The Goddess Experience

I picked this book up in Tesco's the other day and I've fallen in love with it. It was on offer for £6 at the time, so you may be able to snap one up for the same!

The book was wrtten by Gisele Scanlon and tells the reader about her quest to document what makes her happy. This is no deep and meaningful self help guide though, as Gisele answers questions like why exactly Laduree make the "best" macaroons in Paris, and what makes us want those "it bags" so very much. Gisele gets to spend the day with Vivienne Westwood, and tells us all about it.

There are also the simpler things which make her happy like a nice milky tea and cake, a clutter free house etc.

The book is laid out like a scrap book/journal and is complete with sketches and narration throughout.

This is not a book you'd sit and read cover to cover, although you probably could. It's one of those books I'd be more likely to pick up and leaf throuh from time to time, and read a section which takes my interest. It also serves as  a good reference book - with a concise index in the past.

In a way, a lot of the experiences in the book are unrealistic for someone like me to ever achieve. Obviously I can't just go and spend a day with Viv, and I have to prioritise painting the house over bobbing over to Paris to sit about tasting Macaroons. But that's in a way the beauty of books like these - they give you dreams!

Do you have any books like this that inspire you/make you dream of better things?

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