The Bad Girl's Guide to Getting Personal [Paperback]

Cameron Tuttle (Author), Susannah Bettag (Illustrator)

Book Description

Publication Date: October 7, 2004 | Series: Bad Girl's

We're talking relationships, Bad Girl style. Get real, get close, get Bad with anyone, anytime -- friends, family, lovers, of course, but don't forget your hairdresser, bartender, landlord, dry cleaner, taxi driver, boss, dog, and telemarketer. In her fourth hot how-to for the willfully naughty, reigning Bad Girl Cameron Tuttle dishes out more irreverent, inspiring attitude. Discover when to prune your family tree, when to flirt, and when it's time to start or end a relationship. Special sections such as Can This Relation-ship Be Saved?, Notes to Self, and Personal Power Steering offer hundreds of smart tips and clever tricks with a healthy dose of Bad Girl wisdom. Witty, warm, and packed with sassy charm, this is why being Bad is so darn good.

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About the Author

Cameron Tuttle is the Chief Bad Girl (CBG) of Bad Girl Swirl, Inc., and the originator of the bestselling Bad Girl's Guide books, calendars, journals, cards, photo albums, and more. She is bad everywhere, but mostly in San Francisco.

Susannah Bettag is the illustrator of the Bad Girl's guides. Her work has appeared in Mademoiselle , Seventeen , and other magazines. She lives in San Francisco.

Product Details

• Paperback: 176 pages
• Publisher: Chronicle Books (October 7, 2004)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0811842010
• ISBN-13: 978-0811842013
• Product Dimensions: 7.6 x 4.4 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 7.2 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 3.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,157,133 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Cameron Tuttle is known for her wit, humor, and books with pink covers. The author of the bestselling Bad Girl's Guides, she is now working on the third novel in a Young Adult series that began with "Paisley Hanover Acts Out," published in 2009.

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18 of 18 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars *Shrugs*, March 15, 2005

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Mariah Richards "Mariah" (Lansing, MI) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Bad Girl's Guide to Getting Personal (Paperback)

Let's be honest. We LOVED The Bad Girl's Guide to the Open Road. We read and we felt the wind in our hair as we plugged that annoying muffler with the Chicken McNugget, ate Beef Jerky for Breakfast, got big hair, and dreamed about peeing by the road side, all from the safety of our chairs, just waiting for the day when we could make all our Inner Bad Girl dreams come true.

Then we partied Bad Girl style and Got What We Wanted, like a true Baddy, all thanks to Cameron Tuttle, and the cute, sassy artwork of Susannah Bettag.

Sadly, this book falls really short of what we Bad Girls were expecting. It's got some good ideas, sure. It's got the adorable artwork, it's got the lists of fun things to do with condoms and panytliners (Will She ever run out of ideas?), but it's just not as good as the three preceding titles.

I'm not sure why exactly this book wasn't as good. I really can't say, except it seemed to have been mostly thrown together, by someone who was going through a real sexual dry spell, and craving some girl on girl action.

I loved the first three in the series, and I LIKED this one. It is worth a look, but not full price. It is worth three stars, but not five.

I'm sorry to the Original Bad Girl. Better Luck next time. I'll look through it more carefully before buying.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Being Bad Never Felt So Good!, March 23, 2006

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M. Yates "MarsAttackz" (Chicago, IL United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Bad Girl's Guide to Getting Personal (Paperback)

I fell in love with the "Bad Girl" guides after reading "The Bad Girl's Guide to Getting What you Want". I loved the irreverent humour and the fact that some of the advice was actual useful. Plus, the grrl power theme throughout was pretty uplifting. However, the other books in the series have left me feeling less empowered and more being bitchy is a good thing. This book redeems the series - sometimes slipping between some great advice on how to get personal with yourself, friends, and lovers to a rather blah take on family dynamics, it still managed to grab my attention, make me laugh, and feel good about myself. I especially loved the part about you2 big love wearing a kilt. Who knew that the niche I find myself in had wide appeal? smile.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Love, love, love this book!, August 2, 2009

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Shanell Cox (Olympia, WA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Bad Girl's Guide to Getting Personal (Paperback)

This series of books is a hoot! I'm a young single girl and got more laughs out of these books than I've ever found in another book. Really quirky, unusual, and hilarious advice in these ones. Get it for you daughter, niece, best friend. She'll love it.