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Jen Atkin: Blowing my way to the top - book review

Here’s finally another book review from a lazy reader, but I’m hopefully about to change that this year. Wish me luck! Blowing my way to the top (great title, right?) is I would say a personal development book, full of great advice and inspiration. But sadly, that advice is quite generic and flat. I expected more. More details, more behind the scene stuff, and ¨modern wisdom¨. I understand that she couldn’t share secrets confidential information about celebrities or something like that, but if you create a successful beauty brand and work with fierce people like Kris Jenner, you have to offer us more. It is not a bad book, by any means. I would still recommend it, especially to teenage readers or those in their 20s, but older readers could be disappointed. There are some interesting facts included, which I liked. That always enriches the text. Her style of writing is flowy, often funny. She also likes to make fun of herself and describes how she learned from her own mistakes. I even wr...

Mini personal reading challenge for December

Because I am a very lazy reader (but enthusiastic book shopper) and because I’ll be having some days off in December, I decided to set myself a mini goal – book reading challenge. But I need to stay real, two books (one and a half if I’m being completely honest) is more than enough for this time. I might set greater goals for 2022. My first choice is:  Blowing my way to the top by OUAI founder Jen Atkin  (my boyfriend adores the title) I already started reading this during my summer break and loved it so far. It is motivational and full of advice and fun facts for future entrepreneurs, business owners, and others who like to dream big. I believe it will be a great reading before setting my New Year’s resolutions and maybe even some business decisions. Second book:  Harvey and me – A mothers love by Katie Price I am definitely not a fan of Katie and her actions (from past or recent), but I admire her as a mother. I watched some videos with her and her children, especially ...