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How To Make Love Like A Porn Star
A Cautionary Tale
by Jenna Jameson

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Jameson's memoir is many things at once: a shocking sexual history, an insider's guide to the secret workings of the billion-dollar adult-film industry, and a gripping thriller that probes deep into Jenna's dark past. [ReaganBooks]

ReganBooks, 577 pages
08/01/2004
$27.95

ISBN: 0060539097

Nonfiction
Biographies & Memoirs

NOTES:
Co-written with Neil Strauss.

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Entertainment Weekly Whitney Pastorek

Low-down Waaaay too much information, but fascinating.

Houston Chronicle Tara Weiss

Jenna Jameson's X-rated autobiography is horrifying, gripping, sexy and pathetic.

Publishers Weekly

A remarkably appealing and honest mess.

Salon Charles Taylor

Lively, hellaciously entertaining, sharp, feisty and touching enough to earn Jameson the right to wear that "Heart Breaker" tattoo on her right butt cheek.

The New Republic Sacha Zimmerman

It is at different times moving, prurient, funny, smart, and, yes, sexy. Jameson is nobody's fool, and, though the book is often choppy and too long in places (at nearly 600 pages, it's a lot of Jenna), she ultimately does craft a wicked cautionary tale, as her subtitle suggests.

The Globe And Mail [Toronto] Dominic Patten

If anything, Jameson's book confirms many of the worst stereotypes of the porn industry: the scumbags who work behind the scenes, and the broken homes, rapes, exploitation and appetite for self-destruction of the people in front of the camera. It is a surprisingly sad tale.

Los Angeles Times Tracy Quan

While she's a down-to-earth spokeswoman for her industry, some of her advice to civilians is high-handed -- like telling women to choose between "The Rules" and her 10 commandments of oral sex. ("Thou Shalt Make Eye Contact.") A better strategy might be to combine good technique with playing hard to get.

The New York Times Book Review Jane and Michael Stern

Beyond affirmation and advice, Jameson's book is brimful of data that range from trivial to irrelevant...If you could overdose on autobiography, this book would be lethal.

The Onion A.V. Club Noel Murray

She's explicit about bad boyfriends, crystal meth, and random sexual assaults, but she can't justify adult entertainment's central fallacy -- its reliance on patrons whom the performers don't really respect. An ill-fitting, queasy juxtaposition of disgust and come-on fills How To Make Love Like A Porn Star.

Sydney Morning Herald Matthew Thompson

But who will read this advice? Not Jameson's hardcore fans - those men furiously rubbing away in basements of the internet. No, it will be a different breed of wanker: those who chuckle at "white trash"; those who love (from a distance) whatever infernal machines provide the Jerry Springer Show with its conveyor belt of clowns and rustics.

The average user rating for this book is 7.3 (out of 10) based on 8 User Votes
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shelley w gave it a9:
wow, the most excited ive ever gotton over a book. Couldnt put it down!! Go Jenna. All the best for the next stage of your career.

Shelli M gave it a10:
I absolutely LOVED this book!! It held my attention throughout, and I will probably read it again.

Arlene L gave it a10:
One of the best books i've ever read. She's very inspiring. It even helped me realize things in life I didn't even know I took for granted.

Goran I gave it a1:
Total trash. The book was as boring as Jameson is on screen. There are many porn stars who are both HOTTER on screen, and more interesting in real life, such as Aja, or Aria.

jenna h gave it a1:
book was boring after the first chapter

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How To Make Love Like A Porn Star A Cautionary Tale by Jenna Jameson

How To Make Love Like A Porn Star
A Cautionary Tale
by Jenna Jameson