Catch a fire the autobiography melanie beattie

How I Came To Read This Book: After reading Geri Halliwell's first autobiography in one day this year, I felt like picking up the final Spice biography out there (Mel C & Emma...can't wait to read yours!)

The Plot: Mel B's 500+ page biography covers her life from babyhood to motherhood, and how she went from a girl just interesting in entertaining to part of one of the greatest girl groups of all time.

The bulk of the book thankfully deals with her life as a Spice Girl, with just the first 150-ish and the last 100-ish pages dealing with the before and after.

The Good & The Bad: This book is refreshingly upfront and frank in comparison to other celeb autobiographies I've read this year - I'm looking at you Geri.

It's written in an extremely conversational style, as though you're spending an afternoon (or 20) as Mel dictates her life to you, good, bad, and in between. This is both the book's strength and its downfall. It help