Pretty Mess by Erika Jayne

Pretty Mess by Erika Jayne, 289 pages

Pretty Mess is the story of how Erika Girardi became Erika Jayne, her alter ego personality.  It tells the story of how Erika grew up a poor child raised in the South by a single mother.  She moved to New York as a young adult and worked as a cocktail waitress and stripper while she went on auditions.  She met her first husband, Tommy, at a very young age and had her first child Thomas in her early twenties.  She struggled to find work as an actress, so she moved to Hollywood to go on auditions and worked as a cocktail waitress at an upscale restaurant.  This is where she met her current husband Tom Girardi, a very successful lawyer and much older man.  She does credit him for encouraging her to become Erika Jayne a risk taker performer who is very provocative.  Most people know her now from The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills.  This was a good book especially if you like to read about strong women who do what they want.

Drinking & Dating: P.S. Social Media Is Ruining Romance by Brandi Glanville with Leslie Bruce

Drinking & Dating: P.S. Social Media Is Ruining Romance by Brandi Glanville with Leslie Bruce, 242 pages

This is the second book by Brandi Granville who is better known for being on the Real Housewives of Beverly Hills on Bravo.  Or, maybe she is more famous for her cheating ex husband who left her for Lee Ann Rimes.  Unfortunately, I was a little disappointed in her second book. This book follows her dating adventures, mostly while drunk.  There is a couple things that bothered me about this book, or maybe more.  The book is full of the "F" word, a little more then I care to read.  She describes many of her dates and boyfriends, but disappointingly does not drop names.  I guess she is protecting their identity.  Also, the hash tags throughout the book became slightly annoying.  I read this book in a day, so if you are a fan of team Brandi or Twitter, then I would recommend this book.