Like other reviewers, I have often been given a wary eye when admitting I've read this book. I loved it, though, and am always singing its praises. While you may not approve of her industry, it's hard not to appreciate that she is a star because she made herself one. She didn't do anything she didn't sign up for, and she worked hard through her own ambition (not anyone else's) to get to where she is today. These days her story is still changing, and it would be interesting to see a book from her when she's older. I think Jenna Jameson is simply fascinating, and her story is both funny and heartbreaking at times, yet still always a good read.

This book is nearly 600 pages, and yet I read it in only a couple of days. Clearly I enjoyed it if I read it so quickly while having as busy of a life as I do. And yet at the same time, I would also offer up a few rather critical comments. The first is that it's the most self-indulgent autobiography I've ever read. If Benjamin Franklin's autobiography can clock in at under 150 pages, anyone's can. The author(s) leave no stone unturned. EVERYTHING is crammed in this book. Diary entries, pictures (but not too many - only about half a million or so), interviews, even transcripts of her movies (this may or may not come as a surprise, but a word for word transcript of a porn is incredibly dull and obnoxious to read). All that's lacking is a detailed schedule of her bowel movements. In an age where everyone seems to have a blog and uses it to record the various angles of their navel-gazing, this book fits in perfectly in its information excess.

It was definitely the first non-fiction work I've read that I would classify as pulp non-fiction. Still, I won't be a snob and pretend I didn't like it. I did. It was a good read with some interesting insights here and there on everything from the industry in which she works to drug use to family. But as the saying goes: this ain't shakespeare.

This is not an instructional book. This is a coming of age story about a young outcast who grew up to be one the most famous models in entertainment. I have read other books that Rolling Stone’s Neil Strauss had help write and publish such as Motley Crue’s The Dirt, Marilyn Manson’s Long Hard Road Out of Hell, and Dave Navarro’s Don’t Try this at Home. However, I will say this one was very intelligently crafted, and Jameson’s journal entries show it was her hand that had crafted most of this story. Also, although many people may scoff at this, but unlike Neil Strauss’s other books, this book actually didn’t objectify women. This book starts off as a story about a teen girl who wanted to be a pretty thing exploited by her man to becoming a story about a woman who took control of her own destiny. Although sometimes these choices were self-destructive, it was her self-management and self-promotion that gave her the wealth, company ownership, and celebrity status. This isn’t a literary achievement but I suggest not passing her story up.

I think this is a story of survival. (Why do people always look at me funny when I admit to having read this?) Being the queen of her business that she is, I read it wanting to know what made her tick. "Sex" is the popular answer to that. But that's really not the truth. She admits to loving sex, but she dispels the myth that porn stars are sex addicts who want to get paid for their source of pleasure. She's very honest about admitting how bad the sex industry can be. The fact that she survived brutal rape (more than once), addiction, and bad abusive boyfriend after bad abusive boyfriend, says that she's tough. She's also a very smart business lady. She deserves all that she has, if it's what makes her happy. When in doubt, if you were to ask yourself, "what would Jenna do?" it would be as valid as asking "what would Jesus do?" or "what would Janis do?" Jenna would say to move on and make the best of the situation. She knew how to separate emotion and work. In the end, she's just another girl who had a string of bad boyfriends and wanted to be successful at her job. Really, it's a just another story of a gal trying to make it on her own. This isn't a story about sex or about porn. It's a story of survival.

I didn't give it any more than three stars only because she didn't write it all by herself.

Me he terminado este libro para poder rajar? Me he terminado este libro para poder rajar.

A ver, a ver, a ver... Digamos que la culpa es mia porque me gusta mas un titulo reshulon que a un PePero un sobre con dinero, y que no lei la contraportada para asegurarme de que iba. PERO, este libro es malo nivel mucho!

Para resumir, el libro promete en el titulo contar el trasfondo del mundo del porno, donde todo parece muy excitante, superdivertido, y tal, y en realidad el libro es una autobiografia de Jenna Jameson, donde cada capitulo que lees es un facepalm aun mas grande.

El resumen del libro mas o menos es: Tonta de pueblo con familia desestructurada, sufre cosas feas en su infancia-adolescencia, y en vez de luchar por salir del agujero, decide que enseñar las tetis es mucho mas facil. Luego viene una sucesion de peliculas porno casposas (los guiones son lo mejor del libro), drogas de todo tipo, parejas sin medio cerebro, escape de drogas y parejas, y REPEAT ALL OVER AGAIN.

Recomendado para psiquiatras y futuros psiquiatras para ver cuantas taras mentales le detectais segun avanza el libro.

Que rajada y me a gusto me he quedado...

This book really did not teach you how to make love like a porn star because. 1. Porn stars F(*K for a living. 2. its a semi auto-biography of a very f*&ked up girl.. It was of sad, a bit twisted and not good advice for any one who is wanting to learn what "making love is all about".

If you want to learn how to sell SEX for money and loose your soul in the process....... and then be fucked up the rest of your life over it..

HERES your book....

I picked up this book randomly, and it was really good. Every time I tell people I've read it, they give me a weird look and think I'm weird or something, but it's good. How else would you know what the life of a porn star is like unless you read one of their biographies? It's very interesting, and Jenna Jameson isn't one of those porn stars with no brain and no sense of self. She's a straight up business woman, which I found to be a little surprising.

It's a good read, very fast. Even though the book claims to be about 600 pages, 1/3 of that are pictures, so the actual wording is about 400-something.

There are times where it's clear the ghostwriter wrote the story and there are times where it's clear Jenna did. She's not the best writer, but she does tell a great story so she gets some credit there. There are times where it's clear Jameson is B.S.ing (her claiming her venture into porn isn't about her 3 rapes and very dysfunctional childhood but rather getting revenge on an ex is hard to swallow) but there are times where you see how she's just this woman who had to fight for hers throughout her entire life.

You can't knock her ambition and drive. I highly recommend this book to anyone who wants a quick read and some insight on the porn industry. It's a surprisingly good book.

I got some sideways looks reading it in waiting rooms and my mom wanted to know why I wasn't reading "something else", and I'm sure there's a large segment of the world that would not enjoy reading this and would find it vulgar and think it shows what society is coming to... and I'm not even saying they're wrong. I don't feel like it was a waste of my time to read it though. It's more interesting and serious than you would think judging by the cover. I'm surprised at some of the serious issues she survived (rape, drug addiction, her friend's murder, unhealthy relationships) and even though the book is really long and I got bored in the middle, I wanted to keep reading to finally get to read that her life got better (which it did).
I ultimately liked the styling of the book the most- which you can get a feel of with the cover. I liked that there were pictures throughout the book from all different stages and events in her life and (presumably) photocopies of her journal from middle and high school. It had nice chapter dividers and everything was visually appealing. The writing was good too. It was an easy read, but not because it was lower-level reading. I don't know how much were her words or Neil Strauss', but the stories were interestingly told and no matter who worded it, you can tell Jenna has put serious thought into her life and reflecting and making wise comments about what she's learned. Her journal entries as a young adult confirmed her intelligence and introspective qualities too. And even if you don't want to have things in common with a porn star, she has gone through many of the same basic relationship issues anyone else has on some level.
I did get bored in the middle where there is a section that alternates between play-styled dialogue on the page and some of her journal entries from when she was younger. The stories weren't bad, I just preferred the typical narration to the way she had it on the page when her and her brother Tony and her dad were talking about memories.
Oh, and she does get RATHER graphic describing some of her real-life sexcapades...

קראתי, הפנמתי, עכשיו רק צריך ליישם.

I was surprised at how much I enjoyed this book. The writing is witty and engaging and I loved how the story was broken up. The only real challenge I had was that Jenna loves to make the same mistakes over and over again, but then again who doesn't - she's not a fictional character so to hold her up to that meter stick is unfair.

She's not your best friend, she's not a good girl (as much as she wants you to believe she is), she is an entertaining hustler who made her mark. I'd definitely recommend this book, it was just a blast to read.

‘All the wrong choices I have made served only to ferry me to the right place.’ How To Make Love Like a Porn Star is a hard knock tale laced with sin, sensualisation, and sensuality. It’s amazing to read a biography where someone endured so much (rape, abusive relationships, domestic disputes, drug addiction), yet ultimately thrive to become a pioneer in the profession. I really enjoyed the story telling mediums in this book – the use of comic strips, ‘short stories’, interviews, pictorials, job contracts, diary entries, and calendars kept it fresh and aided the pacing nicely. 4.5 stars.