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I vividly remember the Beanie Baby craze. I was in first or second grade, and I remember someone telling my beanie babies would only be worth money with their tags on. I also remember my brother pulling off the tag on my little grey kitty and attacking him for doing so. (oops). So, when I found out there was a book about Beanie Babies, and examining the craze I knew I had to get it. This book was gifted to me from my Reading Glasses Exchange partner and I'm so glad they sent it because I couldn't get my hands on it anywhere.
I absolutely loved this book. I loved how it was written like a story and less like a bunch of facts and prices and economic terms. It really broke down how these kinds of collecting bubbles happen, and it was fascinating to learn about the women who got into collecting beanie babies early and were actually successful in making a ton of money. But even more, Bissonnette delves into who "Ty" himself is, how he came up with Beanie Babies, what kind of person he is, and his marketing strategies for the cute plush animals.
Honestly, I couldn't recommend this book more to people. If you remember the craze, I would highly recommend picking up this book. It's not very long, but it's full of interesting things. For example, TY was the first brand to actively use a website to interact with their consumers and encourage them to purchase more. In fact, TY had an active website before Mattel did. I devoured this book, and it was pretty easy to fly through. I am confident it will make my best books list for this year already.
I vividly remember the Beanie Baby craze. I was in first or second grade, and I remember someone telling my beanie babies would only be worth money with their tags on. I also remember my brother pulling off the tag on my little grey kitty and attacking him for doing so. (oops). So, when I found out there was a book about Beanie Babies, and examining the craze I knew I had to get it. This book was gifted to me from my Reading Glasses Exchange partner and I'm so glad they sent it because I couldn't get my hands on it anywhere.
I absolutely loved this book. I loved how it was written like a story and less like a bunch of facts and prices and economic terms. It really broke down how these kinds of collecting bubbles happen, and it was fascinating to learn about the women who got into collecting beanie babies early and were actually successful in making a ton of money. But even more, Bissonnette delves into who "Ty" himself is, how he came up with Beanie Babies, what kind of person he is, and his marketing strategies for the cute plush animals.
Honestly, I couldn't recommend this book more to people. If you remember the craze, I would highly recommend picking up this book. It's not very long, but it's full of interesting things. For example, TY was the first brand to actively use a website to interact with their consumers and encourage them to purchase more. In fact, TY had an active website before Mattel did. I devoured this book, and it was pretty easy to fly through. I am confident it will make my best books list for this year already.
Ellen Hopkins never fails to impress and write a book you can't put down. This for me, was one of the hardest to read. Not because the language was hard or anything, simply because we have followed Kristina for what feels like for SO. LONG. We watched her fall into the grasp of the Monster and find out she was pregnant. We watched her meet Trey and get hooked on Glass. We read and followed it all, and got emotionally invested in her life. It was so hard to read to how FAR she had fallen and how her children saw her. Stories all kind of came together here and this book was so enticing and amazing I couldn't put it down. I also found myself with so much sympathy for Kristina. Either way, Hopkins didn't disappoint and I wish there could be more in this trilogy.
I received a copy of this book from the publisher via NetGalley in exchange for an honest review. Thanks for the opportunity!
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I was so excited to receive this book. I devoured it quickly, and it was easy to read which I loved. It's short, but packed full of good information and did a dang good job of making me feel less alone but also more informed. Being a Pro-Choice Christian isn't something that really is talked about, nor is it a very popular opinion. Schlesinger does a fantastic job discussing how these two traits are not mutually exclusive, and I'm so glad that I was given this book to continually refer to. Schlesinger does a great job of making the information accessible, for people who are new to this idea, but also to people like me, who have always felt this way and finally feel understood.
I read and review books like this all the time at Rachel's Reading. Come check it out!
I was so excited to receive this book. I devoured it quickly, and it was easy to read which I loved. It's short, but packed full of good information and did a dang good job of making me feel less alone but also more informed. Being a Pro-Choice Christian isn't something that really is talked about, nor is it a very popular opinion. Schlesinger does a fantastic job discussing how these two traits are not mutually exclusive, and I'm so glad that I was given this book to continually refer to. Schlesinger does a great job of making the information accessible, for people who are new to this idea, but also to people like me, who have always felt this way and finally feel understood.
