A Memoir

Have I mentioned that my mom jokes about me going on The Bachelor to find a man?

Have I mentioned that I've started filling out an application, knowing full well I would NEVER make it on the show, so the next time she mentions it, I can tell her that I've applied?

Have I mentioned how hard filling out that application is? (Ok, now I'm getting off topic...)

This book, that I waited very impatiently for, proves that I'll never be on the show.

I'd like to start off with saying that I didn't enjoy Ben's season. That had do with the fact that I just didn't like Ben. I didn't like Ben when he was a contestant on The Bachelorette, so I didn't like Ben as The Bachelor. (Back to the book...)

Courtney was the villain, and winner, of Ben's season. I like the villains on these shows Michelle Money is the reality star I would want as a bestie and I find Kalon McMahon to be hilarious. I'm sure that says something about me. 

Sure, I found Courtney to be a little bit bitchy on her season, but when you're surrounded by THAT many women, who wouldn't be a little bit bitchy? I'm still a big believer that what I see on reality tv isn't real. 

The book goes through Courtney's journey to find love. We start with her first boyfriends and work up to what led her to go on the show. We follow her through the show and then through her relationship with Ben after the show. (I screamed it then, and I'll scream it now, YOU CAN DO SO MUCH BETTER, COURTNEY!)

If you're a fan of the show, or reality tv in general, I would recommend this book. It gives you an inside scoop and also reinforces that what you see on tv may not actually be what is happening. 

On that note, if you like to keep your reality tv as something that is real, you probably don't want to read this book. 

There is one quote from the book that stuck with me more than the fact that you need a bikini body to go on the show (damnit) or that cliche's don't write books (See, Kalon knows what he's talking about with that quote!). 

It's almost as if Courtney wrote the answer to a question that I've gotten asked numerous times. "Why did you stay and keep going back to an abusive relationship?" It's a comfortable misery, one that you know, and since you know it, you know how to handle it. 

This was the part of the book I could relate to, Courtney staying in relationships that weren't good for her because it was easier than walking away. Sometimes the biggest challenge comes in realize that sometimes love isn't enough. It took The Bachelor for Courtney to see that, and I'm glad she wrote this book to remind others that once you leave the bad situations, it may seem to take forever, but it does get better. 

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