133. Blood, Sweat and Tiaras

Rating:  ☆☆☆1/2

Recommended by:   Adrienne Rosel Bulinski

Author:   Adrienne Rosel Bulinski

Genre:  Memoir, Non-Fiction, Motivational

344 pages, published September 21, 2016

Reading Format:  Book

 

Summary

Blood, Sweat and Tiaras is the memoir of Adrienne Rosel Bulinski, a friend of mind, and a former Miss Kansas who suffered a life changing injury when she was thrown from a horse and almost lost her foot.  The book details Adrienne’s life before the accident, from her childhood to competing in beauty pageants to trying to make it on Broadway to her long, slow, climb back after the accident that almost left her without a foot.   

 

My Take

I was a bit surprised at how readable I found Blood, Sweat and Tiaras.  My friend Adrienne who wrote it is a motivational speaker and marketing maven.  For a new writer, she did a great job relating the story of her life and it definitely held my interest.  I also appreciated her “never give up” message and how she connected it to all of the hurdles in her own life.