Book Review: Personal Icon Month

The month of March was "Personal Icon" month for the book club portion of the salon. Pretty self-explanatory but both Casey and I chose a memoir or biography about a person we admired. So far this has turned out to be an extremely fulfilling month and I encourage everyone to participate with their own personal icon! It's not too late to find an icon/book! So I chose the book "Me: Stories of my Life" by Katharine Hepburn.



Honestly I chose to read about Katharine Hepburn because I really admire her sense of style. Also, she has a strong but sensitive spirit in all of her movies that I've always admired, so that was another reason I wanted to read about her. But really, it was mostly because of her sense of style :). I am so pleased to say that after reading this book I have so much more to admire about her. I won't go into specifics about her life so you will still feel compelled to read the book, but I will just say that her joie de vivre, strong spirit, and honesty all inspired and touched me. I can only hope to lead a life half as interesting as hers was. But even if that doesn't pan out, I hope that I can capture her amazing spirit and lead my life with the style, grace, and strength that she did. She was truly a force to be reckoned with and she never let anything or anyone change who she was. So inspiring.

And besides how admirable Katharine was, this book was so interesting in the glance that it gave into Hollywood during it's most glamorous days. Katharine spoke openly and honestly about everything and this held true for her discussion about the movies she was in, how the film industry worked, and the people she met on her films. This was a great little slice of the fascinating world of 1930's and 40's Hollywood.

Well Katharine - here's to you. You'll always be an inspiration to me. You were one classy lady.