The Magnolia Story
by Chip & Joanna Gaines
by Chip & Joanna Gaines
Length: 208
Format: Hardback
Price: A Christmas gift from my kids!
How I Heard: A Christmas gift from my kids!
Price: A Christmas gift from my kids!
How I Heard: A Christmas gift from my kids!
My Take: 8 out of 10 (scale here)
This was a cute story about two cute people with a cute show. Cute is really the adjective. I read up on this book to see whether I wanted to read it. Our family loves to watch their show together (and there aren't very many shows that we can say that about...I think the only other one is "Dick Van Dyck") and the reviews were pretty brutal. It's true that the writing was not top-notch, but she's a designer, not a writer, so I feel like that's okay...? Anyway, the kids thought it would make a good Christmas present, and they were right. I really enjoyed it - it was a quick, fun read. Perfect for winter break!
The story is told by both Chip and Joanna (the font changes to indicating who is talking), but 80+% of the narrative is Joanna, with Chip piping in every once in a while. It begins with an accidental and humorous anecdote that resulted in the birth of their TV show, and then goes back to the start of their relationship. In equal measures, I would call it interesting, funny, entertaining, and inspiring. But there are also some eyeroll-worthy moments. For example, it was commonplace for Chip to sell something or buy something or do something huge without talking to his wife. Her attitude toward the whole thing seems to be, "Just go with it," which doesn't seem realistic to me at all. Maybe that's because I would never dream of doing something like that to my spouse, and I would murder him if he did something like that to me...?
Anyway, I liked this book. I will probably keep it instead of selling or giving it away (which is what I usually do with books), so that's a pretty good mark of how much I enjoyed it.
This was a cute story about two cute people with a cute show. Cute is really the adjective. I read up on this book to see whether I wanted to read it. Our family loves to watch their show together (and there aren't very many shows that we can say that about...I think the only other one is "Dick Van Dyck") and the reviews were pretty brutal. It's true that the writing was not top-notch, but she's a designer, not a writer, so I feel like that's okay...? Anyway, the kids thought it would make a good Christmas present, and they were right. I really enjoyed it - it was a quick, fun read. Perfect for winter break!
The story is told by both Chip and Joanna (the font changes to indicating who is talking), but 80+% of the narrative is Joanna, with Chip piping in every once in a while. It begins with an accidental and humorous anecdote that resulted in the birth of their TV show, and then goes back to the start of their relationship. In equal measures, I would call it interesting, funny, entertaining, and inspiring. But there are also some eyeroll-worthy moments. For example, it was commonplace for Chip to sell something or buy something or do something huge without talking to his wife. Her attitude toward the whole thing seems to be, "Just go with it," which doesn't seem realistic to me at all. Maybe that's because I would never dream of doing something like that to my spouse, and I would murder him if he did something like that to me...?
Anyway, I liked this book. I will probably keep it instead of selling or giving it away (which is what I usually do with books), so that's a pretty good mark of how much I enjoyed it.
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