pickFantastic love letter to all things tacky. King looked at some of the tackiest pieces of pop culture in the 2000s (like the Canadian teen soap Degrassi: Next Generation I have on streaming now and my strangely beloved Jersey Shore and ANTM) and expounds on their cultural impact and impact on her own life. If you secretly love trashy shows and still dress as a guidette for Halloween, this is the book for you!
pickNot sure what to think of this one. It appears to be a social commentary on things many find tacky (Jersey Shore, Hot Topic, Cheesecake Factory), but instead it‘s a memoir incorporating those things into King‘s story. And the writing is good, but some of her life choices are a bit abhorrent to me. I‘ll give it a low pick since I enjoyed reading much of it.
I guess I'm still more at ease with the idea that I can be consumed than I am with the idea that I should be understood.
pickThis is basically a memoir. She talks about Creed and Jersey Shore, basically guilty pleasures, but frames them around her own story. I ended up really liking it but it started off as a hard sell.
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