The blog was turned into a memoir and published in 2012 as I Am Jennie and documents her ‘descent’ into the world of pornography accompanied by issues with drug addiction. The book was co-written with the help of a ghost-writer, Kerry Zukus, and is a remarkably easy read which zips along at a good pace. Porn Star by Steven St. Croix Personally revealing as well as universal, Dirty Thirty marks the coming of age of a new literary star.”

Though only actively working as an adult performer for four years (2007-2010), Sasha Grey is a well-known face in the industry and shot to fame with her debut performance; an orgy performed with Rocco Siffredi. The following year she became the youngest winner of the coveted AVN Female Performer of the Year and went on to collect another 14 awards in her short career. A lot of people watch porn, but not many of us choose to read about it. That’s a great shame because there are some truly mind-boggling tales and stories to be shared. Some will make you question what you thought you knew about how the adult industry works.

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Compared to many male leads of the time, Butler brought an element of humor to his work as well as being an intense and uninhibited performer. For all but the dedicated porn fan, the name Georgina Spelvin may not mean that much but this erotic icon of the 1970s was the star of a classic porno movie, The Devil in Miss Jones. Released in 1973, this ‘porno chic’ movie was shot by the same director as Deep Throat and is widely regarded as one of the most iconic movies of the Golden Age of Porn. Ordeal is a horrific account of one woman’s attempt to protect herself and her family from violence and abuse that is, unfortunately, tied up with one of the most iconic adult movies ever released. It is an eye-opener to read and casts a very different light on Deep Throat than the proponents of this ‘feminist’ piece of hardcore porn at the time would have you believe.

Accompanied by thoughts and musings, the result is a very intimate window but is far from ‘revealing’ in the sense of an autobiography. Overall, it is a confident and pragmatic account of a woman who, thirty years on, is still capitalizing on the name she made for herself as a teenager in the porn industry. We Did Porn by Zak Smith

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Covering everything from her early life growing up in the San Fernando Valley, Canyon spills the beans on all her misadventures with fellow porn stars including Traci Lords, Ginger Lynn, Ron Jeremy and Peter North. As you would expect, there are some bad encounters here along with the highs of a career on top but she handles the subject well and delivers a powerful account of life outside of the glare of the studio lights. True, the writing here is not the literary genius of a professional wordsmith but we can forgive the odd grammatical error and poor piece of prose simply because we enjoyed the storytelling.