Book Tour: Good Girls Don’t Have to Dress Bad

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Good Girls Don’t Have to Dress Bad (A Style Guide for Every Woman) by Shari Braendel reads like the Christian woman’s answer to “What Not to Wear,” the popular fashion advice show on TLC.

From the back cover:

Shari Braendel teaches you how to accept and appreciate the body God gave you and how to always look your best. You will discover:

  • Your specific body type and color group
  • The exact pieces you need in your closet to build your spring/summer and fall/winter wardrobes
  • Anti-aging tricks, makeup and skincare techniques
  • Shari’s trademark Shopping Guide and 5 Bs of style and modesty
  • How to win the battle to find the right swim suit and jeans

“As a sought-after Christian speaker on fashion and beauty, Shari hosts the What to Wear Christian women’s Conference at women’s retreats and gatherings all over the nation. A fabulous, fun and refreshing fashionista, Shari is a speaker and writer with Proverbs 31 Ministries.”

What I like about the book:

  • The chapters on finding proper fitting undergarments (I think this is the first “Christian” book I’ve read to openly talk about panties)
  • The advice on make-up, accessories, hair, eyeglasses and finding your personal style
  • Lots of color pictures
  • The Jeans Chapter. A must-read, in my opinion
  • The Modesty Chapter. Ditto. See above.
  • The shopping guide with good places to find clothes for your style and budget

What I didn’t like about the book:

I wanted to see more picture of casual outfits. Braendel describes four different body types, explaining how each body type should dress, but only dresser outfits are shown as examples. It would be effective to show casual attire for women that don’t dress to go to an office everyday – like me.

As part of the Book Tour, you could win a $500 Visa gift card, web camera, one-hour fashion consultation, along with an autographed copy of Good Girls Don’t Have to Dress Bad (A Style Guide for Every Woman). Visit the author’s website for more information.

Disclaimer: This post is part of a Blog Book Tour. The author (blogger) of this post received a complimentary copy of the above book from the publisher in exchange of a written review. The review is the honest opinion of the blogger. This post contains affiliate links that financially benefit the blogger. By making a purchase via an affiliate link, the blogger may receive monetary compensation.

Blog Hop for Hip Homeschoolers

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Welcome, Hip Homeschoolers, I’m glad you’re here.

If you have never been to my blog before, let me give you the five-second tour. I mostly write about books and reading. Books capturing my imagination, books that make me think, books that move me to action. Books I love. I also blog about the books my children read and the titles that find their way into our days.

I occasionally offer my opinion as to books I believe are better left on the shelf, rather than in your child’s hands. Hey, I’m a homeschool mom. We are known for our strong opinions, right?

My homeschooling posts are more informative (Look at this cool website!) rather than the mommy blogger fare (This is what we did today in our homeschool!) only because now that they are getting older, I want to protect their privacy.

My children are 12, 10, 8 and 5 years. We’ve been unschooling since May 2009. I cannot imagine any other way to live. The simplicity of our days, the freedom to do as we want – I would never trade it for the world. Homeschooling is a wonderful gift that I’m happy to share with my children.

When I do mention my children, it’s always as Susan, Peter, Edmund and Lucy. If I had known my husband and I would have two girls and two boys, I may just have really given them those names. (If you recognize where those names come from, then you and I are going to get along just fine.)

We work and play in the beautiful Garden State. I love coffee, Twitter and dream of owning a kayak.

Thanks for visiting. Leave a comment so I can visit your blog too.

What to read instead of Eat, Pray, Love: travelogues by women

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If you are interested in reading about women traveling the world and living overseas, but want to skip the spiritual elements presented in Eat, Pray, Love (One Woman’s Search for Everything Across Italy, India and Indonesia), try these books. The archived blog posts give more information.

Reading Lolita in Tehran (A Memoir in Books) by Azar Nafisi

The Bookseller of Kabul by Åsne Seierstad

Kabul Beauty School by Deborah Rodriguez (archived blog post)

A Year in the World (Journeys of a Passionate Traveler) by Francis Mayes (archived blog post)

Tales of a Female Nomad (Living at Large in the World) and Female Nomad and Friends (Tales of Breaking Free and Breaking Bread Around the World) both by Rita Golden Gelman (archived blog post)

From this list, Tales of a Female Nomad is a favorite. If you want to read more about living in Indonesia, start with that title. A Year in the World did not hold my attention; I don’t think I finished it.

Do you like to read travelogues by women living overseas? What book would you add to this list?