Long Legs and Tall Tales by Kristi Lynn Davis is a fascinating tale of a simple girl’s journey from being a Midwestern bumpkin to becoming one of the world’s loved entertainment stars. In this memoir, Kristi Lynn lifts the veil and reveals what it takes to be an accomplished show-girl, singer, and dancer, performing with the likes of the famous Radio City Rockettes and Playboy Mansion, and rubbing shoulders with showbiz icons such as Buddy Ebsen, Paige O’Hara, Susan Anton, Juliet Prowse, Maurice Hines, Jack Jones, and Rip Taylor.

Kristi Lynn Davis’ journey to stardom was one fraught with challenges, but it does have a lot of lessons for anyone who wants to create his or her own path towards success. The prose is beautiful and gorgeous, and the author lights up the hearts of readers with a quality of humor that is rare to find. Even when she recounts the frustrations she’s met along her path, she does so with a lighthearted humor that communicates warmth and gets readers sympathizing with her. At times it is hilarious, then it gets serious, and no one could read this without becoming enmeshed in the multiple sentiments that punctuate the raw and refined moments of a showgirl’s life. This is one of those memoirs that will most certainly offer a lot of insight into what goes on behind the scenes in the entertainment business.

Long Legs and Tall Tales is spellbinding, the kind of book that is hard to put down. Kristi Lynn’s story is one that fans of celebrity memoirs will love to read because it is a beautiful story beautifully told. It is one of the rare memoirs I have read and one I will be recommending for the author’s honesty and courage.

Long Legs and Tall Tales is an exciting memoir by Kristi Lynn Davis, a Midwestern girl who went on to perform with the legendary Radio City Rockettes. As far as she can remember, Kristi had always wanted to be a dancer and at the age of four, she had her first dancing lessons. Learning how to dance in the bowels of a dark, dingy dance studio and the Josie Grey’s School of Dance, her journey to become a member of Playboy’s Girls of Rock and Roll, performing with showbiz personalities like Susan Anton and Rip Taylor, has many twists and turns. When she finishes her Bachelor's in Psychology degree, Kristi does not know what to do with her life, but after a month long sojourn in Europe she realizes she cannot turn her back on dancing. So she flies to New York to reach for the stars and the rest, as they say, is dance history.

Kristi Lynn Davis’ Long Legs and Tall Tales: A Showgirl's Wacky, Sexy Journey to the Playboy Mansion and the Radio City Rockettes is one of those stories that tells us it is possible to fulfill our childhood dreams. As a young girl, Kristi dreams of becoming an accomplished dancer and she does not stop until she gets to where she wants to be. Her transformation from a naive country girl to becoming a sexy show dancer, and eventually dancing for the world famous Rockettes, is a story that is both amazing and inspiring. She travels around the world to perform and seems to live a glamorous life, but not everything that glitters is essentially gold and Long Legs and Tall Tales shows us the struggles, frustrations, and uncertainty behind that glamour. Surviving in the fickle entertainment world is not an easy feat, but Kristi not only survived, she thrived in it. Witty and at times funny, this is a book that will definitely make your day brighter.

A fast a lively read, A true story a must read for all seriously aspiring dancers. I enjoyed it a lot.