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Book Reviews of How To Lose Your Ass and Regain Your Life: Reluctant Confessions of a Big-Butted Star

How To Lose Your Ass and Regain Your Life: Reluctant Confessions of a Big-Butted Star
How To Lose Your Ass and Regain Your Life Reluctant Confessions of a BigButted Star
Author: Kirstie Alley
ISBN-13: 9781594862328
ISBN-10: 159486232X
Publication Date: 3/2005
Pages: 216
Rating:
  • Currently 3.2/5 Stars.
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3.2 stars, based on 48 ratings
Publisher: Rodale Books
Book Type: Hardcover
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15 Book Reviews submitted by our Members...sorted by voted most helpful

reviewed How To Lose Your Ass and Regain Your Life: Reluctant Confessions of a Big-Butted Star on + 219 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 1
I love Kirstie and was actually surprised to find out that she had written a book. It's a comical take on her life and the reasons for her lack of will power with her weight. Sometimes this book surprised me with the harsh, lewd comments, but it definitely let Kirstie's personality come through. It definitely is NOT a "How to lose weight" book, but more of an autobiography on her struggles with weight. It's a quick read and very enjoyable.
Readnmachine avatar reviewed How To Lose Your Ass and Regain Your Life: Reluctant Confessions of a Big-Butted Star on + 1470 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 1
Neither memoir nor humor nor diet book, this odd duck is a compilation of vignettes from Alley's childhood and musings about her weight, kids, and body image.
reviewed How To Lose Your Ass and Regain Your Life: Reluctant Confessions of a Big-Butted Star on + 15 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 1
Kirstie Alley is hilarious! This was a quick read and I didn't want to put it down.
kpurvis avatar reviewed How To Lose Your Ass and Regain Your Life: Reluctant Confessions of a Big-Butted Star on + 43 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 1
Funny Book! Easy read! Left me wanting more.
mylogirl avatar reviewed How To Lose Your Ass and Regain Your Life: Reluctant Confessions of a Big-Butted Star on
Helpful Score: 1
I laughed out loud throughout this book. It's hilarious!!
reviewed How To Lose Your Ass and Regain Your Life: Reluctant Confessions of a Big-Butted Star on + 63 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 1
She has a very comical and raw style, does not shy away from embarrassing details and graphic descriptions, and fills in the blanks on what you think you might know about her. If she wasn't so rich and famous, you would have the feeling you were having a hushed conversation at a sleepover with your slightly older, slightly slutty cousin who doesn't mind giving you EVERY detail of her last date. It's a quick read, warm and humorous with a sprinkling of scandal and groans and a little revenge, a good time. I definitely recommend it, and like the others reviewing it say, it is NOT a diet book, the theme of weight just is a constant throughout her adult life.
reviewed How To Lose Your Ass and Regain Your Life: Reluctant Confessions of a Big-Butted Star on + 2 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 1
Kirstie is REAL here. From reading this book I know, I could hang out with her. She lets us in to her world and you can see her honesty. This is not going to change the world, but it is interesting to get to know her.
SunnyBrook avatar reviewed How To Lose Your Ass and Regain Your Life: Reluctant Confessions of a Big-Butted Star on + 147 more book reviews
Great Book and refreshing humor on a frustrating subject!
reviewed How To Lose Your Ass and Regain Your Life: Reluctant Confessions of a Big-Butted Star on + 66 more book reviews
Quick, funny read. Very light reading.
reviewed How To Lose Your Ass and Regain Your Life: Reluctant Confessions of a Big-Butted Star on + 63 more book reviews
I found out a lot about kirsty that I didn't know, but not sure it really explains how to lose weight!
reviewed How To Lose Your Ass and Regain Your Life: Reluctant Confessions of a Big-Butted Star on + 80 more book reviews
Good book if you're a Kirstie fan. Funny and sometimes lewd, she does have a unique sense of humor!
I-no-books avatar reviewed How To Lose Your Ass and Regain Your Life: Reluctant Confessions of a Big-Butted Star on + 93 more book reviews
She's big, bawdy, and brash! Loved her sense of humor. Quick read
reviewed How To Lose Your Ass and Regain Your Life: Reluctant Confessions of a Big-Butted Star on
Great book, like Kirstie nobody could pronounce my name or spell it correctly, I like her as an actor as well as an author......

KR
SouthWestZippy avatar reviewed How To Lose Your Ass and Regain Your Life: Reluctant Confessions of a Big-Butted Star on + 265 more book reviews
Highly disappointed in this book. Filled with self loathing and she wants a pity party for all her wrong moves. Talks non-stop about her sex life, food life and does very little of owning up to her issues. Has an excuse for just about everything. Lay out of the book is weird. Parts are like reading from her diary and other feels fake or like she is holding back or hiding the rest of the story.
reviewed How To Lose Your Ass and Regain Your Life: Reluctant Confessions of a Big-Butted Star on + 124 more book reviews
Funny. Quick read. Book was very random, but enjoyable. A definite book for Kirstie Alley fans.