20. sTORI Telling - Tori Spelling

She was television's most famous virgin -- and, as Aaron Spelling's daughter, arguably its most famous case of nepotism. Portraying Donna Martin on Beverly Hills, 90210, Tori Spelling became one of the most recognizable young actresses of her generation, with a not-so-private personal life every bit as fascinating as her character's exploits. Yet years later the name Tori Spelling too often closed -- and sometimes slammed -- the same doors it had opened.
sTORI telling is Tori's chance to finally tell her side of the tabloid-worthy life she's led, and she talks about it all: her decadent childhood birthday parties, her nose job, her fairy-tale wedding to the wrong man, her so-called feud with her mother. Tori has already revealed her flair for brilliant, self-effacing satire on her VH1 show So NoTORIous and Oxygen's Tori & Dean: Inn Love, but her memoir goes deeper, into the real life behind the rumors: her complicated relationship with her parents; her struggles as an actress after 90210; her accident-prone love life; and, ultimately, her quest to define herself on her own terms.
From her over-the-top first wedding to finding new love to her much-publicized -- and misunderstood -- "disinheritance," sTORI telling is a juicy, eye-opening, enthralling look at what it really means to be Tori Spelling.



This book was a total spur of the moment thing. My sister Camille checked it out from the library, and one day while she was over it was just sitting there and I picked it up and started to read it. I found it rather interesting. I have to admit, I've never really cared much about Tori Spelling's life, but once I started reading it I wanted to know what it was like to grow up like she did.


All I can say is - what a life! It would have been so weird to grow up with all that money and having such a stuffy family. I am so thankful for the way I was raised and the love and example my parents showed me. And I'm happy I married a good guy the first time! It was a quick and easy read and now I know more about Tori Spelling than I ever wanted to.



Rating: 3.25/5