpose should be able to deal with such comments: people who know better, people who think you should have done better... If you are not prepared for that or not willing to accept that such comments will be made (doesn't mean you have to agree with them or like them) you should avoid publishing your biography. I am sure GG knew that would come and was ready to take it. Of course readers will have an opinion on your life.
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