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tinypinkrobot's review
4.0
Sam Reece did such a great job putting this book together around a really tricky theme. From personal letters to funny stories this book could be shelved in a lot of different places, but for me by the end of this book I actually would put it in self help and improvement section rather then under the hobby section.
There were so many moments when the conversation was on mental health, personal growth and healing that had nothing to do with the actual act of crafting but rather on the end result of creating something out of what is around you.
The pictures were all fantastic and the actual crafts themselves were easy to follow and really heartwarming. But for me it was the compassion and open mindedness around mental health struggles and navigating moments of internalized perfectionism that really stuck to me, Reece made me laugh throughout this book and I cant wait to see what other things she will do next.
-Thanks to Sam Reece and netgalley for providing me with an Advanced Readers Copy in exchange for a review
There were so many moments when the conversation was on mental health, personal growth and healing that had nothing to do with the actual act of crafting but rather on the end result of creating something out of what is around you.
The pictures were all fantastic and the actual crafts themselves were easy to follow and really heartwarming. But for me it was the compassion and open mindedness around mental health struggles and navigating moments of internalized perfectionism that really stuck to me, Reece made me laugh throughout this book and I cant wait to see what other things she will do next.
-Thanks to Sam Reece and netgalley for providing me with an Advanced Readers Copy in exchange for a review
thatsoneforthebooks's review
4.0
✨ Review ✨ Shitty Craft Club: A Club for Gluing Beads to Trash, Talking about Our Feelings, and Making Silly Things, by Sam Reece
Want to feel inspired to be crafty without spending tons of money or actually being good at it? Then THIS is the book for you.
The book is full of photos and exploding with color. It's really beautifully done!
With directions to make everything from pompoms (out of literally anything) to a rhinestone shrimp to awards for adulting, this book isn't your traditional crafting book. The author writes with humor, reminds you to do basic things like drink water (thank you), and creates just such a delightfully silly book that's a perfect gift for your girlfriends that don't quite have their lives together.
Genre: Crafts & Hobbies + Humor & Satire
Reminds me of: literally nothing I've read before lol
Pub Date: 19 Sep 2023
Read this if you like:
⭕️ crafts but you're not really great at them
⭕️ chaos and laughing at your life
Thanks to Chronicle Books and #netgalley for an advanced e-copy of this book!
Want to feel inspired to be crafty without spending tons of money or actually being good at it? Then THIS is the book for you.
The book is full of photos and exploding with color. It's really beautifully done!
With directions to make everything from pompoms (out of literally anything) to a rhinestone shrimp to awards for adulting, this book isn't your traditional crafting book. The author writes with humor, reminds you to do basic things like drink water (thank you), and creates just such a delightfully silly book that's a perfect gift for your girlfriends that don't quite have their lives together.
Genre: Crafts & Hobbies + Humor & Satire
Reminds me of: literally nothing I've read before lol
Pub Date: 19 Sep 2023
Read this if you like:
⭕️ crafts but you're not really great at them
⭕️ chaos and laughing at your life
Thanks to Chronicle Books and #netgalley for an advanced e-copy of this book!
caitirin's review
3.0
This book would be great for a frustrated teen. I think the projects in the book would go really well with some self-care teen library programming and the book is a good one for frustrated creative folks.
Perhaps a bit naively, I had been hoping for something a little more useful in the shitty craft club book, not that art has to be useful. I like the idea and the self compassionate self-care aspect of the book very much.
Perhaps a bit naively, I had been hoping for something a little more useful in the shitty craft club book, not that art has to be useful. I like the idea and the self compassionate self-care aspect of the book very much.
thebexfiles's review
adventurous
funny
hopeful
informative
inspiring
lighthearted
reflective
relaxing
fast-paced
4.5
litwtchreads's review
4.0
I loved the photos and the layout of this book! It was really delightful and such a fun way to consider self-care and not trying to be perfect all the time (What better way to do than to do it with shitty crafts and trash). This book is absolutely geared towards millennials/gen-z but that’s not a bad thing. I enjoyed reading this, the graphics and photos were what really stood out in this book and made it so much fun.
dapperreads's review
This is both a crafting book and a memoir. Which honestly for a memoir, this style of book was fantastic. I felt like we really got to know the author and her thoughts and feelings as well as how she uses crafting to help her in her life. The title is hilarious and the crafts insides are pretty shitty - they’re basic but if you take a basic craft idea you can make it your own and it’ll be either more or less shitty, depending on what you’re goal is.
As a memoir, I won’t be rating this book. As a craft book it’s closer to a 3⭐️. Besides the super basic nature of the included crafts, there just isn’t much crafting in it. Of course it is really short so that’s part of it too.
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