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Uncharted TerriTORI

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Welcome to Los Angeles, birthplace and residence of Tori Spelling. It’s not every Hollywood starlet whose name greets you on a Virgin Airways flight into la-la land. But Tori Spelling has come to accept that her life is a spectacle. Her name is her brand, and business is booming. Too bad when your job is to be yourself, you can’t exactly take a break.

Tori finally has every...more Welcome to Los Angeles, birthplace and residence of Tori Spelling. It’s not every Hollywood starlet whose name greets you on a Virgin Airways flight into la-la land. But Tori Spelling has come to accept that her life is a spectacle. Her name is her brand, and business is booming. Too bad when your job is to be yourself, you can’t exactly take a break.

Tori finally has everything she thought she wanted—a loving family and a successful career—but trying to live a normal life in Hollywood is a little weird. With the irresistible wit, attitude, and humor that fans have come to love, the New York Times bestselling author of sTORI telling and Mommywood is back with more hilarious, heartwarming, and candid stories of juggling work, marriage, motherhood, and reality television cameras.

Tori comes clean about doing her time on jury duty, stalking herself on Twitter, discovering her former 90210 castmates’ "I Hate Tori" club, contracting swine flu, and contacting Farrah Fawcett from the dead. Like many mothers, she struggles to find balance (Stars, they’re just like us!)—only most women don’t have to battle it out with paparazzi at the grocery store. She talks openly about the darker side of life in the spotlight: media scrutiny over her weight and her marriage to Dean McDermott, her controversial relationship with Dean’s ex-wife, and her unfolding reconciliation with her mother.

Having it all isn’t always easy—especially when you’re a perfectionist—but with the help of her unconventional family and friends, an underwear-clad spiritual cleansing or two, and faith in herself, she’s learning to find her happy ending. Because when you’re Tori Spelling, every day brings uncharted terriTORI.

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Just when you thought sTORI time was over, the beloved Hollywood starlet has so much more to say.

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"My life has changed dramatically in the past several years. I married Dean; we moved several times; we had two children; we created a show that has gone into its fifth season on the air. I have love. I have a family. I have a home. I have work. It’s all I ever wished for. But trying to be a perfect wife, mother, and mini-mogul has its challenges, especially if, like me, you want to be perfect at all of them at the same time." —from uncharted terriTORI(less)

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Published June 15th 2010 by Gallery Books

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Mar 25, 2011 Mare S rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: 2011-reads, autobio-and-biographies, memoirs, nonfiction

I love Tori Spelling. I love her show, Tori & Dean, and I love her other books, so it's no surprise that I enjoyed this book. Unlike the others though, many parts of this book are actually part of the show, just more fleshed out, so if you watch the show I'm not sure you'll want to spend the money to read this book (that's why I love the library!).

Overall, if you're a Tori Spelling fan, you'll probably like the book. It's Tori being Tori, taking us inside her crazy life as she tries to figur...more

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Dec 29, 2011 Jill rated it 3 of 5 stars

Shelves: reviewed

I have been wanting to read this one for awhile now and last week I bought it used on Amazon. I read both of her other two books and loved them from the start, this one I was a bit slower to warm up to. It did kick in and I was hooked, but not right from the start. I can't identify what it was about the start that didn't catch me, it could have just been built up anticipation since I thought the others were so funny.

Tori admits to being a workaholic who has trouble ceding control to others. I th...more I have been wanting to read this one for awhile now and last week I bought it used on Amazon. I read both of her other two books and loved them from the start, this one I was a bit slower to warm up to. It did kick in and I was hooked, but not right from the start. I can't identify what it was about the start that didn't catch me, it could have just been built up anticipation since I thought the others were so funny.

Tori admits to being a workaholic who has trouble ceding control to others. I think it is easy to get caught in the trap that we should be able to do everything and hard to accept that the way someone else might do something might not be the way we would have. But in doing everything by yourself you create a lot of extra stress. I can totally identify with this, but without all of Tori's perfectionist issues as well. I know I am not getting it all done and not getting it all done perfectly, but it is still easier to do things myself than try to explain how I want them done.

Tori has been having headaches for ten years now and has gone through a lot of doctors and other types of practitioners in her quest to be cured. She has another visit with the the voodoo practitioner she met with in one of her other books and this time is even more bizarre than the chicken being killed in front of her. She over thinks a lot of things in the same way so many of us do, but unlike the rest of us, she admits it and admits she is trying to work on it.

I'd like to say she is just like anyone else, and in some ways she is, she worries about her family and her health and what people are thinking about her, but she lives in a world most of us can't imagine. Last week I forgot to put make-up on before going to work one morning. I did two loads of laundry and got the kids ready and walked out the door without it. In the grand scheme of things it really didn't matter, it bothered me and made me self-conscious and I did consider coming home to remedy the situation but then I would have been late, but it wasn't like there was anyone hanging out to take a picture of me or I had to fear a headline about how I must be sick because I was out looking haggard. I can't imagine the extra stress of worrying that complete strangers are judging you.
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Dec 29, 2011 Kayla Guyette rated it 4 of 5 stars

Uncharted TerriTORI is the third book written by Tori Spelling (sTORI Telling and Mommywood come before it). Since catching an episode of Tori&Dean Home Sweet Hollywood I’ve been interested in Tori, which prompted me to buy her first book, second and now this one.

I really like reading her stories, she’s a great story teller. Reading her confessions of fear of Dean getting into a motorcycle accident or how she’s on guard with her mother, is something all of us can relate to on some level. So...more

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Oct 09, 2010 Jessica Lawlor rated it 3 of 5 stars

Shelves: read-in-2010

Uncharted terriTORI by Tori Spelling continues the story of Tori’s infamous Hollywood life. A huge Spelling fan, I’ve raved about her other two books, but I’m not so sure I had the same reaction reading Tori’s third memoir.

Whereas Spelling’s first book focused on her relationships and her second book focused on being a mom, this third book took on life in the limelight and the ups and downs that come with fame.

The thing I LOVED about the other two books was that Tori Spelling seemed so down to e...more Uncharted terriTORI by Tori Spelling continues the story of Tori’s infamous Hollywood life. A huge Spelling fan, I’ve raved about her other two books, but I’m not so sure I had the same reaction reading Tori’s third memoir.

Whereas Spelling’s first book focused on her relationships and her second book focused on being a mom, this third book took on life in the limelight and the ups and downs that come with fame.

The thing I LOVED about the other two books was that Tori Spelling seemed so down to earth and normal. In this book, she proclaims over and over again that she just wants to be normal but her words and actions just don’t match up.

I found myself getting annoyed reading about Tori’s “vacation” in the hospital where she was hospitalized for stress or for a migraine. In a few different chapters, Tori comes across as a hypochondriac who hauls herself to the doctor at any given moment for any small ailment.

Tori tackles the ebbs and flows of her marriage in this book and while she strives to come across as normal, her whining about her need to control everything and her constant nagging got old quite quickly.

However, I’m still a loyal Spelling fan and I did find a lot to love about this book. I always love stories of Spelling’s adorable children, Liam and Stella. I love reading about their funny and adorable moments.

Spelling still cracks me up with stories about how she got out of jury duty and the time she tried to adopt a pig from Denise Richards.

If you’ve seen the latest season of Tori and Dean on Oxygen, this book might seem a bit repetitive. Spelling was writing this book as the show was filming so we see a lot of repeat stories that have already aired on TV. However, it was still refreshing to hear the story in her own words.

The end of the story really resonated with me as Spelling attempted to get over her fear of flying and her need to always be in control by saying:

“Tightrope walkers may appear to walk effortlessly across a line, but they are working with all their muscles, with all their being, to fight the forces that constantly pull them in different directions. The more you train those muscles, the easier it is to walk that fine line. And so I creep forward, wobbly and fearful, but committed to all that I have and all that I am.”

Beautiful words and oh so true!

Even though this third book wasn’t my favorite, I’m hopeful that Tori Spelling will continue writing!(less)

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Sep 17, 2010 Jlaurenmc rated it 3 of 5 stars

I've been a fan of Tori Spelling since my senior year of high school, when I began watching Beverly Hills, 90210 and started a love affair that would last -- well, until now. My hours watching the 1990s teen drama are vastly reduced now, but there was a time when I watched it every week when a new episode aired, then in following years when reruns came on every morning and every afternoon -- for two hours each time. Ah, the days when FX and Soap Network were part of my life... To this day, if I...more I've been a fan of Tori Spelling since my senior year of high school, when I began watching Beverly Hills, 90210 and started a love affair that would last -- well, until now. My hours watching the 1990s teen drama are vastly reduced now, but there was a time when I watched it every week when a new episode aired, then in following years when reruns came on every morning and every afternoon -- for two hours each time. Ah, the days when FX and Soap Network were part of my life... To this day, if I happen to be home at a time when it's playing, I'm still likely to pause for a little while to see which episode is on. Is it early, when Brenda was still in an on-again/ off-again relationship with Dylan? Or later in the series, when Tiffani-Amber Theissen or Vanessa Marcil entered the picture? I'm pretty confident there isn't an episode of 90210 I haven't seen. Donna Martin wasn't necessarily my favorite character, but she was a constant, and the show wouldn't have been the same without her.

As an aside, she also starred in one of my all-time favorite, but mostly-unknown, flicks -- the Jackie O. inspired The House of Yes.

When she and newlywed husband Dean McDermott began filming their first season of Tori & Dean: Inn Love, I couldn't wait to see what Tori Spelling's real life was like... er, I mean, her "reality" life. I remember watching that season in amazement as Tori and Dean cooked, cleaned, and worked their way towards running an actual inn with actual guests. And then, of course, there was her pregnancy. I could hardly wait to see her little one. Since that first season, the McDermott-Spelling household has seen many changes, with not one but two mini-McDermotts running around now. The show's name changed from Inn Love to Home Sweet Hollywood, and the family moved from deep southern California back to Los Angeles, and has seen at least one or two L.A. neighborhood moves since then.

In uncharted terriTORI, the reality star's third memoir, Tori continues telling her side of the story. Although disappointed by a couple of overlap recollections (I've watched every episode of Tori & Dean: Home Sweet Hollywood -- I didn't need a season five recap), overall the book was exactly what I expected, and exactly what I wanted. More Tori, more Dean, and more little Monkey (Liam) and Buggy (Stella). In this book, Tori discusses her own difficulties in being not only a wife, mother, and self-professed workaholic, but also herself. She recalls her attempts to heal her constant headaches and stomach troubles by one holistic and traditional healer after another. After undergoing past-life therapy, voodoo rituals, and hospitalization at Cedars-Sinai, she finally finds a sense of calm in an energist's office. Only she has the power to force self-growth and find peace, she realizes.

Sometimes goofy (I mean, really -- she and Dean were married in a past life and he killed her, prompting their current marital problems in this life?), but always down-to-earth and "real," uncharted terriTORI is Tori Spelling not only as she wants everyone else to see her, but as she really is: successful, hardworking, loving, and above all -- uncertain. But trying hard. Really, really hard. Tabloids and naysayers both spread lies and report truths better left private, but her series of memoirs has given Tori a chance to speak for herself. uncharted terriTORI is another honest attempt to communicate with fans and offer explanation for so many things. I've enjoyed them all thoroughly, as I enjoy her reality show each season. But Tori Spelling owes me no explanations; I like her just as she is -- quirky, funny, beautiful, family-oriented, and stylish.
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Sep 01, 2010 Tara D-K rated it 1 of 5 stars

I don't know what happened to this girl. Unless she was just writing outright lies in the first book, I'm baffled by this latest tale of her life. I don't know why she would want to put this out there as a representation of what/whom she wants people to think she "really" is and what she's like.

The ENTIRE book is about how she's a workaholic self-proclaimed "Mini-Mogul" and basically the best mom ever because she can't reliquish control to anyone with anything done with her kids. She doesn't wa...more I don't know what happened to this girl. Unless she was just writing outright lies in the first book, I'm baffled by this latest tale of her life. I don't know why she would want to put this out there as a representation of what/whom she wants people to think she "really" is and what she's like.

The ENTIRE book is about how she's a workaholic self-proclaimed "Mini-Mogul" and basically the best mom ever because she can't reliquish control to anyone with anything done with her kids. She doesn't want people to think she doesn't spend time with her kids so she has become a martyr without using the word.

The book is offensive and it takes a lot of offend me. She talks about getting out of jury duty in such a spoiled way as she's trying to say she didn't want "celebrity treatment". She HAS to mention how she's like a "gay icon" in just about every chapter. We know about the "Guncles" already. Enough. We get it, you have a lot of gay friends.

Then this healer BS! Oh my god- it's nuts. I believe in astrology, I believe you can be healed in alternative ways but she just went too far and I think it was all basically "for the good story". I mean, a lot of it she did for her show.

Talking about Dean's ex-wife too- totally crosses a line. You want to have a nice relationship with this woman- well, WTF- don't talk about the details of her pedicure and use it as a measure, PUBLICLY to decide if she has a boyfriend or not! If she does, it's all the better for you because people forget you went after a married man. Leave her alone. Don't talk about her. Don't speculate about her dating- it's none of your business! It's just all SO disrespectful. You're not being FUNNY, you're just being classless.

Lastly, the paranoia of something happening to her is just ridiculous. I don't think it's an actual fear of something happening to her, but she actually likes to come up with what the HEADLINE would be in the tabloids. I don't even know what to say about that.

I would NOT recommend this book to anyone. I read it because it was 159 pages and I read the first two. I didn't think the third could be worse than the second- I thought she'd redeem herself. Nope. (less)

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Jul 31, 2010 Candi rated it 2 of 5 stars

Sadly I have to say that this book was the worst out of all 3 of Tori Spelling's memoirs. After reading her other books and watching her reality show there wasn't much in this book that I didn't already know. I did enjoy the chapter written about how she made amends with her mother..that was touching.
I had bookmarked a page in her book (on my iPad- love the bookmark feature!)about her visit to a Reiki practitioner who helped her deal with her fear of flying among other things. I could relate to...more

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May 30, 2011 Pam rated it 2 of 5 stars

Shelves: memoir

it's hard to compare this book with Tori's first two. if you've seen her TV show, then you've pretty much read this book. and I supposed that's what makes this one harder to enjoy- since before you really felt like you were getting a new piece of information.

I felt like I was having a panic attack the entire time I was reading this book. her thoughts are so scatterbrained and busy, it was sometimes hard to follow her logic.

I am hopeful for her that she can have a relationship with her mother, as...more

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Dec 29, 2010 Kim Smiley rated it 4 of 5 stars

I liked this book. If you watch the Tori & Dean shows on Oxygen, this book is pretty much a summary of everything they've gone through on the show. I guess in a way it would have to be since it is her life.

The nice part is you got to read her impressions of spending Christmas at her mother's house, the first time she had seen her mother face to face in 2 years. I'm so glad to see that they're speaking again and in eachother's lives. I think Tori is right too; both of them let the ragmags bl...more

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Apr 07, 2012 Susan rated it 2 of 5 stars

Shelves: fun-reading

I like her books. They are not going to win a Newbery Award or anything, but they are a fun read! I am over compulsive and can totally relate to her over thinking everything. I am a baker, and can also relate to the total disappointment when someone brings a store bought good and it is still in the store packaging! (Sandra Lee has some good tips on how to spurce up a store bought item for those with limited time, hint).

Tori has a writing style that "goes all over the place." She jumps from idea...more

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Dec 22, 2010 Terri rated it 3 of 5 stars

This book isn't fine literature (anyone reading this and knows who Tori Spelling is should be well aware of this), but it's an entertaining look into the life of Tori Spelling. What makes this book slightly better than her two previous books (yes, Tori Spelling has written three books!) is that she seems to have emotionally matured from her previous books. In Uncharted TerriTORI she writes more about the present and future rather than rehashing her childhood and family drama, which was a major f...more

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Dec 05, 2010 Candy rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

I can't stop reading these memoirs. I blame my mother. My unassuming mother is, apparently, a huge fan of Tori Spelling and her reality TV show. Who'd have thunk it? Anyway, she raved about Spelling's first memoir and insisted I read it. I did so it would keep her happy. Needless to say, I ended up loving it. Everything I thought about her and how she thinks was wrong.

I think she may be pumping these out too quickly though. This covered such a small period of time that it's starting to feel like...more

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Oct 03, 2011 westernway rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: biography-autobiography, from-library

I chose this book looking for some light and gossipy reading and I was not disappointed. This book is just like her TV reality series which I found to be one of those trashy tv programmes that you just cannot help watching. If you have seen the TV series or read any of the gossip then there are really no surprises here. The segment about her illnesses did annoy me slightly (going to the ER because of a headache) but I guess that is because I live in England where we have GP so therefore don't ne...more

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Jul 22, 2010 Nicole rated it 2 of 5 stars

Since I reserve my one star ratings for books I can't finish I had to give this one two stars since I did make it through, but that does seem quite generous.

I'm not sure why - probably because of my teenage years of watching 90210, or my feeling of obligation since I read her first two books - but I'm back with a review of her third book.

Much like the first two I was unimpressed - and actually quite turned off - by her stories of her "normal" life being a mom.

I mean really with writing like - we...more

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Sep 09, 2012 Zelda rated it 3 of 5 stars

I probably could have spent those hours in a better way but I didn't. I spent them reading all three Tori Spelling books. I can't even say why exactly. I mean, there are zillions of celeb biographies out there that I wouldn't bother with and I'm not a huge Tori Spelling fan girl by any stretch. But there is something compelling about her story. The dazzling wealth and the early fame and the scathing, bitter criticism and bullying by the press that has been a part of her life for so long. What is...more I probably could have spent those hours in a better way but I didn't. I spent them reading all three Tori Spelling books. I can't even say why exactly. I mean, there are zillions of celeb biographies out there that I wouldn't bother with and I'm not a huge Tori Spelling fan girl by any stretch. But there is something compelling about her story. The dazzling wealth and the early fame and the scathing, bitter criticism and bullying by the press that has been a part of her life for so long. What is it like to live that life?

Now, beginning with the only somewhat plausible assumption that everything written here is true, or at least true in her perception, Tori Spelling comes across as a far more genuine person than one might imagine. She lives a better life than most of us but she hustles for it. Most people probably don't know that she does not have access to a trust fund. She inherited 800k at when her father, the fabulously wealthy television mogul, Aaron Spelling, died.

800k sounds like a lot to most of us, but, as Spelling tries to explain, it was such a tiny fragment of his wealth that it was shockingly little. She understands how it will sound to most of us to hear her explain why this was a disappointment to her but her explanation makes sense. It wasn't as if her father had ever said to her, "I'm not living you a fortune. You'll have to work for what you get." On the contrary, she was raised to never give a second thought to the cost of anything. She had a bottomless credit card that she used extravagantly. She rarely even looked at the cost of anything. She was a kid that got a tree covered in $20 bills for her birthday every year. In her world, money grew on trees. Then it didn't.

How she handles that is interesting and admirable. No. For real.

Other surprises: yes, she knows everyone thinks she's ugly. She knows about the horse jokes. She knows everything we've been saying. That's okay. She doesn't think she's ugly.

Meeting her current husband? Not her finest moment. She doesn't pull any punches or cut herself much slack. Neither does she apologize.

Most interesting is hearing her talk in all 3 books about her biggest struggle: to be Tori Spelling and market Tori Spelling the brand while trying to prove to everyone that she isn't "Tori Spelling" the person you think she is. And why it even matters to her.

You won't be missing out if you don't read the books but if you've thought about it reading it, you probably won't regret it.(less)

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Jul 10, 2010 Brooke added it

Just bought this book! Can't wait to read it!

UPDATE: Read it in 2 1/2 days. AMAZING BOOK! I love how Tori writes-she is so honest and doesn't hold back. It was great to hear how she was so sick, from H1N1, then she was making herself sick from working so much.

Here's my "open note" to Tori:

Dear Tori-
Honey, we (the fans) love you, we don't want to see you sick. If you take a break from all your jobs for a few weeks, I KNOW nobody would judge you. Yes, you have all these irrational fears (as you p...more

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Apr 17, 2011 Laura-Jane Barber rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: biography, audiobook, non-fiction, memoir, 2011

As I listened to Mommywood on a road trip last summer, I discovered the awesomeness that is listening to Tori Spelling's Audiobooks. Uncharted TerriTORI might be the most revealing of all of her books. Tori shares a lot of herself in this autobiography. She is absolutely adorable, a little kooky, and a normal person. She's a workaholic and a perfectionist, constantly self-critiquing; someone with whom so many of us women can identify. I enjoy hearing all of her stories and I appreciate how open...more

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Sep 17, 2010 Pam Leffler rated it 5 of 5 stars

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Apr 12, 2012 Christina (Confessions of a Book Addict) rated it 3 of 5 stars

I felt like sTori Telling and Mommywood were perfect for some mind candy, so when I borrowed Uncharted teriTORI from a friend, I knew I was in for another quick and leisurely read. Uncharted TeriTORI picks up where Mommywood leaves off and once again readers find Tori struggling to balance work, family, and her relationships. She is dealing with turning her brand into a business while also trying to raise her kids in the limelight. Of course there's more of Tori's laugh out loud moments that any...more I felt like sTori Telling and Mommywood were perfect for some mind candy, so when I borrowed Uncharted teriTORI from a friend, I knew I was in for another quick and leisurely read. Uncharted TeriTORI picks up where Mommywood leaves off and once again readers find Tori struggling to balance work, family, and her relationships. She is dealing with turning her brand into a business while also trying to raise her kids in the limelight. Of course there's more of Tori's laugh out loud moments that any person can relate to and fun juicy details about her life. Just as with Mommywood, if you are a fan of Tori's reality television show, you will enjoy Uncharted TeriTORI and another peek into Tori Spelling's busy life.

There's a lot in Uncharted TeriTORI about Tori's struggle to balance work and family. She finds herself sick and hospitalized in many parts of this book, which surprised me. I knew Tori was a workaholic, but I didn't know she was so often ill. Tori once again shares moments of parenting that had me laughing out loud (such as Liam's various play dates) and other times I felt bad for her as the other parents at Liam's school really judge her. Tori just wants to fit in and find her place.

There's more information about Tori's relationship with her mom, Candy Spelling. At this point in Uncharted teriTORI they are trying to repair their relationship and Tori attends her mother's fancy Christmas party along with all of her kids. Also, there's some up and down moments with Dean and details about her former 90210 cast mates, which I found particularly interesting. I had no idea that she didn't really keep in touch with any of them, other than Jennie Garth, and they all seem to not talk to Tori.

If you want another fun and mindless read, which would be perfect on a summer day lounging by the pool, you must pick up Tori's books, especially if you are a fan. I hope she writes more, because I hear that she is pregnant with her fourth child right after giving birth to Hattie! Now that is going to make for a great read and another great adventure.
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Jul 01, 2011 Melissa rated it 3 of 5 stars

Shelves: non-fiction

I read her first book sTORItelling, but missed Mommywood altogether. They were both fast reads and I got through this in just a few hours time. Since I haven't watched their show since Stella was born I didn't know most of the events/stories from this latest edition. Wasn't great, but wasn't awful either.

I know she grew up "rich", and that she was accustomed to nice, designer items in her prior Spelling Dynasty life, but I found it really annoying how she continually "label dropped" throughout...more

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Jul 20, 2010 Cindy rated it 3 of 5 stars

This book is a fast, easy, brain candy kind of read.

In most of the reviews I've read on Uncharted TerriTORI, this is the least liked compared to her other two books. But Uncharted TerriTORI is actually my favorite. True, Tori is very neurotic and it is weird to read about her fascinations with psychics and self-healers, but I loved the fact that she is very candid, admits her faults and makes fun of herself and her strange and totally out-there ideas.

What I really loved about this book though is...more

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Jan 20, 2013 Michele rated it 3 of 5 stars

This is a book that is completely out of the norm for me. I have a curiosity about celebrities and how they manage their lives as an actor, spouse, business owner, relations with family, writer, mother/father, home manager etc. It intrigues me. I'm interested and curious about learning from anyone how they overcome obstacles in their lives. So to be honest, i enjoyed reading about Tori and her daily struggles. She seems very real and i can appreciate that about her. (i have never watched any of...more

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Jul 11, 2010 KDNH rated it 2 of 5 stars

It took me a while to hop on the Tori Spelling bandwagon. I was never a fan of hers during 90210 and didn’t care to see her movies or give her a second thought, really. Then her reality show came out and two of my girlfriends (LibraryLove being one of them) talked about how much they loved her and how funny she was on her show with her family. So I sighed heavily and watched an episode of the show. I was surprised to find I actually liked her! Tori’s wit and humor cracked me up and her sweet rel...more It took me a while to hop on the Tori Spelling bandwagon. I was never a fan of hers during 90210 and didn’t care to see her movies or give her a second thought, really. Then her reality show came out and two of my girlfriends (LibraryLove being one of them) talked about how much they loved her and how funny she was on her show with her family. So I sighed heavily and watched an episode of the show. I was surprised to find I actually liked her! Tori’s wit and humor cracked me up and her sweet relationship with Dean was endearing and cute to watch.

So naturally I stayed on the bandwagon and read (and loved) both of her first two books, sTORI telling and Mommywood. I loved how candid she was and how much she shared. My mouth dropped while reading of her mothers’ neuroses at her first wedding, and I couldn’t imagine having a mother as neurotic as Candy Spelling.

While the show has fallen down my favorite list, I still wanted to read the newest Tori book. But I was so disappointed with this one. More than one chapter detailed events that have aired on the show (stale material, anyone?) and I felt like the book makes Tori Spelling look like a freak-show. I mean, really. The woman is afraid of EVERYTHING and quite frankly, that’s exhausting to read about over and over. She (admittedly) lives her life in fear of anything and everything that could happen in a given day. I rolled my eyes more than once, thinking “Get a hold of yourself, woman.”

Tori’s obsession with other world mediums is out there. She consults psychics (even gifting visits with them for loved ones) and has voodoos performed in her home and on her person. Feeling she had an evil spirit within her, “Mama Lola…combined cornmeal, dried beans, vegetables, and chopped-up yams. She added gin and Florida water, a cologne from the nineteenth century that’s still popular in South American and Caribbean cultures…chanted…slashed my clothing into strips.” She goes on for an entire chapter about this experience and it leaves me (the reader) wondering why this wasn’t a “private” event that she refrained from publishing?

Reading about her going to her mother’s for a Christmas party convinced me she is JUST like her mother. Once portrayed to be a loony tune, Candy Spelling raised a daughter just like her. Communicating through Candy’s assistant, Tori plans to attend a Christmas party at “The Manor”, the obscene Spelling private residence. Reading about Tori getting ready for this was unreal. She went to Papyrus to get their fanciest gift wrap paper for the hostess gift she was giving her mother. When curling her hair, she writes, “How would my mother react? Would she think I was too old for long, loose curls? Would wearing it up be more lady-like?” While picking out her outfit, she writes “I started with red…but then I got nervous about wearing red because I didn’t want my mother or anyone else to think I was trying to steal the show. I must have tried on a total of eight dresses.” I mean, listen, I get that there are perfectionists out there, but this is exhausting. No wonder Tori winds up in the hospital, literally sick to her stomach with stress and migraines on more than one occasion. She drives herself crazy!

I am disappointed to post a negative review because I’ve been a fan for a while. But this book paints Tori Spelling as a self-obsessed, neurotic, spoiled and materialistic wack-a-doodle. Definitely not my favorite of her books. Though she was still funny in her writing, the craziness far outweighed the comedy. Maybe next time?

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May 28, 2012 Jaymee Johnson rated it 5 of 5 stars

In the Tori Spelling books, she talks about a day in the life of her. She tells personal stories and the fun she had. All of the experiences she learned from and everything. She has a lot of funny stories along with ones that are serious.
I love the books by Tori. I like how it is by the person the stories are about. I also like how you know the stories are true and some of them you can relate to. You know it's not just a made up story but it actually happened to someone. I think that is a really...more

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Jul 04, 2010 Ocean rated it 3 of 5 stars

I love Tori Spelling so there was no way I would skip this book even with some of the bad reviews. I found it wasn't as good as the first two, but I was able to finish it in one day and am glad I read it. I think this book was written more for her than for her fans, a bit of a healing book for Tori. It dealt with a lot of things that I haven't seen on their show, which was nice. I felt I got to see another side of Tori, she always tries so hard to appear perfect that I had no idea of all the phy...more

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Apr 15, 2011 Carolann rated it 4 of 5 stars

CONFESSION: I love Tori Spelling. She utterly and totally amuses me beyond belief. I watch her show, follow her twitter, and … own all three of her books.

Really. I do. I can’t help it. I think she is fabulous.

This latest book, Uncharted Territori, it is different from her previous two tomes. This third foray into the lit scene seems to be more personal. And while Tori always appears honest & open in her bios, this one seemed to wash away that last layer of celebrity, and show her true naivet...more

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Aug 03, 2012 Tiffany rated it 3 of 5 stars

I am a huge Tori Spelling fan. I love her tv show Tori & Dean and have read her first two novels, sTori Telling and Mommywood. This third book is an extremely brief read and if you are a fan of her reality tv show and saw the 5th season- there is NO need to buy/read this book. The book's timing aligns with the most recent season of Tori & Dean and there is barely any new material. I was saddened by this and feel like the publishers rushed the book to press to profit on the momentum of To...more

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Jul 08, 2010 cami rated it 3 of 5 stars

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Jun 24, 2010 Stephanie rated it 3 of 5 stars

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I never watched Beverly Hills 90210, but was curious about Tori Spelling's first book after hearing so many people talk about how candid she was about her life and how grounded she is. Intrigued, I read her first, second, and now this, her third book. I find her stories mostly entertaining with some mild eye-rolling thrown in at times; her kids are at the ages where they say and do really funny things, so that is fun to hear about. One thing I really like about Spelling is that she doesn't take...more

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Aug 24, 2010 Lori rated it 3 of 5 stars

I am an unapologetic Beverly Hills 90210 fan (the original, that is). There, it's out in all its embarrassed and shameful glory. As such, I am also a fan of Tori Spelling as well as her now defunct series So NoTORIous and the current Tori & Dean: Home Sweet Hollywood. Don't judge.

I enjoyed Tori's first book, sTORI Telling. I found it to be much like So NoTORIous - - refreshing, able to make light of her own celebrity, laugh at herself and appearing honest. Tori is humorous and it came throu...more I am an unapologetic Beverly Hills 90210 fan (the original, that is). There, it's out in all its embarrassed and shameful glory. As such, I am also a fan of Tori Spelling as well as her now defunct series So NoTORIous and the current Tori & Dean: Home Sweet Hollywood. Don't judge.

I enjoyed Tori's first book, sTORI Telling. I found it to be much like So NoTORIous - - refreshing, able to make light of her own celebrity, laugh at herself and appearing honest. Tori is humorous and it came through in spades with sTORI Telling.

Not so much with this effort. Not that there is anything wrong with Unchartered TerriTORI. The writing style and the tone keep in step with her first tome and there are some very humorous sections in this one, including the opening chapter with Tori on an airplane, headed back to Los Angeles (or better known as "the birthplace of Tori Spelling!").

I liked the portions of the book that dealt with Murray (although keep a tissue handy), with the reliable and beloved Patsy and even the chapter on how Tori's former 90210 co-stars currently feel about her today. Just like high school, indeed.

But truth be told, I could have done without the jab at Mary Jo Eustace, Dean McDermott's former wife. They are divorced, have been divorced, and I think it's high time that Tori refrain from reminding us that Dean left her and the state of their sex life at the time. It makes Tori appear petty and churlish.

And if, like me, you watch Tori and Dean's Oxygen network reality show, much of the book will no surprise to you, as you've already seen it, from the cross country trip in the RV, to Dean's motorcycle accident to Mama Lola. That was likely the biggest disappointment to me - - that the book felt like a rehashing of what was previously aired on Oxygen.

But like her previous efforts, Unchartered TerriTORI was a quick and breezy read, as light as cotton candy and ultimately as filling. The book is a cute read while immersed in it but you might be left thinking that Tori wrote about a whole lot of nothing by the last page.

I would recommend it for Tori Spelling fans and for a light and pleasant beach read but would probably encourage a library rental versus a purchase.
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