I didn't watch 90210 as a child, I was a little young for it at the time it was out and was much more into Babysitters Club books at the time. I had a rough idea of who Tori Spelling was, but didn't really think much of her until I started watching the TV series Tori and Dean: Inn Love. I bashfully admit that I'm a bit addicted to the series and find their reality show personas really endearing. Long story to say, that's the only reason I wanted to read this book.

The book is well written, the author who wrote it with her did a good job. I was suprised at how it seemed like probably big chunks of her life was left out, but hey - I guess if it's your book you tell your life the way you see it. I also felt like she was more trying to justify her life rather than tell it. But I guess your whole life in the paparazis' eyes can do that to you as well.

I can't say I agree with all of the choices she made in life, but who am I to judge. I especially cringed when she wrote about meeting Dean, cheating on her husband and the consequent divorce. I'm not a fan of that sort of thing and reading her justification was hard. I told my husband after reading the book - "If that was supposed to make me like her more, it really failed."

It was an interesting read and did answer some questions that the reality show brought up for me. ( )

Everyone has those dysfunctional moments with family and Tori Spelling isn’t any different. True she had daddy’s money to fall back on for many of those moments but there comes a time that even she had to budget her money for her new family.

When I was a teenager someone told me that I looked like Tori Spelling. This was during 90210 and I have to say at the time I was very upset with that person because I didn’t agree. Now that time has past and I have grown along with Tori. I have grown to like Tori and her new family with husband Dean. Her past is interesting and sometimes infuriating. Especially her on and off relationship with her mother.

There were times that I could not relate to Tori and her group of friends. Most of all when she would tell all of her friends about her new love Dean without telling her husband at the time Charlie.

Overall I enjoyed learning about Tori’s life. It has been a fun up and down ride to read about. ( )

I became a fan of Tori Spelling, the person, when I saw her show, So NoTorious, and realized that she had a sense of humor about herself, and was way brighter than the tabloids would have you believe. There is a living, breathing, thinking, and laughing person if you look deeper than what the Enquirer says. She is under-rated, and completely likable. ( )

Enjoyable book about Tori Spelling's life growing up

I was very surprised by how entertaining Tori Spelling's books were. She is very family-oriented, focused and driven in all her books. There's no hiding the fact that she did grow up "spoiled" and "wealthy" yet you meet her tender, vulnerable places. If you are a mom it will be easy to relate to her even if you don't lead the glamorous life that she does. ( )