But certainly parts of it are interesting it s a super quick read 0451240278 Deep Thoughts Talk about lite reading It was like Cliff Notes remember those she totally skimmed over YEARS of her life I d be reading along then whoa what happened Did I miss something Did 2 pages stick together Nope She d skip from one decade to another with hardly a mention. I love biographies of just about anyone as non fiction and reading about people s lives has always been interesting to me And there were small parts of this that bordered on interesting which kept me reading But this was definitely NOT an in depth memoir just bits pieces strung together from beginning to end on second thought a Cliff Notes version might have been detailed 0451240278 Audio Mild dishing Interesting to me 0451240278 I somehow stumbled upon this fluff after reading Killing Lincoln and needed something to decompress The book cover is so misleading and annoying It makes the book out to be this salacious tell all and I was embarrassed to be seen reading it The actual book was not at all salacious.

I ve always like Jennie Garth as an actress It was fun to read about her life and learn a little bit about her I feel like this book just skimmed the surface of every part of her life I don t need scandalous tales for the set but a few stories would have been nice 0451240278 I have really loved watching Jennie Garth over the years To her superstar role on 90210 to my personal favorite playing Val on What I Like About You to dancing with the best pro on DWTS and several others including a few other reality shows and a cute tv film called Holidaze She s talented beautiful and seems down to earth Having already been a fan of hers I think that helped in obviously liking this book Scrolling through goodreads reviews this hasn t got the most love from readers and I m not really sure why unless you just aren t a fan of hers In my opinion this was really well written for a Hollywood memoir she s not trashy or all about herself which was refreshing She talks about the mistakes she made being a teenage star being bratty and the regrets from those mistakes She s completely honest and apologizes I had going in known most of the things that had happened to her in her past but it was fun listening to her on the audiobook tell it from the only reliable source herself 0451240278 Let s be honest If you re not a fan of Jennie Garth there s no reason to read this It s competently ghost written but it s definitely not a literary masterpiece It also has a bunch of short chapters interspersed with the longer autobiographical ones and these are clearly meant to be comical interludes along the lines of Tina Fey s or Mindy Kaling s books But Jennie is no Tina or Mindy so these seem out of place and mostly don t really work The one about her attempting to grow kombucha in her Toronto hotel room amused me though that one wouldn t have been out of place as a stand alone humor piece in a magazine. I can t really explain why I m such a big fan of Jennie Garth but given that I was willing to sit through at least one season of What I Like About You and her entire season my first and only of Dancing with the Stars and even attempted to watch the 90210 reboot and her recent sitcom Mystery Girls so so terrible of course I enjoyed this book Some reviewers clearly thought there was not enough gossip about the original 90210 but I disagree there were enough anecdotes to satisfy me Given that Jennie still works in the business there was no way she was going to trash any of her former coworkers Ditto the lack of dirt on her divorce Her kids might read this one day so of course she s not going to throw her ex husband under the bus I did however long for behind the scenes from Dancing with the Stars yes I m serious and I thought it was odd that she didn t mention the new 90210 at all Bad experience for her perhaps What most struck me about this book was how although Jennie s parents were certainly not crazy stage parents she was put in the position of having to support her family at a very young age She took that responsibility very seriously and the book does a good job of showing the impact it had on her personal life as the years went by Like Amy Poehler s book this one is light on tabloid style gossip but it feels honest and you finish it feeling like you ve really gotten to know its subject What can you ask for from a celeb autobio 0451240278 I ve always liked Jennie Garth and loved Beverly Hills 90210 I was hoping for stories about her time on the show and her marriage to Peter Facinelli but she just seemed to skim the surface on these topics I did not need scandulous stories but just details about these major events in her life One contradiction I have is when she was talking about her first pregnancy She went on about how they had to hide her growing stomach because she was playing a teenager on the show I recently had been watching 90210 again as my daughter was into the show and she was no longer a high school student during that time By that time the show had been on for 6 or 7 years I am glad that she and her castmates are still close including Shannen Doherty 0451240278 I grew up watching Jennie Garth on 90210 and tv so I was excited to read her story It was nice hearing the stories of the set and her life getting there however she left all real emotion out of this book She is so busy not talking bad about her ex husband and her previous cast that you leave the book knowing you didn t get the full story No it isn t her job to tell us everything in detail that has ever happened in her life but you can t write a book on your life and leave out so much I just feel at the end that maybe her point with the book is that life goes on that you shouldn t stop taking care of yourself and just focus on your kids There is so much she could have shared on her marriage but didn t probably to protect her kids it was probably hard to let go with this book only to say very little I still like Jennie Garth but feel we got a sugar coated version of everything in her life including past friendships when you have kids that are reading it that could really play a roll in the end result though Fun to read just the same 0451240278

Deep Thoughts from a Hollywood Blonde By Jennie Garth

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Human BeingFor the first time ever Jennie Garth is putting it all out there sharing her joys and her sorrows her successes and her failures with candor and a surprising even bawdy sense of humor From her sudden rise to fame as a golden haired teen beauty to recently redefining herself as a single working mother to three growing girls Jennie Garth has defied the odds and thrived in a town that can be than a little tough on its blondes Since Jennie landed in Hollywood at just sixteen she has built an enduring career as a television and film actress producer and director beginning with her iconic turn as Kelly Taylor on Aaron Spelling s smash hit Beverly Hills 90210 a show that ran for a decade and which cemented Jennie s place in American pop culture Recently Jennie found herself facing her forties from a place she never expected to be newly single in demand again as an actress after years spent focusing on her family and all over the tabloids So she decided to do what surprised many including she decided to write about it to tell her own story in her own words And now in this intimate memoir she explores the highs and lows of her life both in front of the camera and behind closed doors revealing the real Jennie Garth smart funny and stronger than she ever realized This is one unforgettable utterly loveable Hollywood Blonde and these are her deep thoughts No one warned me that deciding to write a book about my life would unleash all of the insecurities fears and self doubts I d been trying to outwit and outrun my whole life but that s exactly what happened I wanted to tell my truth with as much courage as I could muster and to be as fearless as possible as I delved into the darker corners of my mind The result surprised I got to know myself in new ways Revealing myself in these pages has been at times terrifying but also one of the most liberating experiences of my life That s because once you start writing all of these embarrassing wonderful hilarious painful and surreal things that make you who you are get flushed up to the surface And so word by word I began to put the story of me together Now all of these personal recollections memories and anecdotes have been printed and bound into this book which means that now you get to know me too Jennie Garth Deep Thoughts from a Hollywood BlondeI know I know I m kind of ashamed because I wanted to read it mostly for the BTS gossip on 90210 but also not because it was actually an all around good read Yes there is plenty of dirt on the cast of 90210 her messy divorces and why she decided to give her kids wild names There s also a lot of humor humility and sweetness as well I dig it you might too 0451240278 I m a 90210 superfan and went through many love hate relationships with Kelly Taylor I did read the reviews of this book prior to reading so I knew it was not going to be what I wanted it to be That being said it was a quick read It is disappointing It s not a memoir or a tell all Jennie barely even says last names though Google IMDB make it pretty easy to figure out There were no deep thoughts on her show ending or how her marriage slipped away nothing was ever mentioned about Twilight It was as if she had a contract with Peter F stating she could only mention his name 75 times in the book or something The organization of the book seemed off to me It was supposed to be chronological but seems as if the time frames kept getting confused Yes obviously she was not pregnant with her first child while she went to 90210 s prom especially since there is a picture of her in her wedding dress to Brandon with a baby in the book and that episode was after they graduated college The show was on air for 10 years and there was a barely a blip Tori Spelling is supposed to be the people pleaser but it seems like Jennie wanted to write something but not piss off anyone I ll totally watch her HGTV show though And I just had to google which HGTV star she dated Antonio Really I wouldn t call him a star yet This book really only wets the appetite or gossipy and not that full of deep thoughts either It is simply the story of Jennie Garth s rise to fame and some of her ups and downs. When will I learn my lesson Every single time I read Hollywood memoirs I dislike them By the time I m done reading them I usually dislike the person writing the book too I sort of feel the same way about this book It was kind of interesting to learn about Jennie Garth and how she got her big breakbut not really It was kind of interesting to hear a few behind the scenes stories about Beverly Hills 90210but not really It was kind of interesting to read about her family divorce and her Dancing with the Stars experiencebut againnot really Maybe I would have liked this book if she were a little real and unguarded The book was completely superficial No digging deep into who she is as a person what makes her tick or what she has learned The lack of depth made it a rather dull read for me The good news is that this book isn t trashy or vindictive The bad news is that it is boring.My Rating Boring 0451240278 .