open book // jessica simpson

published: 2020

pages: 402
read/heard: 3/15-20/2020
book: 23 in 2020

I've learned that we grow from walking through it, and a lot of people don't even know they have that option. You either conquer it, or you let it destroy you.

SYNOPSIS

too long, read here

MY THOUGHTS

i have no idea why i wanted to read this book.

i wasnt a huge Jessica Simpson fan growing up but i did know of her (obvs) and i can recall really liking her on Newlyweds.

i noticed that she kind of left the scene but i never really looked into it and then this year in February, she released this book.

and I've seen it everywhere.

and more importantly, everyone that has read it is raving about it.

and so i'd see it everywhere: at target, online, all over bookstagram and finally at barnes and noble where i caved in and got it.

AND I AM SO GLAD THAT I DID.

i absolutely loved this book.

im in a huge funk so i started reading this but then i went the audio route thanks to Scribd's free 30 day trial....and i gotta say, im so glad that i did.

it was nice to hear and learn about her story as she reads it to you.

i never really delve into any celebrities life so it was interesting to see how she was trying to make it into the Christian music scene and how it went a completely different way.

it was intriguing to read/hear about her marriage to Nick. how it started, how it went and ultimately how it ended.

i didn't know that she was sorta linked to Johnny Knoxville and it was interesting to hear about the whole John Mayer ordeal (cause i'd heard about it in the tabloids but you know, this is more in depth). then there was Tony Romo and oh man. and i absolutely loved to read about how her and Eric connected and how they are still a beautiful loving family.

i do think all of that was intriguing but perhaps my favorite part has to be the way that she takes you on a journey into the person that she has become and everything that she went through to get there.

she is a completely open book (tada! lol)

i loved hearing this in her voice because she takes you through the motions as well.

when the story was happy, she was happy but when she is talking about painful moments you can hear it in her voice.

such an amazing job all around.

overall, i'm really glad that i read this book.

so, so good.

there were a lot of gems in this one buuuuut i'll leave you with my absolute fave: