Paris Hilton

When you think of the 2000’s what comes to mind? Flip phones, von Dutch trucker hats, and at least for me Paris Hilton. She was the it girl of the time. She was everywhere in the 2000’s so of course when she came out with her second book (her first being confessions of an heiress in 2004) I had to get it and lucky for me I had a credit to use on audible.

So to start off the book Paris first starts the book with a history lesson in the Hilton family, for those who aren’t familiar Conrad Hilton was an American businessman who founded the Hilton Hotels chain. From 1912 to 1916, Hilton was a Republican representative in the first New Mexico Legislature, but became disillusioned with the “inside deals” of politics. In 1919, he purchased his first hotel, the Mobley Hotelin Cisco, Texas, for $40,000, and subsequently capitalized on the oil boom. The rooms were rented out in eight-hour shifts. He continued to buy and sell hotels, and eventually established the world’s first international hotel chain. When he died in 1979, he left the bulk of his estate to the Conrad N. Hilton Foundation.

After that little history lesson Paris talks about her childhood she is the oldest of Kathy and Richard Hilton, she talks about her grandmother and how once she started to cause trouble she was sent to her grandmothers in California. She talks about feeling isolated from her family because of living with her grandmother at the time. She also discusses how she was kicked out of multiple schools for her crazy behavior and how a teacher groomed her and she almost ran away with him. She talks at length about the alternative school her parents sent her to where during the night two men kidnapped her and took her to Utah and she spent her teen years there, she describes being stripped searched and abused physically and mentally at this program. Paris details her many attempts at running away from the program and how she could never trust her family because they would always send her back no matter how much pleading she did.

After she finally left the treatment programs she discusses the simple life a short lived reality tv show with best friend Nichole Ritchie. She talks about how she believes had the sex tape never been released at the same time the show would have been more successful. And yes she talks about the sex tape that was released as a result of a jilted lover.

Personally I loved this book immensely happy that Paris was able to pull out of her wild girl party years and become a successful brand and have the life she wanted she has two beautiful children and a happy marriage and in the end isn’t that what everyone wants?

Counting the Cost

If I admit to having one guilty pleasure it’s that of reality tv, My mom and I call Sunday’s “train wreck Sunday” because we watch 90 day fiancé and sister wives. When I had COVID three years ago we even FaceTimed on Sunday’s when I was in the hospital to watch 90 day and Sister Wives. One of my lesser known loved reality tv shows was 19 kids and counting, I remember even watching the documentary series that started the whole phenomenon. So when I found out that the daughter Jill wrote a book I knew I had to read/listen to it. And now finally MONTHS later I finally got to listen to it.

Let me start off by saying I have no nor do I intend to read any of the previous books released by the parents during the high points of the families fame. Also full disclosure I was raised Catholic but am not a currently practicing Catholic, I went to church for the first time in god knows how long over Christmas for my grandmothers funeral.

That being said I was ready for whatever Jill had to say and boy did she have a lot to say! She didn’t hold back in this book, if you watched the documentary on Amazon prime you got the gist of the book but the even bigger theme of this book that wasn’t in the documentary was the thousands of dollars that the father Jim bob stole from his kids his own flesh and blood. Jill didn’t hold back in saying he’s essentially a douche bag ( my words not hers but still) and when discussing her brother Josh and his issues she literally calls him a monster.

Over all I loved the book it was an easy read in the sense it was only 9 chapters but it was hard to listen to knowing it was her own father who put her and her siblings through all of this, and their mother sat obediently by his side while he did it.

The Perfect Marriage

Out in the secluded woods, at the couple’s lake house, Adam engages in a passionate affair with Kelly Summers. But one morning everything changes. Kelly is found brutally stabbed to death and now, Sarah must take on her hardest case yet, defending her own husband, a man accused of murdering his mistress.

Ok so here’s the deal guys I posted a few weeks ago for suggestions on books for my next blog and my friend came up with three books this was one of them, and she didn’t disappoint me with this suggestion! I loved this book I have to admit I was intimidated by the 64 chapters listed but this was a pretty easy read for my unmediated ADHD brain. I simply loved this book there are some plot holes and such and if u have a basic understand of the judicial system somethings will bother you but besides that this is a great book! I have a kindle and I have kindle unlimited so I was able to get this book for free by the way.