Deep Thoughts From a Hollywood Blonde

by Jennie Garth, Emily Heckman

Beverly Hills, 90210's Jennie Garth shares her life experiences both on screen and off in this humorous and heartwarming memoir...“Revealing myself in these pages has been at times terrifying, but also one of the most liberating experiences of my life.…” In this candid and intimate memoir, Jennie Garth explores the highs and lows of her life, both in front of the camera and behind closed doors, revealing the joys and sorrows, successes and failures that have made her one unforgettable Hollywood blonde. From her rise to fame as a golden-haired teen beauty, to redefining herself as a single working mother, Jennie Garth has defied the odds and thrived in a town that can be more than a little tough on its blondes. Since Jennie landed in Hollywood at just sixteen, she has built an enduring career as a television and film actress, producer, and director, beginning with her iconic turn as Kelly Taylor on Aaron Spelling’s smash hit Beverly Hills, 90210, a show that ran for a decade and that cemented Jennie’s place in American pop culture. Recently, Jennie found herself facing her forties from a place she never expected to be newly single, in demand again as an actress after years spent focusing on her family, and all over the tabloids. With candor and a bawdy sense of humor, this is the real Jennie Garth—smart, funny, and stronger than she ever realized.

Genres: Memoir, Nonfiction, Biography, Audiobook, Biography Memoir, Celebrity, Autobiography

258 pages, Kindle Edition

First published March 4, 2014

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Reviews

[Julie Ehlers · Rating 3 out of 5]

Let's be honest: If you're not a fan of Jennie Garth, there's no reason to read this. It's competently (ghost)written, but it's definitely not a literary masterpiece. It also has a bunch of short chapters interspersed with the longer autobiographical ones, and these are clearly meant to be comical interludes, along the lines of Tina Fey's or Mindy Kaling's books. But Jennie is no Tina or Mindy, so these seem out of place and mostly don't really work. The one about her attempting to grow kombucha in her Toronto hotel room amused me, though; that one wouldn't have been out of place as a stand-alone humor piece in a magazine.

I can't really explain why I'm such a big fan of Jennie Garth, but given that I was willing to sit through at least one season of What I Like About You and her entire season (my first and only) of Dancing with the Stars, and even attempted to watch the 90210 reboot and her recent sitcom Mystery Girls (so, so terrible), of course I enjoyed this book. Some reviewers clearly thought there was not enough gossip about the original 90210, but I disagree--there were enough anecdotes to satisfy me. Given that Jennie still works in the business, there was no way she was going to trash any of her former coworkers. Ditto the lack of dirt on her divorce: Her kids might read this one day, so of course she's not going to throw her ex-husband under the bus. I did, however, long for more behind-the-scenes from Dancing with the Stars (yes, I'm serious), and I thought it was odd that she didn't mention the new 90210 at all. Bad experience for her, perhaps?

What most struck me about this book was how, although Jennie's parents were certainly not crazy stage parents, she was put in the position of having to support her family at a very young age. She took that responsibility very seriously, and the book does a good job of showing the impact it had on her personal life as the years went by. Like Amy Poehler's book, this one is light on tabloid-style gossip, but it feels honest and you finish it feeling like you've really gotten to know its subject. What more can you ask for from a celeb autobio?

[Jen · Rating 3 out of 5]

I've always like Jennie Garth as an actress. It was fun to read about her life and learn a little bit more about her. I feel like this book just skimmed the surface of every part of her life. I don't need scandalous tales for the set, but a few more stories would have been nice.

[Dawn · Rating 3 out of 5]

I've always liked Jennie Garth and loved Beverly Hills 90210. I was hoping for more stories about her time on the show and her marriage to Peter Facinelli, but she just seemed to skim the surface on these topics. I did not need scandulous stories, but just more details about these major events in her life. One contradiction I have is when she was talking about her first pregnancy. She went on about how they had to hide her growing stomach because she was playing a teenager on the show. I recently had been watching 90210 again, as my daughter was into the show, and she was no longer a high school student during that time. By that time, the show had been on for 6 or 7 years. I am glad that she and her castmates are still close, including Shannen Doherty.

[Gray · Rating 3 out of 5]

easy read kind of boring lacked depth but I finished it...worth the $1 I paid from dollar tree

[Sunshine Rodgers · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is my first time reading a book written by Jennie Garth. I met this actress at a 90's Convention, and she seemed really nice. She signed my DVD of the TV show, "What I Like About You." So, I was anxious to read her memoir, "Deep Thoughts from a Hollywood Blonde."

Jennie opens up her story from the very beginning. Chapter One is called: Down on the Farm, explaining her large family (she is the youngest of 7 kids), growing up in Illionois, her dad's heart attack and moving to Arizona. She describes the drama at the house and drama at school.

Jennie credits dance classes, a few local modeling gigs and entering a beauty pageant/talent-show scholarship as the path to being "discovered" by Randy James, who Jennie calls "Mr. Showbiz" throughout the book. "Mr. Showbiz" encouraged the acting classes and Jennie's move out to L.A. where she dropped out of High School - passed her equivalency exam - at 16.

I learned a lot about Jennie's professional resume. Her first acting gig was a guest part on the TV show "Growing Pains." She worked alongside such actors as Barbara Eden and Bradley Cooper on canceled shows. There are several chapters about her starring role on the TV show "Beverly Hills, 90210." I had never seen that show, but I appreciated the behind-the-scenes commentary. I especially enjoyed the chapters on the TV show I am more familiar with: "What I Like About You." I love the show "Dancing with the Stars," so it was fun to hear her personal experience. Jeannie talks about dealing with the paparazzi and being mistaken for Jenny McCarthy.

I learned a lot about Jennie's personal life. She got married at 22, which didn't last. She met- and hired- her second husband, Peter, for a movie Jennie was acting in and producing. (I am familiar with Peter Facinelli from the "Twilight" movies). Jennie was pregnant on both shows, "90210" and "What I Like About You" and what that meant as an actress and as a working mom. Jennie shares the intimate details about her divorce with Peter (which, I ended up siding with Jennie! Peter was working and never home).

I enjoyed the writing style. Every so often the author interrupts herself, saying things like "Wait a minute. Hold the phone." Or encourages the reader that "if you'd prefer not to hear the nitty-gritty, then you can just flip through the pages" (pg. 53) or "Please skip over this next part" when sharing about the true realities of reality TV (pg. 166). I do like that each chapter is pretty short, an easy read. There are photos in the middle showing her family and TV work.

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Reviewer's comments: The book is rated R due to language.

Jennie talks about taking advice from a healer, a shaman (who she describes as someone with magical powers (pg. 217), gurus, shrinks and going on retreats. Jennie said she converted to Catholicism so her and Peter could have a traditional Catholic wedding mass.

There are a few chapters that didn't necessarily need to be included- didn't progress the story-seemed irrelevant... like Jennie going to a fictious place in her mind or growing Kombucha or smashing plates.

The last 12 chapters about her divorce and handling singleness and being a single mom (and getting an emotional support dog) became a bit... depressing.

[Brooke · Rating 4 out of 5]

I have really loved watching Jennie Garth over the years. To her superstar role on 90210 to my personal favorite playing Val on What I Like About You, to dancing with the best pro on DWTS, and several others including a few other reality shows and a cute tv film called Holidaze. She’s talented, beautiful, and seems down to earth.

Having already been a fan of hers I think that helped in obviously liking this book more. Scrolling through goodreads reviews this hasn’t got the most love from readers and I’m not really sure why; unless you just aren’t a fan of hers. In my opinion, this was really well written for a Hollywood memoir, she’s not trashy or all about herself which was refreshing. She talks about the mistakes she made being a teenage star, (being bratty), and the regrets from those mistakes. She’s completely honest and apologizes.

I had going in known most of the things that had happened to her in her past, but it was fun listening to her on the audiobook tell it from the only reliable source: herself.

[Robyn · Rating 3 out of 5]

I grew up watching Jennie Garth on 90210 and tv so I was excited to read her story. It was nice hearing the stories of the set and her life getting there, however she left all real emotion out of this book. She is so busy not talking bad about her ex husband and her previous cast that you leave the book knowing you didn't get the full story. No it isn't her job to tell us everything in detail that has ever happened in her life but you can't write a book on your life and leave out so much. I just feel at the end that maybe her point with the book is that life goes on, that you shouldn't stop taking care of yourself and just focus on your kids. There is so much she could have shared on her marriage but didn't probably to protect her kids, it was probably hard to let go with this book only to say very little. I still like Jennie Garth but feel we got a sugar coated version of everything in her life including past friendships, when you have kids that are reading it, that could really play a roll in the end result though. Fun to read just the same.

[Kathy · Rating 2 out of 5]

"Deep Thoughts?" Talk about lite reading! It was like Cliff Notes (remember those?) she totally skimmed over YEARS of her life. I'd be reading along - then whoa - what happened? Did I miss something? Did 2 pages stick together? Nope. She'd skip from one decade to another with hardly a mention.I love biographies of just about anyone - as non-fiction and reading about people's lives has always been more interesting to me. And there were small parts of this that bordered on interesting - which kept me reading. But this was definitely NOT an in depth memoir - just bits & pieces strung together from beginning to end. (on second thought - a Cliff Notes version might have been more detailed!)

[Kelly · Rating 4 out of 5]

I know, I know. I'm kind of ashamed because I wanted to read it mostly for the BTS gossip on 90210, but also not because it was actually an all-around good read! Yes, there is plenty of dirt on the cast of 90210, her messy divorces, and why she decided to give her kids wild names. There's also a lot of humor, humility and sweetness as well.

I dig it, you might, too!

[M. G. A. · Rating 3 out of 5]

Audio. Mild dishing. Interesting to me.

[Jenn · Rating 3 out of 5]

I'm a 90210 superfan and went through many love hate relationships with Kelly Taylor. I did read the reviews of this book prior to reading so I knew it was not going to be what I wanted it to be. That being said it was a quick read. It is disappointing. It's not a memoir or a tell all. Jennie barely even says last names (though Google & IMDB make it pretty easy to figure out). There were no deep thoughts on her show ending, or how her marriage slipped away, nothing was ever mentioned about Twilight. It was as if she had a contract with Peter F. stating she could only mention his name 75 times in the book or something. The organization of the book seemed off to me. It was supposed to be chronological, but seems as if the time frames kept getting confused. Yes, obviously, she was not pregnant with her first child while she went to 90210's prom, especially since there is a picture of her in her wedding dress to Brandon with a baby in the book and that episode was after they graduated college. The show was on air for 10 years and there was a barely a blip. Tori Spelling is supposed to be the people pleaser, but it seems like Jennie wanted to write something but not piss off anyone. I'll totally watch her HGTV show though! And I just had to google which HGTV star she dated- Antonio! Really, I wouldn't call him a 'star' yet! This book really only wets the appetite, but certainly parts of it are interesting & it's a super quick read.

[Kristin · Rating 2 out of 5]

I somehow stumbled upon this fluff after reading Killing Lincoln and needed something to decompress. The book cover is so misleading and annoying. It makes the book out to be this salacious tell-all and I was embarrassed to be seen reading it. The actual book was not at all salacious, or gossipy, and not that full of deep thoughts either. It is simply the story of Jennie Garth's rise to fame and some of her ups and downs.

When will I learn my lesson? Every single time I read Hollywood memoirs I dislike them. By the time I'm done reading them I usually dislike the person writing the book too. I sort of feel the same way about this book. It was kind of interesting to learn about Jennie Garth and how she got her big break...but not really. It was kind of interesting to hear a few behind the scenes stories about Beverly Hills 90210...but not really. It was kind of interesting to read about her family, divorce, and her Dancing with the Stars experience...but again...not really. Maybe I would have liked this book more if she were a little more real and unguarded. The book was completely superficial. No digging deep into who she is as a person, what makes her tick, or what she has learned. The lack of depth made it a rather dull read for me. The good news is that this book isn't trashy or vindictive. The bad news is that it is boring.

My Rating: Boring

[Patty Gopez · Rating 4 out of 5]

As a die-hard "Beverly Hills 90210" fan as well as an avid watcher of "What I Like About You," I was stoked to hear from Jennie Garth, who will always in my eyes be Val. She seems so down to earth and her personality is very much like me - social enough because she needs to be but also a bit of a recluse. That said, this was a really fun read for the most part, aside from the sadness that was the end of her marriage to Peter Facinelli. As fun as the content was, I wish she gave us a little more scoop or at least more detail and anecdotes from the set of 90210, because, let's face it: majority of us who copped a copy of this really wanted to know just how much she'd dish about the 90210 days! And really, some of her anecdotes were unnecessary and frivolous, especially that one chapter devoted to talking about her and her assistant growing kombucha. Overall, it was a fun - albeit a bit darker - read than I expected.

[Jenn C Reads · Rating 3 out of 5]

So I read it, obviously, and I don't know what I wanted, but I wanted more. To be completely honest, it seemed like she took a backseat to her life. She got into the business because of Mr. Showbiz, her and Shannen didn't really fight, but Luke and Jason had to tear them apart, she moved away from her husband and didn't realize he wouldn't like that. It seemed like she didn't want to take the blame for anything that went wrong, but then was shocked when it did. The one thing I gathered from reading this was that the reason her second marriage failed was because of her parents' marriage. Because her father moved away for a while, but then re-joined the family, she thought she could too. But normal people aren't like that. I'm glad I read it, even gladder that I met her, but still disappointed by how little ownership she took.

[Beth Gordon · Rating 3 out of 5]

A quick read. While her early background was interesting, the story got less compelling to me once she started talking about 90210. Certain things were quickly gleaned over: dropping out of high school, her current status with Shannen, her marriages, the quick transition between her first husband and dating her second husband. And some things weren't even acknowledged, most notably how her husband's acting popularity skyrocketed with Twilight at the same time hers plummeted. I wondered how much of this role reversal contributed to their marital strife but not a mention at all.

[Katherine · Rating 4 out of 5]

I listened to this as an audio book borrowed from my library, and enjoyed hearing the book in Jennie's own voice. I was a HUGE 90210 fan, and I was initially drawn to the book as a light, fluffy and quick read. It is quick and light, but not all that fluffy. I was surprised to discover what a genuine, down-to-earth and likeable person Jennie Garth is. It's not that I had any negative perceptions of her before, but I found her to be very relatable and someone I'd genuinely enjoy meeting.

[Gudrun · Rating 1 out of 5]

This book seemed to be written by a child except that child would be more insightful. I have read many memoirs and this one sounds so like a Disney script, just because these are the parts she plays on tv dose not mean that her real live has to be like this. Maybe I'm just the wrong audience as I was interested to find out something real.

[Shelley · Rating 5 out of 5]

This was well written. Yes, I know it seems like it wouldn't be not only by the title but also by the author. To my surprise is was very honest and inspiring. I really enjoyed it. I loved the messages throughout the book.

[Gabriel Mero · Rating 5 out of 5]

The original 90210 aired 8 days before I was born and ended 5 months before my 10th birthday; I wasn't big into television shows until I was around 13, so the show went unnoticed by me. I fell in love with "Charmed" when I was 14 and, in turn, Shannen Doherty and was thrilled to learn that she had been on 90210, though I still never watched it. When the reboot of 90120 aired in the fall of my senior year of high school, I turned it on because Shannen was guest starring. I quickly became embroiled in the story lines and fell in love with the new and returning characters (Brenda, Kelly, Donna, and Nat,) even though I had no idea who they were. On a whim, I started watching reruns of the original 90210 on Soapnet on Saturday mornings and fell in love with the series, though I didn't seriously watch it until that summer when I graduated and had unlimited amounts of free time. I had loved Jennie Garth's Kelly in the reboot, but watching the original series, I found Kelly to be a whiny, sanctimonious twat (though I liked Jennie.) 10 years later, I've seen the original series at least three times the whole way through and LOVED the newest reboot BH90210 featuring Gabrielle, Shannen, Jennie, Brian, Jason, Tori, and Ian. Somehow, the fact that Jennie Garth had written a book, a memoir at that, escaped me until I was perusing a list of celebrity memoirs, looking for my next audio book.
I love that Jennie didn't dedicate the entirety of this book to her years on 90210, only because I know that there's more to her than that. What she did share was informative: her love/hate relationship with Shannen Doherty, how closed off she was during filming, the fact that she was pregnant during the filming of the seventh season (how have I not noticed this!?) as well as fun anecdotes about her close friendship with Luke Perry. I'm glad that Jennie and Shannen were able to put aside their differences once they'd both grown up and are now very close (at least according to Jennie.) For many years, Jennie Garth and Tiffani-Amber Thiessen were very good friends, but apparently have since fallen out; I had hoped that this book would reveal the tea on that situation, but alas, no sale.
I found Garth to be very open and honest in the telling of her life story, from a semi sexual assault at a young ate, to missing her father's dead by a matter of minutes, to the deep depression that she fell into after his passing, which ended up playing a vital role in the dissolution of her 12 year marriage to Peter Facinelli.
The Jennie Garth that is presented in this book is very humble, very human, very down-to-earth, relatable. She owns up to her past transgressions and offers sage words of advice on everything from learning to love yourself, to how to keep a veritably untarnished reputation in Hollywood.
Any fan of the Beverly Hills, 90210 franchise, What I Like About You, or just Jennie Garth herself will enjoy this book.

[Mediaman · Rating 2 out of 5]

This light book has a few interesting chapters but no "deep thoughts" beyond a lot of self-pity from the star. There's nothing worse than reading about the life of a rich and successful actress who is insecure but really has little to complain about beyond things that happen to all of us. Garth's life is pretty easy and she seems to sail through it. Even the drama of her young father's poor health ends up being melodramatic because he lives a long life and sees all of her success.

She does write in detail about some of her years on 90210, though she barely admits to any cast fights other than her dislike of one famously fired cast member. She then immediately says she's "best friends" with all of her old castmates, including Shannen. There's a little on the sitcom with Amanda Bynes and a few pages on Dancing with the Stars. Pretty much everyone she works with is great and every project is wonderful.

So Garth doesn't exactly spill her guts on these pages. She is very guarded about her private life. Her first husband is barely mentioned. She is with her second husband for 17 years and we only get a couple stories from it. She says little about her kids, especially the strikingly beautiful teen oldest daughter. The book seems to come to an ending around page 185, and then Garth pads it with 50 pages of sadness over the end of her marriage and her dating life. It's a whole lot of nothing, with short chapters and lots of white space, which is magnified by the terrible choice of title for the book. For a woman whose best friend is a psychotherapist Garth seems to have left all of her good stories in the counseling room and not put them on the page. This seems like a vanity project created to improve her image after the tabloids ripped her for the marriage break-up.

[Alison Cole · Rating 3 out of 5]

I finally finished reading this book! Started it last summer as a good way to destress at the end of the evening - by reading a gratuitous non-fiction story telling about the life of an actress (about my age), who was at the height of her glory when we were both teenagers/early 20s. I rarely watched 90210, but I was very aware of Jennie Garth in pop culture, and it's interesting to be able to delve deeper in their lives to see what it was really all about. It's a nice fantasy getaway for me.

Most of the book shared about her early years of fame. It was light reading (not very well-written), and really just a fluff book for me. Then when I continued reading it recently, she grew up, was married with kids, and things changed. The voice of the narrative changed to one of dark, serious and very pensive and reflective on her inner self. I appreciated her being so open about her struggles in her life relationship - I'm sure so many readers can relate. And what I especially like about celebrity memoirs is that it allows us, the mere mortals, to relate into their lives and to realize that we really are all similar, in some ways at least. I was studying in university while she has having her crazy and glamorous actress life, but our path may cross later in life as we are now both two mature women who have since learned many lessons that we can grow from and share.

Also important, she also shared the impact that her father dying had on her, and my heart goes out to her for this. I literally burst into tears when I read the part about her racing to get to him before he died. Again, relatable. Thank you, Jennie, for sharing your story and for being so open.

[Marci Stone · Rating 5 out of 5]

I’ve got to say, I really enjoyed this book. I watched 90210 in the 90s and feel like it’s one of those shows that grew up with me. At the time, I had long blonde hair and lived in Southern California. I always liked the Kelly character. This book includes short stories about Jennie life. They’ve shown a completely different side of her (as opposed to what the media portrays), and how she’s matured as a woman. She shows the good, the bad, and the ugly and does it with grace. I have to say that my favorite chapter in this book was “getting to know the girl in the mirror.“ This chapter really hit home with me and I suspect I’m going to have to re-read it several times. I feel as though I can directly apply this chapter to my own life. It’s clear that Jennie has been in therapy throughout her life as she’s tried to figure out life. She’s done a great job or expressing that in a way that may help others through the same issues. Loved it.

[Ronda · Rating 5 out of 5]

I personally never liked the character of Kelly Taylor, however I can relate to Jennie Garth. This book to me was raw! She spoke about real life struggles with grief and as a grief counselor even I struggled with the loss of my mother. Isolation, depression, being a people pleaser, losing a spouse and being a single mother I also relate. Grief whether in death or loss of a job/spouse/etc is hard at times and sometimes it takes longer for some to adjust than others. Grief has no time limit. I loved the fact she advocated for her sick daughter, I am special needs mom to a 26yo and am constantly advocating for him. This book to me not only helped me to cope while I spent the last couple weeks in hospital with son and just knowing there is someone else out there who has gone through what you have and they are still here standing tall is very encouraging to me…

[David · Rating 2 out of 5]

The only reason I bought this book was that I found it in the dollar store, and like many my age, have fond memories of watching Beverly Hills 90210, and in particular being jealous of Brandon Walsh, Steve Sanders, and the gang.

The section on 90210 was interesting, in a nostalgic sort of way, but the rest of the book was neither interesting, inspiring, or anything else. Besides 90210, Garth appeared in a sitcom, a reality show on fixing up a house, and Dancing With the Stars, and she now has a seemingly normal life as a single mother of three children. While I'm not into pop culture, I don't believe Garth is a household name to millennials, so other then folks who want to relive the early 90's-I'm not sure who this book would appeal to.

[Stephanie · Rating 3 out of 5]

I'm a shameless, die-hard Beverly Hills, 90210 fan and Team Brenda forever. But in watching the new series, BH90210 (of course I am) I've been gratefully surprised by all of the cast members' senses of humor and decided to listen to this audiobook as a light, quick read.

Certainly only fans would be interested but then, was there ever another market for this book? It's also a very "at peace" kind of memoir - Garth is not interested in talking trash or giving juicy gossip, so if you're looking for that type of sensationalism, this is not your book.

Overall a fun, if a bit too repetitively written, listen.

[Melanie Call · Rating 4 out of 5]

What a normal life!

I chose this book because I've been a Jennie Garth fan since 90210. As a young girl I thought she was the most beautiful woman ever.
This has to be the first celebrity autobiography I've read that does not include going off the deep end with drugs or alcohol. Even though those stories are juicy, it was refreshing to read about something new! In a the celebrity sense, Jennie's life could be seen as boring, but I enjoyed her book. The only downside for me was the short chapters. I think some of them could have been combined into a longer chapter for better flow.

[Janette · Rating 2 out of 5]

I picked this up because I was looking for something mindless to read and it was only $1.00 at the thrift store. As I was never a 90210 fan and almost never watched the show, it was just okay. The first 2/3 was a chronological telling of Ms. Garth's life, but the rest was a meandering, stream of consciousness mess. Her departure from high school is very telling, as there are grammatical and punctuation errors galore, which was distracting. So it's certainly not the best autobiography I've ever read. And while I did learn more about her life, I wouldn't recommend the book since it desperately needed a good editor.

[Sonja · Rating 2 out of 5]

I loved Jennie back in the 90210 days ( or even the something about you days) so I was excited when I found out she was releasing her autobiography. Unfortunately the book lived up to it's cover. She goes into depth about things you would think were build ups and then barely mentions things that you would know the reader would be interested in. I can understand that people/celebrities dont want the whole world to know their business but if so,then an autobiography is probably something they shouldnt do. She doesnt Mention her bff of Several years Tiffany Amber Thiessen because they've fallen out but by shunning her she also skips alot of notorious 90210 stories (and also one of the reasons why i read the book was to find out what happened between them that could ruin years of friendship) she Mentions her divorce from twilight actor,Peter, but very vaguely.She had been supporting him during her fame but as soon as he got his 5 minutes he left her. but insted she talks about houses. If she had taken her time and written a bit more honest book im sure it would have been alot more interesting

[Lauren · Rating 5 out of 5]

I have to say based in all the reviews I didn't expect much going in with this book. I was pleasantly surprised. I found Jennie to be incredibly humble, candid and down to earth. She struggled, fell down, picked herself back up and learned a lot about herself and life along the way. While I was hoping for some serious behind the scenes dirt I respect her for not dishing it. I found her life in general way more interesting to learn about. As a huge 90210 fan I enjoyed the tidbits but in reality I liked getting to know Jennie the person and not the actress. Very refreshing read.

[Tricia L. · Rating 2 out of 5]

I wanted to LOVE this book, I LOVE Jennie Garth, I LOVE Beverly Hills 90210. Instead, I somewhat enjoyed this book, but there wasn't enough of anything, I feel like she glossed over everything and just told us the bullet points of everything that happened throughout her time on 901210, her marriage, and all her other projects. She left out all the Lifetime movies she was in, I would have loved to know more about her experiences on those movies. I didn't feel like there were any real "Deep Thoughts" at all. Disappointing, sadly.