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3.62 AVERAGE
3.62 AVERAGE
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Good book, but can read 90% of the story on her website. Not worth paying for the little bit of extra story you get from the book.
A terrific memoir on how Ree Drummond became the "Pioneer Woman". She chronicles meeting Marlboro Man and beginning her life on a working cattle ranch. This is such a fresh, funny, easy read. I actually read the book before I became familiar with The Pioneer Woman. The book made me appreciate her even more. A must read for any fan of Ree Drummond, her blog, cookbooks, and Food Network show.
I can't say that I was a frequent visitor to the Pioneer Woman's blog before reading her book, but I had visited it a couple of times and felt a type of camaraderie with her. Growing up in "meat and potato" land in southeast Idaho, her recipes from her ranch in Oklahoma certainly resonated with me. Her food is hearty, "down home," and very geared toward the comfort foods that many of us grew up eating. Little did I know, however, that she really grew up in the city and had lived in Los Angeles for a number of years--not necessarily in the same vein, food wise, as an isolated Oklahoma ranch.
Ree's story about how she met her "Marlboro Man" (as she calls him) in a smoky bar in Oklahoma is super intense and super sweet. Ree only meant to meet up with a group of old friends for a drink, on a short stop-over at home before moving on to Chicago to head to grad school. Little did she know that she would meet the man of her dreams in that bar and start up a whirlwind romance that would change her entire life.
I absolutely loved and adored this book! Although it's autobiographical, it reads like a super-romantic, super-clean romance. Ree is very good at capturing the ups and downs in her emotions, including everything from the giddy elation to absolute fear. In a lot of ways, their story is most amazing because of the depths of honesty between the two. I fell in love with her husband too when she showed how forthcoming he was about his feelings and thoughts. He didn't come across as a man who was overbearing or aloof. In fact, he sounded patient, smart, and head over heels in love with Ree. What woman wouldn't want that?
Whether you're familiar with Ree Drummond, the Pioneer Woman, or not, you really should check out her book. She has an honesty in her writing that is both captivating and funny, and that really captures who we imagine her to be. From what I hear, she is writing another book to follow her first, and I assure you that I will be quick to grab a copy!
Ree's story about how she met her "Marlboro Man" (as she calls him) in a smoky bar in Oklahoma is super intense and super sweet. Ree only meant to meet up with a group of old friends for a drink, on a short stop-over at home before moving on to Chicago to head to grad school. Little did she know that she would meet the man of her dreams in that bar and start up a whirlwind romance that would change her entire life.
I absolutely loved and adored this book! Although it's autobiographical, it reads like a super-romantic, super-clean romance. Ree is very good at capturing the ups and downs in her emotions, including everything from the giddy elation to absolute fear. In a lot of ways, their story is most amazing because of the depths of honesty between the two. I fell in love with her husband too when she showed how forthcoming he was about his feelings and thoughts. He didn't come across as a man who was overbearing or aloof. In fact, he sounded patient, smart, and head over heels in love with Ree. What woman wouldn't want that?
Whether you're familiar with Ree Drummond, the Pioneer Woman, or not, you really should check out her book. She has an honesty in her writing that is both captivating and funny, and that really captures who we imagine her to be. From what I hear, she is writing another book to follow her first, and I assure you that I will be quick to grab a copy!
More like 3.5 stars. This is basically a giant ball of fluff from start to finish. It's an enjoyable ball of fluff, as one would expect from one of the most successful bloggers around, and I finished it in a couple of hours. It's essentially a bunch of blog posts shoved together with the bonus "what happened in our first year of marriage" shoved on the end. The bonus section remains a let down for me - it can basically be summed up as "got pregnant and my parents split up" but instead we get a millionty pages about her gestating body and the tiny life growing inside her womb (side note: I really hate the word "womb". It skeeves me out. This was no exception).
So yeah. It's basically 341 pages of brainless fluff, which was precisely what I needed yesterday. Perhaps if I'd read it in a more cynical headspace, this review would be a totally different story...
So yeah. It's basically 341 pages of brainless fluff, which was precisely what I needed yesterday. Perhaps if I'd read it in a more cynical headspace, this review would be a totally different story...
While I had read most of this story on her website, I still enjoyed it so much! Ree has a way of writing that makes you feel like she is your friend just telling you a story. I adore her, and her recipes are fabulous too! I definitely would recommend this one to anyone who likes a good love story, with some self-deprecating humor on the side.
I love The Pioneer Woman and I love feeling like I am a part of her and Marlboro Man's life. I have had this book saved on my Kindle for a while and I finally started reading it wanting something light and also a little different from all of the comedian memoirs I've been reading lately. I loved the story but I felt like it was a little wordy and took me longer than normal to get through. My favorite part though was the collection of recipes at the end!
I love Ree from the blog & Black Heels is a great back story to how she became The Pioneer Woman. Light, fun read and such a sweet romance.
I've remember reading the initial chapters in the Pioneer Woman blog back in 2008-9. Later though I lost track and forgot about it. Seeing her in the Goodreads Vote list last year, triggered memories and I added this to my to-read.
On reading this now, I don't quite remember what really attracted me to the entire story. Probably the occasional blog post made the series more interesting. But leaving that aside, I couldn't really stomach the initial part of the book. It had me wondering, what was I thinking reading this back then.
But the latter part of the book was interesting. For me the sprinkling of facts about ranch life was intriguing . This is good for a one-time read. I am not sure if I would pick this up to read again.
But I am definitely going to go check out the blog again and see how Ree has fared since I last read her updates 10+ years ago.
On reading this now, I don't quite remember what really attracted me to the entire story. Probably the occasional blog post made the series more interesting. But leaving that aside, I couldn't really stomach the initial part of the book. It had me wondering, what was I thinking reading this back then.
But the latter part of the book was interesting. For me the sprinkling of facts about ranch life was intriguing . This is good for a one-time read. I am not sure if I would pick this up to read again.
But I am definitely going to go check out the blog again and see how Ree has fared since I last read her updates 10+ years ago.