Deliciously Inspiring and potentially a 5-star read...

Until I'd had my fill. 

Women Living Deliciously had me in a delectable headlock for the first two-thirds. This book could be a 5-star for someone who really needs it, and it honestly taught me a lot. 

On the other hand, with non-fiction, especially self-help, there's always a circle-jerk element that borrows quotes from other self-help books and authors, and this book is no different. #

While I loved listening to the audiobook version of this (narrated by Florence Given herself) it really inspired me for the first few hours. She had me by both ears. 

After reading, I now say how I'm feeling in the moment, I'm definitely more courageous in the face of potential confrontation and I'm direct in my approach, or at least catching myself in my old habits of shrinking myself for other's convenience, and making the conscious choice to go against it. You can say I'm a womanspreader now. 

In reality, the further I got into the book, I didn't need a 30-something-minute chapter on why being cringe is great - but I can appreciate that someone else may need this. In fact, this book already taught me I was halfway to living deliciously myself, which felt great, but didn't make for entertaining or thought-provoking listening. 

If this book caught me at a worse time, it would have been 5 stars

Now I'm living pretty tastily, if not deliciously, it's got a 3.5 from me, which I guess is a good thing?