This reminds me of the stories I wrote in high school. I wrote a ton for my friends to read and I was always so happy when they liked whatever it is. I wouldn't want anyone I know now to read any of them. Good thing I don't have them anymore. Termites. Lol. Not saying this isn't something people shouldn't read, I just think that the author needs to look for the right audience to be able to get the right reviews. I guess nobody-teenager-falls-in-love-with-popular-guy-who-she didn't-know-is-crushing-on-her-too doesn't work for me anymore. For the record, I do know this would be a teenage love story (it's in the title ... im smart like that LOL) but I read almost anything that's fiction so when the author left a comment on my post on Instagram I went ahead and got it on Amazon Kindle. It was free at that time so what would I lose? So yeah, if you're into that kind of thing this costs $2.99, I think. Not bad.
Also (and more importantly), I think this needs a bit more copy editing/proofreading but ... still, it's amazing that aspiring novelists are given an opportunity to publish easily. If anything, this actually inspired me to write fiction again ... although it wouldn't be something so highschool.
It's nice to find a quick, non-fiction read you can relate to. I'm not from NY nor am I an Asian with a green card/living in a foreign country, and I'm not planning on moving anywhere (at least within the next 365 days). I am, however, single, in my 30s (not young but not old, heh), was (ok, still am sometimes) a freelance writer and have, at one point or another, ended up saying "Oh, Never Mind!"
All biographies should be this short. Personally, I'd rather read a short one about the subject of growing up and being matured rather than something that started when the person came out of their mother's womb only to find out on page 793 that it's all about justifying something the said person regrets.
Favorite part: "These days, if I make an appearance at a party or event, there's a solid chance I'm wearing at least part of an outfit I wore to bed. I owe myself that much."
Cool cover too!
I grew up reading my dad's books because 1) there are no bookstores in my hometown, 2) even if there was I probably won't have the money to buy books, and 3) there are libraries at school but why risk paying for overdue books when there's a ton at home? Erma Bombeck was one of the authors my dad read. She's an American humorist and columnist whose works were published from the 60s to the 90s. A former boss told me he didn't think I'd be into her because she wrote stuff about the rants of a housewife/mother in a 60s-80s American household ... none of which I can relate to. I don't know why but, in a gist, she's super funny and I love her.
Now, I very rarely see Erma Bombeck on the shelves of any bookstores so imagine how excited I was to see this hardbound copy under one of the piles at Booksale Makati Square for only 60pesos. Turns out my happiness would be short lived. This is not a review of the book. I haven't read it. I will try, though.
I said try because it has at least 10 leaves missing. As in ripped off, literally. Case in point:
This makes me want to cry. My first reaction was a few seconds of nothingness. I was speechless. After that came the question: Why would anyone do thisssssss??? Whyyyyyy? Then I got depressed.
The only reason I can think of is the person who previously owned this had kids in the house because if not ... there's no excuse for this.
Ugh. Excuse me while I go drown my sorrows in a venti latte.
Generally, in porn, there's gonzo (straight up sex) and feature films (think glamour/erotica with a script so that means everything else that has anything more than just sex). I would say this book falls under gonzo for the reason that it's just straight up I'm-a-porn-star-and-this-is-what-I-do (which we already know). There's a lot of "scenes" of her describing what she does and how she feels during her porn shoots as well. It's pretty entertaining and I can't help chuckling at how corny and scripted a guy (who'd pay 5k USD to be with her for half an hour) could be about his fantasies, but I guess that's how it really is.
I half-knew what to expect from this because a friend already read it ahead of me and had already told me what he thought of it but I'm still a little disappointed. I'm not well-versed with autobiographies (having read only 2 or 3 before this) but I was expecting it to be, well, an autobiography. Turns out it is and it isn't.
The whole book is a journal, bits and pieces of things (with no order whatsoever) the author felt like talking about in a very conversational tone (too conversational they managed to say this other porn star is also a NY native over and over like "hey I'm just talking and I can't edit what already came out of my mouth"). Overall, it's a loop between how she loves sex and how she's in love with the porn industry with a spattering of her drug dependency, abortion, swinging, justifying being in a relationship with a guy who everyone thinks/knows to be gay etc. here and there, and in that way, it's a memoir. A lot of times, though, you'd also feel that she's writing "in character" so it may not be all ... real. In the end, I decided this is something you would purchase for the same reason that you would want to watch her in one of her porn movies except, here, you'd have to use your imagination more.
You know how sometimes you've been reading too much heavy and -- err ...serious stuff that you want to take a break from all the heaviness and seriousness? Not that I've been reading anything heavy and serious lately (heh), I just don't want to read anything along those categories so I looked for something light ... and not serious. Enter Bubba and the Dead Woman. It's an easy read and it was funny so I thought it was perfect to bring the reading streak back (I've been really bad lately).
The best thing about this is that it's free (I'm not gonna lie lol) so look it up on Kindle. The next books cost $0.99 to $1.99 so it's a good deal. Story-wise, it's a no brainer. Guy gets framed for a murder he didn't commit blah blah ... pretty straight up. Some parts are hilarious but some parts that are supposed to be hilarious drag. Like the dog bits. Dog characters are either cute or funny. Too much dog references that doesn't have anything to do with the story makes you just want to "say stop it with the dog references already and get on with telling us who killed who."
Overall, it's easy to read (wait I already said that) and very entertaining (that too). Three stars.
For someone who likes fast paced mystery novels this didn't work out for me. I'm not sure where it went wrong; it could be the testosterone or the 60s setting but I thought I'd enjoy it and get through it fast cause it's less than 200 pages. I didn't. It got a bit interesting in the end and the cover's pretty cool.
