How to Make Love Like a Porn Star : A Cautionary Tale

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Summary: Auto Biography of Jenna Jameson
Review: Despite the book's name, How to make love like a porn star, the book is an autobiography of the life of Jenna Jameson. The book goes deep into her thoughts and emotions when doing her profession. I have never personally read a book like this and it's one of a kind. Some may find it offensive though because it goes into detail about her sexual encounters. You would like this book if you were interested in learning about different types of life styles. The book is very good and I recommend it.

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Summary: I love my girl Jenna !
Review: I am a hetero female who has been watching Jenna perform for a long time . I finished her book in a few days because I was so curious about how she got where she is today, doing what she wants to do , following her own rules... She epitomizes strong, self made women. The book is put together extremely well with excerpts from interviews w / her family , how to get into " The Business ", & much more . She is a shining star in an industry that's not so bright .

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Summary: Way to go Jenna!!!! Great book!
Review: I was so excited to finally get started on this book. Even though the size initially threw me off (600 pages), it was suprisingly a fast read. I read it faster than I've read a lot of shorter books. That should let you in on how interesting it is, I didn't want to put it down.
She pours her heart and soul into this book and I don't mean that to be cheesy. She lets you in on every detail of her life and how she felt about it and just drags you into her messed up life. I'm not a huge porn fan but I have always been intrigued by Ms. Jameson. She's so beautiful.
The only semi-bad thing I can say about this book is that she says the phrase 'to this day' entirely too much. It's not so much bad, just annoying.....or funny.
Read this book. You won't regret it.

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Summary: Good read about a fascinating person
Review: I'd always thought of Jenna as some run-of-the-mill blonde pornstar until I saw her E! Hollywood True Story. She seemed like such a normal, down to earth person with a great personality, and I was enthralled by her life story. I was also impressed by what she has been able to achieve. I found the book to be a good read (I couldn't put it down at times), although it had a few slow spots. Go Jenna!

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Summary: uncut, uncensored
Review: it was a very reading. Entertaining and easy to read. my only complaint is it might be uncut, but it is censored. there are several X around the book.

I have a suggestion to jenna. Since Jenna uses costum and mask on some of her movie. I bet some mainstream celebrities would act on her movies if their identities were concealed.

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Summary: Jenna Does it Again!
Review: Jenna Jameson's "How to Make Love Like a Porn Star: A Cautionary Tale" is a great story. It's a very thick book with lots of good stories of heartbreak, triumph, embarassment, achievements, love, and many highs and lows-literally. Its also
jam packed with gorgeous pictures of Jenna in all types of costumes/roles and ages ranging from adolescence to recent photos.

Her story is well written in a clever chronological way, other autobiographies jump around alot and it drives me crazy. Her life story is an easy flow and it only took me a day and half to read this book. I felt the snippets of Hollywood Gossip and endless lists on how to make it in the porn industry added to the meat of the story. I really enjoyed the gossip parts! The lists are interesting to read but not my primary interest. ;)

Her journey starts off as a naive, young girl who really gets mixed up with the wrong crowd. Jenna has many unfortunate experiences but she challenges these circumstances and comes out on top, no pun intended. She decides to be the best she can at anything she tries, namely striping and being a porn star. She is closely on the road to being a great author as well.



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Summary: A Cautionary Tale It Is
Review: Most people, I suspect, when they spy the title of Jenna Jameson's "How To Make Love Like A Porn Star" rarely see the next line of the title ":A Cautionary Tale". The glitz, the glamour, the women and men, and the sex are what they think porn is all about. The tawdry, abusive, dirty and sad side of life is the real world of porn.

Jenna Jameson aka Jenna Massoli was born in Las Vegas. Her mother was a Vegas showgirl and died a very painful death from cancer when Jenna was a small child. Her father never really recovered from his wife's death. He became a policeman and essentially left Jenna and her brother Jack to grow up by themselves. He was absent from much of their lives. They moved frequently and Jenna had a hectic life. Never really making friends and never having a loving relationship. In one small town in Montana she was gang raped and left for dead. Jenna reacted violently and injured a girl who had been abusive to her. The family left town - the same way they reacted with all problems; fleeing and never facing the problem head-on. Jenna drifted into one bad relationship after another and learned to make money with her body. At first she danced in a strip club and moved on to stripping and then on to porn stills and then porn movies.

Much of this book is about Jenna and her life in the porn business. She is quite open about the drugs and alcohol and life she led. In order to maintain a semblance of life she had affairs with men and women she worked with. She tells us of her life and that of other female and male porn stars. At times she tries to glamorize the business by talking of the money, the clothes, the make-up, the travel, and all the people she met. But most of the book is about her search for love, and of course, for love in all the wrong places with all the wrong people. She believes that celebrities will welcome her into their lives and business. She tells of her affairs with well known Hollywood stars and rock band members. But beneath all of this is the raw, gritty life of the porn star that survives on booze and drugs and never makes it to the top. This is a sad story of a life of a young woman who did not have a family to support her. She only knew that she had to fight and kick her way into life and that is what she is still doing. Jenna has some good insight into her life and the men she loved, but she is unable to leave the business. She is still making movies and at times dreaming of having children. She is proud that she has been able to rise above her stripper life and make her way in the world. She married a kindred soul, and they are in business together. It seems this is enough for Jenna Jameson.

This is a very honest portrayal of life in the porn business. Jenna Jameson does not pull any punches. She does not make excuses for her life, nor does she try to leave the business. This is her life she believes, and she will make the best of it. She is a success she believes because she has learned from her inner strength, and not waiting for fulfillment from someone else. A good read but not for the squeamish. prisrob


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Summary: Not exactly a how to book
Review: The last three book I've read have all been completely different, yet all have been amazing in their own right. HOW TO MAKE LOVE does however rank as the best of the lot (the other two were McCrae's "The Children's Corner" and "The Kite Runner). For some reason, the humanity and honesty in HOW TO MAKE LOVE really affected me. While not being able to relate to all of the material I nevertheless found myself sympathetic to the characters and their emotions. A compelling and enlightening read for just about anyone.

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Summary: Not worth the time.
Review: The redeeming qualities that this book DOES have, and there are not many, only owes to the fact that Neil Strauss helped pen it. I doubt Ms. Jameson can put two sentences together. If you want to read a book that consists of a lowly porn star whining about her life and how other people did her wrong, then this is the book for you. She doesn't ever fess up that the life she leads now happened by her own doing. Grow up, Jenna. You won't achieve mainstream celebrity, and 'mainstream celebrity' wouldn't even be considered unreachable anymore if you were to actually make it there. The book is filled with pictures of the self-serving Jenna, so if you are a beer-guzzling male who enjoys staring at women of only average looks, you hit the jackpot. Her early pictures versus her current pictures suggests she has had a lot of work done, as her face looks totally different. Still, I wouldn't say the change is something to behold. We are talking about a porn star, after all.



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Summary: Move over, Dostoevsky!
Review: Well, what can you say about this book? It is the autobiography of a porn star. It's practically review proof. It's not exactly Pulitzer Prize material, but nobody who reads it will be expecting a literary classic. Most people who read it will be looking for "dirt" on the porn industry and the various celebrities Jenna has met. And there is plenty of that. But the book also has this disclaimer: "Only some names and identifying features of individuals have been changed in order to preserve their anonymity and protect their innocence. In addition, some characters are composites, and one movie title has been changed." I believe that the changed movie's title is "Cherry Pie", which is called "Sponge Cake" in the book. But what I really want to know is: which characters are composites? Anyway, if you are at all interested in what goes on behind the scenes in the porno industry, this book is a real eye opener.