alltheradreads's Reviews (1.9k)

This book. I love, love, love this one. It's beautifully designed (seriously, all the heart eyes for white space and fun typography, always) and so thoughtfully written. It will be at the top of my favorites list for quite some time, I'm certain.

This is a fun read-- not too intense, not too heavy, really short little features on awesome women (that I've mostly never heard of, sadly) and how they changed the world as we now know it. It was great to read about these ladies and how they overcame adversity and persevered to really make an impact in their fields, even if they weren't credited or acknowledged or even really allowed to do so. Girl. Power.

I could not have loved this book more. I read it slowly because it's absolutely a book that must be savored, and I already can't wait to read it again. Beautiful doesn't feel like a strong enough word for the writing of this one. My friend Rebecca wrote a great blog post about where to start reading Wendell Berry, and I'll echo her words on why to read this one: "If you are a good woman, know a good woman, want to believe in good women, read Hannah Coulter. She’s mighty and strong, and yet so tender and human."

I got this one through the yearlong mentoring program I'm part of at my church, and it was a great read for understanding more about the heart of spirituality. It's a short little book, but it's jam-packed with great thoughts!

This one... I'm still not sure about. It's the kind of title that makes my blood boil, but I wanted to give it a chance. There were parts I loved. There were parts I vehemently hated. There were parts that made me think and consider things from a new angle (which I appreciate) and parts where I feel like she totally missed the mark and did more damage to the perception of what it means to be a woman than has already been done... (did not appreciate that). So, I don't know about this one. Interesting thoughts, glad I read them, but probably wouldn't recommend this one strongly.

I grabbed this one because I'm in the middle of my first capsule wardrobe experiment, and I thought it would be a helpful read. Had it been the first thing I had read about curated closets and capsule wardrobes and the like, I think I would have been WOWED by the information, the processes shared, the helpful advice on how to identify your own style, etc, but since I've been doing lots of research on this whole idea, I didn't find much of it to be new information. As far as a helpful resource, though, it truly is excellent, and has everything from style advice to shopping tips to sustainability ideas... plus the photos are beautiful and it's so well-designed!