Holy Hot Mess
Finding God in the Details of this Weird and Wonderful Life

I will confess that I started off in good cheer with Mary Katherine Backstrom's "Holy Hot Mess: Finding God in the Details of this Weird and Wonderful Life," a Worthy Publishing release in which Backstrom explores with heart and humor and remarkable transparency her own stories about how God has tak......more

Backstrom is about as authentic as you can get, as anyone who follows her videos can attest. This book is full of those real-life stories that make you laugh out loud and sob hysterically (or so I hear...) and it's a valuable read. I can't give it five stars though, mainly because it feels very disjo......more

I wanted to like this book so so much. The author seems so fun and my goodness, as I began the book I just felt like GOT me, you know. I mean even said, “I know you,” then began to describe me. She talked about the “Lie of Curation” so visible on social media but also in real life. How we have begun......more

This is one of the most engaging nonfiction books I’ve read. It’s so easy to relate to, to empathize with, to laugh with. The easy-flowing conversational style is what makes this book come alive. This excerpt from the introduction will give you a good feel for the atmosphere and flow of this book: We......more

Saw this book on the new non-fiction release shelf at the library yesterday and decided I needed a little bit of positivity in my life, so I went for it, even though I am not a Christian (don't even play one on TV). Therefore, it's to be expected that I would (and did) enjoy the storytelling parts of......more