One of my resolutions this year is to "finish" a book at least once a month. I started with "Atlas Shrugged" but the book is so long, I just could not remain focused enough to complete it and the words were so tiny. LOL!
I'm a little disappointed that I did not have the patience to finish off the book. My husband is disappointed that I ended up turning to a "gossip", "celebrity" bio. Yup, I decided to read Valarie Bertinelli's new book after seeing her promotion of the book on "the View".
I thought. . .okay, this book will definitely keep me entertained that's for sure. And. . .the book did not disappoint in the "entertainment" value!
I read the book in one sitting. I'm usually the type that needs to finish a book within several sittings or I will never finish it. I think I read this book within 3 hours. After reading the book. . .honestly, I felt a lot better about myself and my life. Valerie's life was way more messed up than my life could ever be. Gosh, her marriage to her husband Eddie Van Halen was not pretty. I've heard of tumultuous marriages but wow, her marriage was INTERESTING to say the least. After reading the book. . .if at any point I look at my own marriage and find flaws in it, I just have to think back to Valarie's book and be grateful that my marriage is actually quite great by comparison. LOL!
I actually love Valerie's candor and downright honesty about herself, her self-image, her marriage, and even her sex life, or lack of it. There's lots of cussing in this book and I guess that is the way she talks in real life. . .no problem, I've heard people cuss far worse than she does. It may be disturbing to others who are very sensitive but lemme' tell yah, I've seen the most "innocent" looking, "church-going" people cuss like sailors so I'm was not turned off by the her "cussing" quite a few times in the book.
Is the book inspirational as far as weight loss is concerned? Not really. I'm happy that she lost the weight because I surely need to lose weight myself and if she can do it with all the struggles that she's been through, surely I can lose weight too. Yeah, right!! It's more like listening to a friend tell me that she lost weight through Nutri-System or Jenny Craig. . .which is great but not very inspirational.
By the way, I'm on the Nutri-system diet myself and boy, it's hard to eat that stuff on a daily basis. I can go on several days of it and need to go on a break for a few days. I did lose a few pounds and I definitely could lose more if only I could stop taking the weekly breaks in between! LOL!
Anyway. . .do I recommend this book? Yeah, I do. Why? Because there's a lot of juicy stuff in this book. I can hardly believe that anyone would remain married for 20 years considering how lousy it was. I would have hung myself by then! Kidding! I would have been out the door in 10 years if I was Valerie! Instead she wasted 10 additional years being immensely unhappy. If there was anything inspirational in this book, I would say. . .if your marriage is as lousy as hers, GET OUT while you're still sane! LOL!
I don't recommend it if you're looking to read literary work from a Pulitzer prize winner. . .you definitely will not find it here! If you like fun, entertaining, juicy gossipy book. . .this book is for you!
Whoohoo! I posted something on this blog site! LOL! I was inspired by SCS's Saturday's Inspiration Challenge IC1119 - Candy Toss to create these dress cards although I'm not uploading these two cards on SCS because there's no stamping on these cards.
Just another dress card using K& Co designer paper. The baby 3D sticker is also by K&CO. The ric-rac ribbon is by Making Memories and I don't know who the maker of the satin/organdy ribbon.
