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mechanic9417's review against another edition
Pretty boring honestly. I really enjoy Reese as a flamboyant woman, but this book wasn’t really giving me anything to be invested in. I was hoping for a bit more substance.
mmajer's review against another edition
2.0
I’m a big fan of Reese, but this book was not for me. I’m definitely not the target audience, so others will most likely enjoy it more than I did. I did not grow up in the South and none of the traditions in this book are something I’ll rub out and adopt as my family and community already have their own traditions (that is not an insult to Southern traditions whatsoever). Something that really irritated me about this book was how she would mention a memory and describe a picture- why not show the picture? Like her overly blushed face, or her Halloween costume. It happened over and over.
I would say if you’re a Southern woman, you’ll love this book. I still like Reese a lot, this book was just not my cup of tea (or whiskey).
I would say if you’re a Southern woman, you’ll love this book. I still like Reese a lot, this book was just not my cup of tea (or whiskey).
mdevlin923's review against another edition
3.0
Reese Witherspoon, a native to Nashville, Tennessee, shares advice on how to incorporate Southern practices into everyday life: from hosting and manners to personal appearance and everything in between.
I mistakenly thought this was going to be an autobiography, not a how-to book, so was disappointed in that sense. But it was quaint and charming.
I mistakenly thought this was going to be an autobiography, not a how-to book, so was disappointed in that sense. But it was quaint and charming.
gracefullypunk's review against another edition
2.0
Honest, proud, privileged
On the one hand, it's a cute and fluffy celebrity homage to the South, which does need a little uplifting in the eyes of many. On the other, Reese ends the book by saying she hopes we all got tips, no matter the size of our home and budget -- yet everything is a tip assuming a straight white woman with kids and money. That's her target audience, I guess.
What's most hard for me, though, is that she pays a lot of lip service to inclusion and how Nashville is getting more diverse, but then makes no mention of the connections her southern scene has to African American food, musical, or language traditions. What's worse is she uplifts the fact that almost all her friends have homes that have been in their families for four generations or more. Be proud of your history, Reese, but at least acknowledge how those homes managed to be in those families, and who in the South *aren't* living in hundred-year family homes.
On the one hand, it's a cute and fluffy celebrity homage to the South, which does need a little uplifting in the eyes of many. On the other, Reese ends the book by saying she hopes we all got tips, no matter the size of our home and budget -- yet everything is a tip assuming a straight white woman with kids and money. That's her target audience, I guess.
What's most hard for me, though, is that she pays a lot of lip service to inclusion and how Nashville is getting more diverse, but then makes no mention of the connections her southern scene has to African American food, musical, or language traditions. What's worse is she uplifts the fact that almost all her friends have homes that have been in their families for four generations or more. Be proud of your history, Reese, but at least acknowledge how those homes managed to be in those families, and who in the South *aren't* living in hundred-year family homes.
bentleyashley's review against another edition
5.0
GIVES A CLEAR PICTURE OF TRADITIONAL SOUTHERN LIVING FROM ONE GENERATION TO ANOTHER THROUGH COOKING, MEMORIES, LESSONS ON HOW TO BE A PROPER SOUTHERN HUMAN, AND AN UNDERSTANDING OF COMMUNITY, LOVE AND LOYALTY THAT SOUTHERNERS ARE COMMONLY KNOWN FOR. WHILE READING YOU CAN'T HELP BUT ALLOW YOURSELF TO JOG DOWN MEMORY LANE OF YOUR OWN CHILDHOOD AND RECALL THE PERSONAL LESSONS AND TRADITIONS YOU'VE HAD GROWING UP, ALONG WITH THE URGES TO VISIT GRANDMA AND GRANDPA, AND THE DESIRE TO EAGERLY BAKE UP A STORM WITH ALL THE DELICIOUS RECIPES IN THIS BOOK. THIS BOOK IS A MIX OF HOME, KITCHEN, AND LOVE. AN ABSOLUTE MUST READ, PREFERABLY WITH A GLASS OF THE AMAZING DOROTHEA'S SUN TEA (RECIPE IN BOOK) AND A CREAKING PORCH SWING.
andotherworlds's review against another edition
3.0
3 // Aw I love Reese Witherspoon this was cute!!