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3.62 AVERAGE
3.62 AVERAGE
It only took me about a day and a half to read this book and I absolutely loved it! I'm a huge fan of Ree and I read the Pioneer Woman blog pretty much religiously so I was really excited when she decided to publish the story of how she met Marlboro Man. My good friend even drove down to Oklahoma City to get my book signed for me since I wasn't able to make it. I can't wait to get the children's book she has coming out about her dog Charlie!
Awe!
Five things about this book:
1. I love the Pioneer Woman's recipes and blog and this was lovely bonus!
2. I love that Ree had her life all planned out and then everything changed and the life she has now isn't like the life she wanted at all. Life has a way of doing that, but it's so much better now.
3. Not once in the book did she every call her husband by his first name, haha.
4. Her humor is pretty funny, her sweat attacks! Haha
5. I hope she writes a part two, I'd love to read about how she got on the food network and how that's impacted their lives.
Five things about this book:
1. I love the Pioneer Woman's recipes and blog and this was lovely bonus!
2. I love that Ree had her life all planned out and then everything changed and the life she has now isn't like the life she wanted at all. Life has a way of doing that, but it's so much better now.
3. Not once in the book did she every call her husband by his first name, haha.
4. Her humor is pretty funny, her sweat attacks! Haha
5. I hope she writes a part two, I'd love to read about how she got on the food network and how that's impacted their lives.
This is just bad. It's listed as non-fiction despite the fact that the author seems to recall in great detail every emotion, thought, tear, AND article of clothing worn during the courtship with her husband. Poor little rich girl meets cowboy worth millions and proceeds to have a fantasy fairytale romance. One wonders if the bulge in his jeans that attracted her the most was his wallet. But then again she, admittedly, could afford to buy $495 coats when she was an unemployed college graduate living with her parents, so perhaps it was a mutual financial romance.
So to everyone who insists she is "keeping it real", when is the last time you knew a "real" person who could afford top end china, couture clothing, and had a TV Studio/professional kitchen/bed & breakfast on their vast cattle empire?
So to everyone who insists she is "keeping it real", when is the last time you knew a "real" person who could afford top end china, couture clothing, and had a TV Studio/professional kitchen/bed & breakfast on their vast cattle empire?
If you are looking for a great love story with a whole bunch of laugh-out-loud humor in it, then head to your library and pick up this gem of a book. In full disclosure, I do not read Ree’s blog regularly, do not have her cookbook, and never read the story of how she met Malboro Man before, but I ate this book up with a spoon. My poor husband found me with a stack of tissues as I read about their courtship and marriage to the love of her life.
A chance encounter at a bar finds Ree out with her friends enjoying a quick drink when she spots a cowboy across the room that takes her breath away. After a brief meeting and weeks of waiting for him to call her, he finally does and so begins their whirlwind courtship. This city girl, born and bred, finds herself head over heels in love with a cowboy and brings into focus what really matters in life. Embracing the simple life of the quiet evenings spent on the porch rather than out about town and fumbling her way through the kitchen, it is so sweet to see how the two of them fall in love with one another. The book chronicles the story of their courtship all the way through their first year of marriage. As Ree learns the ins and outs of the cowboy life, you will have a hard time not laughing as she weaves that self-depreciating humor that has become her signature style!
This tender love story had great elements of humor throughout that made this book a fun and lighthearted read. The book was a bit choppy in the beginning, as the story had been shared through blog entries and did not translate as well into book format, but it evened itself out and offered a sweeping ending that will have you laughing and crying at the same time.
A chance encounter at a bar finds Ree out with her friends enjoying a quick drink when she spots a cowboy across the room that takes her breath away. After a brief meeting and weeks of waiting for him to call her, he finally does and so begins their whirlwind courtship. This city girl, born and bred, finds herself head over heels in love with a cowboy and brings into focus what really matters in life. Embracing the simple life of the quiet evenings spent on the porch rather than out about town and fumbling her way through the kitchen, it is so sweet to see how the two of them fall in love with one another. The book chronicles the story of their courtship all the way through their first year of marriage. As Ree learns the ins and outs of the cowboy life, you will have a hard time not laughing as she weaves that self-depreciating humor that has become her signature style!
This tender love story had great elements of humor throughout that made this book a fun and lighthearted read. The book was a bit choppy in the beginning, as the story had been shared through blog entries and did not translate as well into book format, but it evened itself out and offered a sweeping ending that will have you laughing and crying at the same time.
85 pages in and I was done. didn't like it as much as I was expecting to.
No, I didn't finish this book. I don't think I got even close to finishing it. I was listening to the audio book, and ran out of time and had to return it to the library, and just didn't care what happened enough to try to get it back later.
Here's the thing. I don't care. I don't care what exact pieces of clothing you wore on your date, or how many hours you spent trading kisses, or how hot your "Marlboro Man" is (no matter how many times you say it). Good for her that she carved out a living for herself in the circumstances she ended up in. Love conquered all. hooray (said in Ben Stein deadpan voice). It was interesting hearing the story in the author's own voice; that has become my preference for memoir audio books. However, Drummond came across as really really shallow. Maybe she's just a poor enough writer that you can't feel emotions she's honestly trying to explain, or maybe she really did only care about Puggy Sue or her parents' divorce in how it affected her own princess life. I don't know and I don't care. off to read something that actually matters.
Here's the thing. I don't care. I don't care what exact pieces of clothing you wore on your date, or how many hours you spent trading kisses, or how hot your "Marlboro Man" is (no matter how many times you say it). Good for her that she carved out a living for herself in the circumstances she ended up in. Love conquered all. hooray (said in Ben Stein deadpan voice). It was interesting hearing the story in the author's own voice; that has become my preference for memoir audio books. However, Drummond came across as really really shallow. Maybe she's just a poor enough writer that you can't feel emotions she's honestly trying to explain, or maybe she really did only care about Puggy Sue or her parents' divorce in how it affected her own princess life. I don't know and I don't care. off to read something that actually matters.
This book came to me at just the right time! I cannot remember the last time I enjoyed and relished a book like I did this one. The author's narrative seems like a best friend confiding her secrets in you, the reader. I would recommend this book to anyone who is in need of some comfort from a fellow woman's voice.
I read most of this online, from the Pioneer Woman's website. I am happy to own it in one neat little book.
I love the Pioneer Woman's recipes, but I think I should have left my love for her there. This 'memoir' actually made me like her less. The story of a rich country club girl who is living at home, not working as an adult and meets a handsome cowboy who asks her to continue not working ... just not very interesting to me. And it was sooooo drawn out and written with so many cliches. If she talked about his big strong arms one more time I was going to scream.