I picked up Kathy Griffin's auto-biography the other day on a whim becaused I absolutely loved her Jesus comment at the Emmy's a few years ago. If I am not mistaken, when Kathy went onstage to grab her award, she gave a short speech that ended with the rather classy lines: "Jesus, suck it."

Unfortunately, that particular Jesus comment was no more than a blip in her book and was only a big publicity stunt for- you guessed it-Kathy Griffin herself. Suffice to say, the comment had nothing to do with Jesus or her feelings about relgion and wasn't even written by Kathy Griffin anyway.

Her autobiography reads like a typical rags to riches Hollywood story of a Catholic school girl waiting to become a star. Most of the book focuses on her single-minded quest to become an A-list star and when that failed, to be happy and successful with her status in her self-coined phrase as a "D-List" star. I expected a little more juicy Hollywood gossip from someone in Kathy's league, but didn't get too much. This could be either because her star did not rise very far or she is saving her goods for somewhere else. I guess there's no need to use all of your best material in one place. She does,however, claim that Steve Martin is not polite and that Brooke Shields can be hard to work with sometimes. (This did not stop Kathy from making Brooke Shields her matron in honor at her wedding because it's more fun to have your famous friends in what should be a private event.)

To give Kathy Griffin credit, she is incredibly candid about a botched plastic surgery, the hardships of marrying a douchebag with no money, and some very personal tragedies that she went through with her family. I never had the feeling that she was exploiting her family life for more attention.

For those of you who will never do more than browse through the book, the mock Reading Guide at the end of the book is the best part. Basically, the whole reading guide is a big F-you to the whole Oprah book club genre/book club set. One of my favorite questions involved Howard Stern: "Kathy felt really good about herself when Howard Stern told her on his show that he'd like to bang her. Who makes you feel positive and up-lifted by declaring they'd like to nip/f*ck you every which way?"

And, as a warning, she describes the book as a memoir, but gives pretty much her ENTIRE life history, which I personally consider to be more of a biography.