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A review by katietotallybooked
The Stories We Tell: Every Piece of Your Story Matters by Joanna Gaines
inspiring
reflective
fast-paced
4.0
I picked this up on a whim while I was waiting for another audiobook hold to come in. I had heard of Joanna and Chip Gaines, their brand Magnolia, and their previous work on the show Fixer Upper, but other than a small awareness, I didn’t know much about Joanna. Since I love a good celebrity memoir or authored book (as you may already know) I decided to give this a try.
For a mood read, I actually found this quite enjoyable. It is part memoir, part self-help, part motivational read. Joanna surmises that we all have stories to tell and those stories all matter. She consistently expresses that everyone’s story is unique and worth sharing. I learned a little bit about Joanna’s career and personal life throughout the book. However, a lot of the chapters involved Joanna taking a life experience she has had and drawing out wisdom or lessons that she learned from it and writing that down in a way that is insightful and encouraging to the reader. In a small way it reminded me of Matthew McConoughey’s book Greenlights.
Joanna encourages everyone to write their own stories. She believes we have a lot to learn from our own experiences. This is a point that I agree with 100% and it is a reason why I do enjoy memoirs so much. I certainly recommend this book as an easy audio listen. I am confident that anyone who reads it will get at least one takeaway from it!
For a mood read, I actually found this quite enjoyable. It is part memoir, part self-help, part motivational read. Joanna surmises that we all have stories to tell and those stories all matter. She consistently expresses that everyone’s story is unique and worth sharing. I learned a little bit about Joanna’s career and personal life throughout the book. However, a lot of the chapters involved Joanna taking a life experience she has had and drawing out wisdom or lessons that she learned from it and writing that down in a way that is insightful and encouraging to the reader. In a small way it reminded me of Matthew McConoughey’s book Greenlights.
Joanna encourages everyone to write their own stories. She believes we have a lot to learn from our own experiences. This is a point that I agree with 100% and it is a reason why I do enjoy memoirs so much. I certainly recommend this book as an easy audio listen. I am confident that anyone who reads it will get at least one takeaway from it!