Spelling It Like It Is (Audible Audio Edition) Tori Spelling Audible Studios Books
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The reality behind reality TV! Hollywood's favorite mom-star tells it like it is.
Tori Spelling is the first to admit that the "reality" behind her popular television show, Tori & Dean, isn't always real. Not even Star magazine could invent the true chaos that happens behind the scenes. Luckily, Tori is famously honest and self-deprecatingly funny when it comes to her personal life - she's always "Spelling it like it is". Life is never boring at Tori's house, but since the release of her New York Times best-selling memoirs sTORI Telling, Mommywood, and Uncharted terriTORI, things have been especially unpredictable
- Finding out she was pregnant with her third baby after nearly vomiting live on the Home Shopping Network
- Trying to hide her fourth pregnancy so soon after giving birth (as her stylist said, "Who would be that crazy?")
- Being rescued from a paparazzo by a mom lynch mob
- Stalking her celebrity neighbor
After years of revealing her everyday antics on-screen, Tori's life is still full of surprises. Slowing down long enough to enjoy them? Now that's another sTORI.
Spelling It Like It Is (Audible Audio Edition) Tori Spelling Audible Studios Books
Here's the thing. If you "like" Tori, or just like being voyeuristic and watching her life unfold, you will like this book -- even though it did not deliver nearly as well as her first few books did. As always, the cover is gorgeous, as are the pictures inside. They are fun to look at and feel like you get a little "peek" into her life (or, the peek she chooses to share). If you aren't a fan of Tori, don't bother with this book. I don't understand people who buy books and then rip them all to shreds. Surely, if you feel that way, you aren't really a Tori "fan." For me, she's a fascinating woman, who on one hand is just like the rest of us when it comes to her kids, and on the other, is this enigma you can't look away from. I admire her moxie and genius-ness when it comes to running her business and brand. Despite her inability to stop spending and making poor real estate decisions (which she goes into details about in this book), she is actually a smart lady. She plays dumb sometimes. She's not.That said, while reading this book, I physically felt sick to my stomach with the real estate decisions she made, the money she lost hand over fist, and the debacle she found herself in with her home. She is much more of a risk taker than I am, and I physically wanted to shake her and tell her that a new house isn't going to make her happy. She's looking in the wrong places for the right things we all want in our lives. And I think all of this became evident in the wake of the news that broke after this book was published, around the instability of her marriage.
But, at the end of the day, her books are meant to be fun and funny, light reading, a little juicy and revealing (this wasn't as much on that side, but you still feel like you're hearing "insider" secrets), and relatable--especially for mothers and women.
So, was this a ground breaking book? No. Was it good? Yeah, it was all right. It was exactly what it promises to be: a quick bubblegum read that takes you along a small part of the journey Tori and her family have taken.
Now, what I'm really excited about is the book that I hope comes out next! And I hope she can reach a little deeper for that one, and be as truthful as possible. Because at the end of the day, that's why we read Tori's books time and again. Because we feel like we "get" her and "know" her on some level, and we're rooting for her to come out okay in the end.
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Spelling It Like It Is (Audible Audio Edition) Tori Spelling Audible Studios Books Reviews
I enjoy how honest Tori is in everything she does. I loved her show and miss it. Originally I didn't care for Tori on 90210. But after I came across one of her books while searching for something to read while staying at a vacation home. I found and read her book explaining her life as a child, and how it was to grow up as a Spelling. This is what changed my mind about Tori. I really didn't start liking her until reading this book and realizing how 'real' and 'transparent' she was and is when she shares any part of herself with the public. I also liked the fact that she may have been brought up with a golden spoon in her mouth, however I don't think she turned into a typical entitled or spoiled adult. I found myself relating to her or how anyone brought-up under those circumstances would turn out or turn into as an adult. I found her to be.....surprisingly a 'normal' girl stuck in a abnormal childhood...and fighting to be like everyone else. Then I started watching her show...and liked her show and found it somewhat real... to a point. Now that her show is off the air...I am excited to hear how this last year or two has been going "really". I hope her and Dean are 'getting through' the bumps that any healthy marriage and family with kids go though. From what we or I saw on their show...I love the way they really do get a long with each other. How attentive and supportive Dean is with Tori and what an understanding wife Tori is to Dean. I hope they hang-in-there and endure the many bumps parents with children, especially multiple children have to go though. It's tough...but it will be worth it in the end.
Tori Spelling is the kind of celebrity whose well-known life story is regularly documented in the tabloids. She has contributed to this notoriety by producing and starring in reality shows that peek behind closed doors, and while some of what is revealed is embellished and semi-scripted, there are some well-known indisputable facts.
Stories Tori tells on herself in her various memoirs give us a little bit more to chew on. Spelling It Like It Is begins with one of those funny events that seem to come often in Tori’s life. Almost throwing up at a public event, and suddenly realizing why. Yes, she was pregnant again, a third time.
Before this story is over, there will be still another (unexpected) pregnancy, less than a year after the third one…and that event became a life-threatening story that would keep Tori hospitalized for months…and then afterwards, there would be more complications.
Many believe that Tori is a “poor little rich girl,” since her daddy was Aaron Spelling. But hang on…she inherited a paltry amount of his billions after his death, and there were tales of her mother’s wealthy, mega-rich life in her palace while Tori struggled.
But…only partially true. Yes, her inheritance was insubstantial by her standards, but Tori has made lots of money over the years. She admits in this book that her poor financial choices have contributed to their current money issues (as of the publication of this tome). Moving house frequently, always in quest of the perfect home, but never quite giving up the tendency to “live large,” Tori shares that even when she is trying to downsize, she manages to spend compulsively.
One kernel of truth emerges, however. Tori is a hard worker, and some of her difficulties seem to motivate her to work even more. As this story ends, the family had moved once again, from a large rental behind gates to a smaller home in a less expensive neighborhood. Losing money on one of her house sales led to renting as a way of finding a home.
What will happen to Tori next? This book was published three years ago, and since then, the celebrity mill continues to spew out stories. Another reality show happened after these pages ended…Will there be another? An intriguing and engaging story that kept me reading, I gave this one 4.5 stars.
Here's the thing. If you "like" Tori, or just like being voyeuristic and watching her life unfold, you will like this book -- even though it did not deliver nearly as well as her first few books did. As always, the cover is gorgeous, as are the pictures inside. They are fun to look at and feel like you get a little "peek" into her life (or, the peek she chooses to share). If you aren't a fan of Tori, don't bother with this book. I don't understand people who buy books and then rip them all to shreds. Surely, if you feel that way, you aren't really a Tori "fan." For me, she's a fascinating woman, who on one hand is just like the rest of us when it comes to her kids, and on the other, is this enigma you can't look away from. I admire her moxie and genius-ness when it comes to running her business and brand. Despite her inability to stop spending and making poor real estate decisions (which she goes into details about in this book), she is actually a smart lady. She plays dumb sometimes. She's not.
That said, while reading this book, I physically felt sick to my stomach with the real estate decisions she made, the money she lost hand over fist, and the debacle she found herself in with her home. She is much more of a risk taker than I am, and I physically wanted to shake her and tell her that a new house isn't going to make her happy. She's looking in the wrong places for the right things we all want in our lives. And I think all of this became evident in the wake of the news that broke after this book was published, around the instability of her marriage.
But, at the end of the day, her books are meant to be fun and funny, light reading, a little juicy and revealing (this wasn't as much on that side, but you still feel like you're hearing "insider" secrets), and relatable--especially for mothers and women.
So, was this a ground breaking book? No. Was it good? Yeah, it was all right. It was exactly what it promises to be a quick bubblegum read that takes you along a small part of the journey Tori and her family have taken.
Now, what I'm really excited about is the book that I hope comes out next! And I hope she can reach a little deeper for that one, and be as truthful as possible. Because at the end of the day, that's why we read Tori's books time and again. Because we feel like we "get" her and "know" her on some level, and we're rooting for her to come out okay in the end.
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