Tori Spelling
Author of sTORI Telling
About the Author
Victoria Davey "Tori" Spelling (born May 16, 1973) is an American actress and author. Her first major role was Donna Martin on Beverly Hills, 90210 in 1990. Spelling is the daughter of multimillion dollar film and TV producer Aaron Spelling (1923-2006). She attended Beverly Hills High School in show more Beverly Hills, California, but graduated from Harvard-Westlake School in 1990. In addition to her TV and film credits, Spelling wrote her autobiography in 2008, sTORI Telling, which was a New York Times bestseller in 2009. Her second book titled Mommywood was released on April 14, 2009. In 2010, Spelling released her third book, uncharted terriTORI and a picture book entitled, Presenting Tallulah. In 2012, Spelling published her first party-planning book, CelebraTORI. Her sixth book, Spelling It Like It Is, was released October 22, 2013. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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Works by Tori Spelling
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Death of a Cheerleader — Actor — 1 copy
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- Canonical name
- Spelling, Tori
- Legal name
- Spelling, Victoria Davey
- Birthdate
- 1973-05-16
- Gender
- female
- Nationality
- USA
- Places of residence
- Los Angeles, California, USA
- Education
- Beverly Hills High School, Beverly Hills, California, USA
Harvard-Westlake School, Los Angeles, California, USA - Occupations
- actor
- Relationships
- Spelling, Aaron (father)
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Stori Telling by Tori Spelling
The life of Tori Spelling in her own words. A major focus of the book is her arguments with her mother. We go from her childhood with getting dolls she doesn't like to getting dressed up like Marie Antoinette in a tailor made costume. She touches a little on her work in 90210. A lot about her lover of her father and his passing. Her falling in love with her husband and then getting married and having a baby with him. Good overall and helps you to realize that she's more than the daughter of producer Aaron Spelling.… (more)
I didn't watch 90210 as a child, I was a little young for it at the time it was out and was much more into Babysitters Club books at the time. I had a rough idea of who Tori Spelling was, but didn't really think much of her until I started watching the TV series Tori and Dean: Inn Love. I bashfully admit that I'm a bit addicted to the series and find their reality show personas really endearing. Long story to say, that's the only reason I wanted to read this book.
The book is well written, the author who wrote it with her did a good job. I was suprised at how it seemed like probably big chunks of her life was left out, but hey - I guess if it's your book you tell your life the way you see it. I also felt like she was more trying to justify her life rather than tell it. But I guess your whole life in the paparazis' eyes can do that to you as well.
I can't say I agree with all of the choices she made in life, but who am I to judge. I especially cringed when she wrote about meeting Dean, cheating on her husband and the consequent divorce. I'm not a fan of that sort of thing and reading her justification was hard. I told my husband after reading the book - "If that was supposed to make me like her more, it really failed."
It was an interesting read and did answer some questions that the reality show brought up for me.… (more)
The book is well written, the author who wrote it with her did a good job. I was suprised at how it seemed like probably big chunks of her life was left out, but hey - I guess if it's your book you tell your life the way you see it. I also felt like she was more trying to justify her life rather than tell it. But I guess your whole life in the paparazis' eyes can do that to you as well.
I can't say I agree with all of the choices she made in life, but who am I to judge. I especially cringed when she wrote about meeting Dean, cheating on her husband and the consequent divorce. I'm not a fan of that sort of thing and reading her justification was hard. I told my husband after reading the book - "If that was supposed to make me like her more, it really failed."
It was an interesting read and did answer some questions that the reality show brought up for me.… (more)
I don't quite know what it is about her writing, but I absolutely love reading Tori's books! I've never been a huge fan of hers, but I am a huge fan of her books. (I realize how little sense that makes.) They're quick, fun, honest reads. In this book, especially, she reveals quite a lot about who she is and how she struggles with the way she was brought up and the way she needs to live now, which is a lot more modest. It's refreshing to see a celebrity being so real and open with her books.
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- Rating
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