Refreshingly candid, unflinchingly honest, and full of hilarious Did she really say that? moments, "Official Book Club Selection" dishes about what really happens on the road, away from the cameras, and at the star party after the show.

Reviews

I think that Griffin is funny about 55 percent of the time. She's crude (good), obsessed with Cher (bad), doesn't take herself too seriously (good), obsessed with plastic surgery (bad), and "makes mock" (very good). The government has a crack team of scientists working on explaining Griffin's appeal and two Emmy wins, but I figured it out first: it's a trick, a ruse, a sham. Griffin's devious scheme is to present herself as one of us, when in reality she's one of them. She talks a good game about working with Celebrity X (e.g., Jay Mohr, Brooke Shields, or Jerry Seinfeld) and/or being their fan and while doing so characterizes herself as thrilled to be there, happy to be in the same room. In so doing, she breaks down that mysterious wall of celebrity and establishes parity with us, the hoi polloi. But then it turns out that the invisible force field is up after all; Griffin isn't a commoner at all! She's actually a decently wealthy celebrity with access to fantastic, orgiastic Hollywood red carpet parties featuring delicious snacks and frosty beverages. Hers is an amusing book, full of juicy gossip, if you're willing to go along for the ride. Griffin's folksy tone crosses over into big-sister feel; combined with her take-no-prisoners attitude, it makes her searing honesty all the more genuine, as when she describes liposuction as a "crock of shit" that almost killed her and her nose job as a temporary fix at best. Rating: R for language, defamation, and criminally premature post-op photos of her plastic surgery.-Douglas Lord, "Books for Dudes," Booksmack! 9/2/10 (c) Copyright 2010. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.