Crush: Writers Reflect on Love, Longing and the Power of Their First Celebrity Crush

Crush: Writers Reflect on Love, Longing and the Power of Their First Celebrity Crush | Cathy Alter

so-so

This was a collection of essays (by writers, some of whom I was familiar with, some not) about first celebrity crushes. Some of the essays were short & some were long. Some were great & some were boring. I fast forwarded through a few. An overall so-so read.
I had a lot of celebrity crushes, but I think my very first was John Schneider from The Dukes of Hazzard. (Yikes, I know!)

I want to know....
LITTENS! WHO WAS YOUR FIRST CELEBRITY CRUSH???

JacqMac Shaun Cassidy from The Hardy Boys. I‘m so old. Lol 6y

ElishaLovesBooks I think my first crush was Ricky Schroeder from Silver Spoons. 😍 6y

Maria514626 David Cassidy from the Partridge Family. 👵🏻 6y

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Booknerd2 Donny Osmond “ and they called it puppy loooove” 💜💜💜 6y

Texreader @JacqMac hahaha! Me too! 6y

BookwormAHN David Bowie on Labyrinth ❤ 6y

Coleen @ElishaLovesBooks Ricky Schroeder was one of mine too! He was on my wall and was one of only a couple I actually sent fan mail to. 😊 6y

Coleen @JacqMac @Maria514626 @Booknerd2 @Texreader Shaun Cassidy, David Cassidy, & Donny Osmond were all mentioned in this book. They all had great hair! 😜 (Well, Donny had the purple socks....ha!) 6y

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kathytrithardt

Crush: Writers Reflect on Love, Longing and the Power of Their First Celebrity Crush | Cathy Alter

Time to start another #nonfictionnovember2017 read!

dariazeoli

Crush: Writers Reflect on Love, Longing and the Power of Their First Celebrity Crush | Cathy Alter

I read #Crush last year when I accidentally downloaded it from the library. No regrets. Well, I do regret once having a Kirk Cameron poster on my wall, but I don't think any of us knew better 30 years ago 🤷🏻‍♀️

#augustgrrrl

Cinfhen

CocoReads 😂😂😂 7y

Cinfhen Ha! Kirk Cameron was hot back in the day!!! 7y

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JoeStalksBeck

Crush: Writers Reflect on Love, Longing and the Power of Their First Celebrity Crush | Cathy Alter

Caroline Kepnes is in this and it's everything you expect it to be❤️❤️❤️

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WilliamMorrowBooks

Crush: Writers Reflect on Love, Longing and the Power of Their First Celebrity Crush | Cathy Alter

Who was your first celebrity crush? ❤❤ We all have one! I'm loving this collection of essays from acclaimed authors and celebrities writing about their first crush. It's available today in paperback!

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dariazeoli

Crush: Writers Reflect on Love, Longing and the Power of Their First Celebrity Crush | Cathy Alter

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I enjoyed many of the essays in this anthology - and perhaps my history as a teenager with celebrity crushes in the nineties helped. Some were hard to relate to, but then, Donny Osmond was before my time. The Brian Austin Green piece towards the end of the book had me laughing.

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dariazeoli

Crush: Writers Reflect on Love, Longing and the Power of Their First Celebrity Crush | Cathy Alter

Over twenty years later, I can still picture Jordan Catalano, leaning as Angela agonized over such a sight.

My So-Called Life: gone too soon.

sprainedbrain Jordan Catalano! 😍😍😍😍😍 7y

awishman OMG! Jared Leto will ALWAYS be Jordan Catalano to me. 😍 7y

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Reita325

Crush: Writers Reflect on Love, Longing and the Power of Their First Celebrity Crush | Cathy Alter

pick

I won this book in a GR contest. It's a fast and fun read about people talking about their first celebrity crushes. I think every girl, at least, can relate to having an ideal throb at some early point in their life.

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dariazeoli

Crush: Writers Reflect on Love, Longing and the Power of Their First Celebrity Crush | Cathy Alter

Accidentally checked this one out while browsing Overdrive last night, and thought, "why not?"

Technically my first celebrity crush was Alfalfa on "The Little Rascals," but since that was a character, I choose instead to reminisce about my childhood love for Noah Hathaway, who played Atreyu in The Neverending Story. I still remember how excited I was when he guest starred in an episode of Family Ties. ?

Who was your 1st celebrity crush?

Foxyfictionista He was definitely one of mine too! I don't remember who my first crush was though. I loved so many. 😍 7y

sprainedbrain After Stand By Me, I was all about River Phoenix. ❤️️ 7y

Matilda Atreyuuuuuuuuuuuuuu! 7y

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dariazeoli @Foxyfictionista Oh, me too! I had a wall of pinups from teen magazines! 7y

dariazeoli @sprainedbrain I kind of love that both our crushes were in movies adapted from books! 7y

dariazeoli @Matilda I know! ❤️ 7y

sprainedbrain @dariazeoli Yes! I adored The Neverending Story, too. Bums me out the my kids don't like it the way I did. 😒 (edited) 7y

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BookishClaire

Crush: Writers Reflect on Love, Longing and the Power of Their First Celebrity Crush | Cathy Alter

When asked by her first grade teacher what she wanted for Christmas, Cathy Alter got straight to the point. I love this.

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Ms.Layne

Crush: Writers Reflect on Love, Longing and the Power of Their First Celebrity Crush | Cathy Alter

so-so

Worth a skim if only for Caroline Kepnes' Brian Austin Green confessions. Wanted to love it, but the quality of each essay probably depends on your emotional connection to a particular celebrity or era.

BookishClaire

Crush: Writers Reflect on Love, Longing and the Power of Their First Celebrity Crush | Cathy Alter