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The author of the bestseller Insatiable pens a new book about turning thirty in the adult film trade. Internationally known as a porn star, Asa Akira's perceptive, funny, and straightforward writings on love, sex, death, marriage and celebrity come together in a surprising book of essays. Personally revealing as well as universal, Dirty Thirty marks the coming of age of a new literary star. Review: I love Asa Akira! Can't wait to read more books from her! - I have read every porn star memoir and Asa's is definitely the best. Her writing style is funny and each chapter is a short story about her life. I love the haikus and I enjoy Asa's writing a lot. I knew Asa as a porn star but never really watched her porn. Getting to know her through this book made me look at her porn with an "awww" feeling. Especially the scenes with her and her adorable husband, Toni Ribas. He seems like such a sweet guy and they have the ideal porn couple relationship with clear boundaries and lot of communication. Toni also seems really good at putting up with Asa's crazy tantrums. This was such a fun read. I enjoy Asa's books way more than her porn. She's an amazing porn star but I hope she makes time to write more books! I'm a total fan. Review: Enjoyable - You never know what to expect when it comes to memoirs, especially as it relates to those in the entertainment industry. The finished product seems effortless, beautiful, and leaves the audience wanting more. Asa invites readers into an industry that is often misunderstood and gives us her perspective on porn, her life experiences, and becoming successful in this industry. I was left pleasantly astounded and intrigued by her book and would recommend it
| Best Sellers Rank | #1,263,806 in Books ( See Top 100 in Books ) #2,227 in Actor & Entertainer Biographies #3,105 in Women's Biographies #8,121 in Memoirs (Books) |
| Customer Reviews | 4.4 out of 5 stars 307 Reviews |
T**3
I love Asa Akira! Can't wait to read more books from her!
I have read every porn star memoir and Asa's is definitely the best. Her writing style is funny and each chapter is a short story about her life. I love the haikus and I enjoy Asa's writing a lot. I knew Asa as a porn star but never really watched her porn. Getting to know her through this book made me look at her porn with an "awww" feeling. Especially the scenes with her and her adorable husband, Toni Ribas. He seems like such a sweet guy and they have the ideal porn couple relationship with clear boundaries and lot of communication. Toni also seems really good at putting up with Asa's crazy tantrums. This was such a fun read. I enjoy Asa's books way more than her porn. She's an amazing porn star but I hope she makes time to write more books! I'm a total fan.
C**E
Enjoyable
You never know what to expect when it comes to memoirs, especially as it relates to those in the entertainment industry. The finished product seems effortless, beautiful, and leaves the audience wanting more. Asa invites readers into an industry that is often misunderstood and gives us her perspective on porn, her life experiences, and becoming successful in this industry. I was left pleasantly astounded and intrigued by her book and would recommend it
T**I
If you want to know Asa Akira life during 30 then please read.
As a huge Asa Akira fan I really liked this book. Now that being said her first book Asa Akira: Insatiable is better book and if you haven't read that one yet I highly recommend doing that first, so you can get the whole story and a back ground knowledge of what she was going threw and thinking before she turned 30. Now this book Asa Akira: Dirty Thirty is a book about the year when Asa Turns 30 and how it effects her not only as a adult star but also as a western women. There are funny and entertaining parts and there are sad parts much like her first book. But it hits different because this is clearly a new page being turned for Asa and her career, and if you know where she is now in her life (which is motherhood with a new guy and being a ambassador for phub) you see some foreshadowing. Basically what I'm saying is if you haven't read the first book please do so, then read this book if you want to see more of Asa and also see how the seed of who she is today was planted. I love Asa Akira!
K**W
Great book. Fun read and always an interesting perspective ...
Great book. Fun read and always an interesting perspective into the life of a porn star. After reading her first book I was definitely excited to get this one and it was pretty neat how Amazon released it 1 week before brick and mortar.
J**E
not much insight or substance to this book that you ...
not much insight or substance to this book that you didn't already experience in her first book "insatiable". Personally I believe this book should have been incorporated into "insatiable" and sold as one memoir, not two.
A**R
PTA Approved
Just joking, straight, honest, no holds bared, open, truthful (I think). Understand her daughter has a way above I.Q., like her mother. Is there anything in your sex life you haven’t done. There is humor in this book. Old Ron Florida
D**Y
Love the book
Love the book! I discovered a small tear in one of the pages but it didn't interfere with reading it. It came quicker than expected. THANK YOU! I suggest also reading her first book if you get the chance!
T**N
Admire Asa's courage and rawness, always honest even if it makes her look bad!
Love examining the psyche of those who work in the porn industry. Asa's book was a pretty good read and i admire her raw honesty even when she portrays herself in a negative light. This book is funny insightful and for me definitely confirms all those stereotypes about so many females who work in porn. I.e drug abuse, sexual abuse when younger, etc. I hate to be a judge of character but this lady is really a narcissistic neurotic mess! But still...i admire her honesty and courage to showcase this by opening up her life in this book. (It made me go and buy her next book 'Insatiable')
S**D
Insatiable!
I've read several biographies of "working" women, and have always been impressed by the honesty and literacy of these accounts. This book is the best of the lot! The author is intelligent, educated, and communicates well as a writer. She is also very funny. The sex is almost an aside - the real story is about her life outside of her performances in the sex industry. Her relationships with other women, and the male friends in her life are the real substance of the book. Certainly, porn has been a major influence on her life, but the lack of it in her writing will not detract from her ability as an author at all. I have often wondered if the women who perform for porn films are forced by their circumstances, such as child abuse, addiction to drugs, or sold into sex slavery; so it is refreshing to learn that some women choose this profession as a liberating, and empowering act. This was the most expensive e-book that I have ever purchased, and I decided to make the purchase to encourage the author to pursue her writing career, because I do think she has talent as a writer. Well, done, Asa.
D**S
Lectura ligera para divertirse
Versión Kindle con buen formato. En cuanto al libro: Es lo que esperaba, una serie de relatos bastante fáciles de leer y jocosos, creo que para disfrutar el libro debes ser seguidor de Asa y conocer su trabajo, de esa forma se disfruta más, algunos detalles de redacción no me convencieron pero igual se disfruta.
D**E
Honest
It is a great book, but not like I expected at all. It‘s relatively un-porn-like, but rather an honest biography telling storys you would not expect to be told. It is definitely worth the read.
D**G
ASA is such a beautiful and funny woman
Makes you understand the truth about the adult entertainment world. ASA is such a beautiful and funny woman. I loved reading both books.
C**N
and she can write too
If you are wanting a book about the pain and heart ache of working in porn this is not for you. Asa has wit and sass and front, she talks openly about her sexuality, her unusual marriage , her unusual life. Its not a bed time sex read but an honest blog. She can write as good as the other stuff she is more famous for.
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