I read it, so should you! - "Blow by Blow" by Detmar Blow

This episode of "I read it, so should you!" could also be an episode of "Passion for Fashion".  On May 7th 2007 Isabella low, beloved eccentric fashion journalist, set an end to her life. With poison she set her life an end, and her husband Detmar Blow has, in co-work with Tom Sykes, written a biography of his wife.

Cover Copyright by Harper Collins.

Blow, who himself struggled much with depression, tell the story of his wife Isabella in a surprisingly un-kitschy way. But at the same time it is really moving. He starts off in Isabella's childhood and also sweeps back into the history of her family and her difficult childhood. Also he stalks about Isabella's relation to her father and the relation to her step-mother. Also he includes her her relation to old medieval ruins and the "palace" she grew up. Detmar involves Issie's early relationships and her proclivity to rebellion and non-conformativity. The biography also includes Issies first marriage, her moving to Texas, and her moving to New York City. Also included are her jobs at Vogue (where she became the assistant of Anna Wintour), at Tatler and meeting with Detmar.

From this point on he describes his life with her. In there he includes Issie discovering Alexander McQueen. He really goes into detail about describing their life until the time when Issie started to feel depressive.  He really goes into detail about her self destructive mode, her suicide attempts and her fighting ovarian cancer. When he writes about her death the book is really at its best. Still its a tragic story but fascinating. 

This is a definite read. And its not a light and soft read, it is really something one should read and think about while reading!

I read it, so should you! - World Book Day

There is no friend as loyal as a book. - Ernest Hemingway

A shoutout to all the bookworms out there! Today it is World Book Day! And you all should be pucking up a book right now! because opicking up books is way better than picking up beere. But if you pick up books like Homer Simpsons picks up beers you may have a serieous reading problem! ;) So on behalf of the World Book Day i will show you some of my favourite books lately, and i will hereby start a new segment on my blog called: "I read it, so should you!" So get ready, put out your library cards and join me on the magical journey to booksville!

Right at the beginning I'm gonna start with a light but very good book by a woman, who all of you would niot haveguessed taht she could write a good book, which i love very much: Kathy Griffin. And let me tell you, I am not a paid spokesperson, but this book is hillarious and extremely honest. And it is absolutely not sentimental: It has substance and its really worth reading. Its called: Kathy Griffin: Official Book Club Selection - A Memoir According to Kathy Griffin.

Copyright by Randomhouse Publishing & Kathy Griffin

Basically the book is a memoir with autobiographical apsects. We get to know who Griffin was as a child and as a teenager. We get to learn from her family, her obsessions, her eating problems and her encounter with pop-culture. Very much teh book explains why she uis like she is today. We get a look in her family life and get to understand her parents. Then she makes the transgression to her life and how she got to where she is now, and very detailed deconstructs the entertainment industry along. Also she spares nothing from her marriage, her divorce and even her sex life, which believe me, is not that dead as you imagine it to be. Finally you get to see kathy like she is.. and she is no different than on Tv. She also opens up about her plastic surgery, her time on Suddelny Susan and her friendships. 

The book really is also written in great style an humorous, but also has very elaborate parts. Definitly a book to pick up! And next time on my reading list will be a bit more serious book. And by serious i mean fucking scary!