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riseclare's review against another edition
2.0
Enjoyed reading about her life. The "Jeannie blink back in time" thing was repetitive and annoying. She is so lovely and I'm sure she did have MANY men interested in her, but it was a tad Eyeroll inducing how she wrote that ALL of these make stars were after her (Elvis!) and ALL of these actresses were intimidated by her. Lauren Bacall, Kate Hepburn? Not going to give her any grief for name dropping, as she knows that is what readers want to read! She is such a cute little thing though and I loved her in IDOJ. Didn't realize she lost her son and I'm glad she's found happiness.
sci_mom's review against another edition
2.0
Read the other 2 and 1 star reviews. That about covers it.
ml_lew's review against another edition
This book was horrible! It was essentially a bragging list of people Barbara Eden knew, worked with or got hit on by. By the end of the book I was just wishing she would stop talking!
blessedbookworm's review against another edition
4.0
Interesting book about Barbara's life, on screen and off. There were a lot of things I didnt know about her and some of it is really heart breaking. As others have pointed out, there is a lot of name dropping which gets old after awhile. Overall an interesting book if you are a fan.
karingforbooks's review against another edition
informative
lighthearted
fast-paced
3.0
Enjoyed the stories about various actors and the anecdotes about her jobs. Enjoyed learning about her personal life.
She has some outdated ideas about drugs and kids that were not my favorite but that’s not factoring into the rating.
Overall it was fun, if not super deep or memorable. It’s enjoyable
She has some outdated ideas about drugs and kids that were not my favorite but that’s not factoring into the rating.
Overall it was fun, if not super deep or memorable. It’s enjoyable
Content Warnings
Graphic: Drug abuse, Suicide attempt, Grief, Child death, Pregnancy, and Medical content
kera88's review against another edition
2.0
"Jeannie gossips about people she has met" should be the title of this book. Barbara Eden maybe a nice, honest person but she is not open about her life so I am not sure why she bothered with a book. mostly the book tells short stories about people she met mostly men who hit on her 'spoiler alert' every straight male she come in contact with. now the little stories she tells maybe true but I feel that she goes into details that are not her truths to tell. the few times she opens up about her self are very brief, I did laugh out loud when she spoke of a husband who was constantly name dropping and how she disliked this. considering how she name dropped thru 10 chapter, this was the funniest story she told.
for the last chapter or two she spoke of some more serious and tragic parts of her life, but the chapters where short. which I do understand why she would be unable to expand on such things.
for the last chapter or two she spoke of some more serious and tragic parts of her life, but the chapters where short. which I do understand why she would be unable to expand on such things.
mokey81's review against another edition
4.0
This was a really great read. It was amazing to read about all the people she had rubbed shoulders with. She definitely had a lot of stories about a lot of people. It was easy to read and, to be honest, I couldn't put it down. I read it in two days. Great book. My pet peeve is once again, it was written by Barbara Eden "with" someone else. I hate that because every word is suspect. But I'd recommend it. It was a good read.
tomaind's review
4.0
An interesting look into Barbara Eden's life and career. She has had a successful career in both television and movies. She has worked with and met many Hollywood legends. Barbara does a lot of name dropping in her life story. Hearing her tell it, almost every man in Hollywood has put the moves on her. Some I was very surprised about.
shannanh's review against another edition
4.0
A great story about Barbara Eden. She gave details about her personal life as well as filming on the set of I dream of Jeannie.