Book Girl Review

Book Girl by Sarah Clarkson is a Christian non-fiction book. It is part memoir of her growing up loving books and the positive effect it has had on her life and partly her sharing this passion by looking at the different benefits and offering recommendations for specific areas of life (primarily directed toward other women).

I gave this book 4.5 out of 5 stars. I really liked it. I love the memoir aspect of the book and this unique look into Clarkson’s life and the books that touched her and changed her and how she grew as a reader and person through what she read. It is wonderful to see another kindred spirit and share her joy and experiences.

I also appreciated how she shared her recommendation lists with the stories around her first encounters with them and / or how they affected her or what they taught her. Having those short lists of recommendations for each area of her life (interspersed within all the chapters) was helpful in bringing what she had to say into greater clarity. I much preferred it to having a giant list at the end of the book.

I would recommend this to all girls who love books, as a source of kinship to other bookish girls and a resource to further book recommendations.