The Bad Girl's Guide to Getting What You Want

by Cameron Tuttle, Susannah Bettag (Illustrator)

This hilarious follow-up to the wildly popular Bad Girl's Guide to the Open Road is the ultimate guide to getting it—anything and everything—in Bad Girl style. Delayed gratification is a thing of the past with this inspired collection of tips and tricks for scoring love, fame, money, power, parking spaces, and other essentials. With sure-fire schemes for everything from free food and airline miles to insider lingo for paving pesky resume gaps, The Bad Girl's Guide to Getting What You Want shows how to fake it fabulously. But spin and strategy are just the beginning—the truth can be an even more wicked weapon. Learn the secrets of men's hair, the landlord's Achilles' heel, and the maitre d's darkest desires, and the dream date, great apartment, and best table are yours! Racy bad-girl confessions and edgy illustrations make this indispensable volume even dishier. Ethics are overrated—it's the results that count! Pack this sassy package in your purse and knowing what you want is as good as getting it.

Genres: Nonfiction, Humor, Self Help, Chick Lit, Feminism, How To

192 pages, Paperback

First published September 1, 2000

Reviews

[Kristen's Bookshelf · Rating 4 out of 5]

The fact that this is categorized as nonfiction cracks me up. Sure, underneath all the in jest things there are some basic fundamentals of "how to be the best you" that are always a good reminder to tell yourself from time to time. But if you take this book too seriously you are going to think the author was off her rocker writing this.
This is a great book to talk about with your besties at happy hours or sleepovers and swap relatable real life stories.

[Lindsay · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book was so much fun. While there was a strong element of jest and some ridiculous activities/disguises/plans, it was actually quite helpful in thinking about how to deal with people in your office, how to suck up, and generally how to be awesome and surround yourself with awesome people. Quick read, really fun, good reference book.

[Trudy]

A tongue-in-cheek guide to unleash you inner Bad Girl... Offers advice and tips (some outrageous and some actually helpful) on a myriad of things. A fun read and a book that might just shock you into looking at things from a different perspective and get the creative juices flowing again.

[Amy Holiday · Rating 3 out of 5]

This is all the stupid, terrible advice you read in Cosmo when you were in college, smashed into book with cool-in-the-2000s line drawings. Quizzes and "quotes" from good girls with inner bad girls (or something?) add to the cringe-worthiness.

I only gave it three stars because I might have liked it better in 2000, and also because there is some good advice buried in the schtick, mostly along the lines of "do what you want, not what you're expected to do." Fortunately, we're a lot more self-aware now, as a culture, and new adults are pretty much used to hearing that kind of stuff. At least I hope so.

[Lindsay · Rating 4 out of 5]

Silly and humorous book. Pure fun and I had a good laugh. I particularly liked uses for post-its and your boss's business cards. I shared it with a few friends who enjoyed it too.

[Anna Sellheim · Rating 1 out of 5]

Super dated trash. Thank god I wasn't reading crap like this when it came out in the 2000s, I was impressionable and it could have messed up my priorities.

[Ida Wilcox · Rating 5 out of 5]

OOOOH to be able to get everything you want.

Cameron Tuttle puts a comedic spend on life that just makes you want to get up and good accomplish what you want.

[Blane Rivera · Rating 5 out of 5]

Such a fun read 📚💌

[Siarra · Rating 1 out of 5]

Not the follow-up to Bad Girl's Guide to the Open Road that we deserved. Mostly about men and backstabbing other women/people. Awful.

[Eli · Rating 3 out of 5]

A rather silly book, but definitely truly funny in comparison to a lot of the only marginally humorous chick-lit type books out there.

[Yaritza · Rating 2 out of 5]

In the book called “the bad girl’s guide to getting what you want” by Cameron Tuttle it talks about you finding your inner bad girls and how you can really show it and work the room. There are a series of chapters from the bad girl swirl, getting a date getting a job, getting a life. While I was reading this book I, was wondering who in my life has followed these suggestions and what I should do personally to get what I want. The place where I was reading this was in the care right after getting out of my doctor’s appointment, on my way home. Then later once I got home I continued reading in my room. I changed in to something more comfortable and continued reading, there was a lot of information of people who had low self-esteem as said in the book a so called “good girl” who does what is expected and then a bad girl does what is unexpected. This book talks a lot about how a girl should have the confidence to say no and just put you foot down and get what you want! It also show how one should learn how to love yourself because that is the basic where you can start taking steps in showing that you care of what you’re doing, because if what your doing is the basic then you should go above and beyond and go beyond what is expected and surprise people by making that a statement. The part talking about getting a job is telling you whether or not you are satisfy with what you are doing. It also gives you methods to get fired and how to have some little fun at the office within your work office and your fellow co workers. What I am surprised about is when I stared it that same day and I finished it, I am not really sure what captured my eye on this book but I feel kind of happy that I picked it up because I felt that my older sister would like to read it because she seems to have the personality for it, and maybe the drive and interest in reading it. The people who I recommend read it, is the type of people who are sassy and very demanding and that are brats because it just seems like they would like it. I just read it because I was just curious about what the hell it was talking about “getting what you want.”

[AquaMoon · Rating 5 out of 5]

This, and Tuttle's whole "Bad Girl's" series, actually, is absolutely hilarious! Being a Bad Girl is actually a good thing. It means, simply, that you have a healthy sense of adventure and are not afraid to go after what you want.

Explained in this book (in a very cheeky manner, I might add) are tips for everything a Bad Girl needs to know to get by in this crazy world--such as getting free drinks, getting noticed, getting that dream job (or getting out of a bad one), getting that raise, and getting the head's-up on what's REALLY important to you and not just what you THINK is important. Everything a Bad Girl needs to know to win friends and influence people--the Bad Girl way. Also, don't miss the cool (and inexpensive) decorating tips for those Bad Girls out there who can't afford to shop at Pottery Barn.

Hoewver, you MUST read it to understand and truly appreciate it. And you absolutely MUST have a sense of humor.

**review based on the Bad Girl's Guide series, which I received for a gift**

[Skyqueen · Rating 2 out of 5]

This was such an antithetical dissertation of my values that I had trouble reading it. I acquired it as a discard from a friend. I'm a good-natured, have fun, stretch the limits, bad girl, but not to these unethical extents! There were a few funny, as in ridiculous, parts though that made me smile. If nothing else but that someone should actually TRY them. Maybe that was the whole point of the book, and I just missed it by taking it too seriously. But, really. Some of the examples seemed real. And it was horrifying! No wonder guys can't trust us!!

[Joie · Rating 5 out of 5]

I read of Cameron Tuttle's books while sitting in a Mexican restaurant in Clearwater, written in Spanish with small snippets of translations in English. The review was cute, in this little local throw-away weekly rag but the delight of finding a Bad Girl's product is a joy! When I was browsing Amazon last evening I had to read three times to see the price some of her early works now sells for! http://amzn.to/vBSTvl I want THIS type of success with my writing.

[Jessica Wicksnin · Rating 5 out of 5]

Having trouble getting what you want in life? This book will help you identify what you want, and indirectly give you permission to go after it. After all, if someone out there is actually doing what they recommend in this book, surely you can pursue your less-extreme (and in many cases less-illegal/less-unethical) goals. Always good to read when you need a confidence boost, or just need to take life less seriously

[Ashley · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book is hilarious! My favorite being how to fake your way through an interview. This isn't something to take seriously, but sometimes you need to make fun of life and it's stupid conventions and just laugh a little. This book is perfect for that!

[Michelle · Rating 3 out of 5]

this book made me laugh. Sometimes it actually had some good advice.. and other times it was just way too rediculous to take seriously. But the main message of doing what you want and not caring what others think (being a "bad girl") is something I can definitely work on doing in my life!

[Amy · Rating 3 out of 5]

This was a gift from a college friend in college. At the time it was a nice antidote to the magazines we were reading. Now it feels silly and superficial; I'd rather get my girl power from reading autobiographies from funny women.


[I am rereading my old books and reviewing them as an adult.]

[Suzanne · Rating 2 out of 5]

Don't know how to describe this book! I got it for 99p at a charity shop as I thought the cover was pretty. Do not take this book seriously, it's meant to be a joke. However, it didn't really pull it off for me. It was okay but nothing I'd go mad about to be honest.

[DW · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book was fun. It's a quirky mix of realistic good advice and tongue and cheek humor. Currently reading the "open road" book.

I recommend this to college age girls and women who need to remind themselves that they are worth it.

[HeavyReader · Rating 2 out of 5]

I got this book for like 35 cents at a Friends of the Public Library book sale. It was kind of weak. Advice to be manipulative and shallow was given a lot. I wasn't so amused.

[Abby · Rating 3 out of 5]

This makes a great gift...

[Angela · Rating 5 out of 5]

These books are irreverent fun. I love that on the bottom of each page there are continuing ideas/things to do.

[Aliesha · Rating 5 out of 5]

Hilarious book for any woman in your life that needs a chuckle. Real quick read.

[Elizabeth · Rating 5 out of 5]

Cheeky good fun!

[Kristin · Rating 3 out of 5]

Learned alot.... now I need to start applying the more feasible options.

[Kristin · Rating 3 out of 5]

The book was cute, and did give some insight on getting what you want.

[Candy Boisvert · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book made me such a bad girl!

[Valerie Baber · Rating 2 out of 5]

Cute. Silly. Just what you would expect.

[Cassie · Rating 5 out of 5]

hilarious