'You're Loved No Matter What' by Holly Gerth - Book Review

You're Loved No Matter What: Freeing Your Heart from the Need to Be Perfect by Holley Gerth
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

This is my first time reviewing a non-fiction book, so I hope I know what I'm doing.


'You're Loved No Matter What' is a book about freeing yourself from the need to be perfect.  I don't struggle with trying to be perfect that much, only a little.  So, perhaps this  just wasn't the book for me to read at the moment.  I did enjoy most of the book, and Holly offers great words of wisdom in here as she reveals the struggle that she has had with perfection in the past and ways you can overcome it.

What is perfection, exactly?  Well, Holly gives some examples in this book.  For one perfection might be trying to keep the cleanest house, and for another it might be trying to be the prefect employee.  These are just two examples, but there are many more.

Holly offers advice for beating perfection in this book.  She explains that we are a work in progress and that the only time we will be truly perfect is when we reach Heaven.  We shouldn't worry about being perfect.  That doesn't mean we shouldn't try hard and work to the best of our abilities, but we should get rid of the need to be perfect.  Perfectionism offers a lot of stress, and you know what?  You are never to be completely perfect, so when you are trying to be, you're just adding  lot of stress to your life for no reason.

She also points out that we shouldn't try to make others perfect, because that's not our job.

I did really like this book, and it offered some great advice, and it also reminded that I'm beautiful in God's eyes.  So, stop trying to be perfect and just be who God made you to be!

Disclaimer:  I received a free copy of this book from the publisher through their blogger review program, in exchange for my honest review.  All opinions are my own and I was not asked to write a positive review.

SCARLET by Marissa Meyer - Book Review

Scarlet by Marissa Meyer
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

I'm going to start off by saying, that I didn't like this as much as 'Cinder'.  At first, I loved it, but by the end, it just...Idk...it...I don't even know how to describe it.  But, it was still a very good read, and I did really like it.  It just was not as good as 'Cinder'.

The characters are really cool!  I love the character of Scarlet, and at times the character of Wolf.  I happen to like Wolf's character better than Kai's, btw.  And of course, we have Cinder.  She's just as great as in the first book, even if she is a fugitive now.  And 'Captain' Carswell Thorne is so funny!  I really like having his character in the book.  He's hilarious.

The plot was interesting, intriguing, but maybe, I felt like Marissa Meyer took a little too long to finish the story.  I think, that maybe, it could have been done in a slightly shorter book.

Altogether, I enjoyed this book, but it didn't leave me as excited for the next one, 'Cress' as I would've liked.  Now, I just don't have the same anticipation for 'Cress', as I did for 'Scarlet (but since I bought - in ebook form - I guess I'll read it.


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