Chep Chic Book Review

                I was pretty excited to get this book. Lately I have been into fashion and wanted to get my first fashion book. This one looked pretty promising. It was the 40^th anniversary of the book that first appeared in the 70s. I read some great things about this book, so my hopes for it were high.

                But I was sadly disappointed. I assumed the book would have some of its original elements, but mixed with more modern fashion. It wasn’t. The entire book was the same as the original; expect a foreword that was written by Tim Gunn.  I felt since it was very true to the 1970s fashion it had no real value for today’s audience, unless of course you are into dressing like you stepped out of a time machine. But on top of everything, I found it greatly disappointing when I saw some very inappropriate pictures featured in the book. That’s the last thing I would expect in a fashion book! There was no need to add these certain pictures! I am definitely going to be getting rid of this book. And I’m not even going to give it to Goodwill, in fear of a child accidently flipping through the book. I do NOT recommend this book to anyone. It was horrible!!

                I know this was a short review, but I don’t what else to say about this book, expect it was completely terrible!

I received this book from Blogging for Books.

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"Luther and Katharina" Book Review

Luther and Katharina Book Review

I absolutely loved this book. Everything about it was superb. It was written beautifully and drew me in from the first chapter.

Honestly, I was thinking this book was not going to be that good. But it sure did impress me. Since it is a historical book I thought it would be very stuffy and boring. But it was the complete opposite. It had great historical aspects and kept my attention throughout. It felt like you were right in the midst of the story unfolding.

I have never read anything like this or in this time period. So I was kind of uncertain about it. I know as much about Martian Luther as the next guy. So I was intrigued to see how she would portray him and his character. Since most of the characters in the book were real, there must have been some pressure in perfecting it. I think she did a beautiful job. I really got a sense of who Martian Luther was. He wasn’t just an old monk that rebelled against the church. He was a human with real feeling and went through tremendous trails. I never realized how much persecution him and his family endured. It was very eye opening.

When I was finished reading this book, I made sure to read the author’s notes. I’m glad I did. In the notes it said that that most of what happened in the book really took place. I really appreciate that aspect of this book. It makes it ten times more enjoyable to know what you’re reading really took place. I could really feel the effort and research that went into writing this book. I highly recommend this book to anyone that enjoys a great historical book. There’s nothing I would change about it, it was perfect. I give it 5 out of 5 stars.

I received this book from Blogging for Books for this review.

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