The English Roses admonishing her older provocative self. Madonna's narration was described by Ginny Dougary as "bossy". She also found parallels with the singer's childhood in "The English Roses". "Slate"s Polly Shulman found the book to be "charmless, didactic" and egoistic since she felt it revolved around Madonna and her daughter. Shulman added that ""The English Roses" is a dull little thing, though not incompetent. Madonna does understand the basic structure of storytelling—perhaps too well", with multiple cliches present while making the titular characters "so passive that they might as well be good." David Kipen of the "San Francisco Chronicle" humorously said that
I Touch Roses: The Best of Book of Love I Touch Roses: The Best of Book of Love I Touch Roses: The Best of Book of Love is a best of compilation album by American synthpop and electronic band Book of Love, released on March 13, 2001, by Reprise Records. In 2001, Reprise Records released Book of Love's first and only 'best of' collection: "I Touch Roses: The Best of Book of Love", effectively fulfilling the band's Warner Bros. recording contract. It had been eight years since the release of "Lovebubble", the band's eclectic final album. In the late '90s, with the emerging electroclash scene and electronic dance music