A Year in High Heels

I really was not expecting this book to have such a focus on various religions or holidays. I’m probably an idiot because the book title does say “the girl’s guide to everything”, and well, I suppose various religious festivals are part of “everything”. Again though, I’m confused as to the audience for this book. I can say that at 18 I was not very interested in any religious feast or festival.

As we have stumbled onto the subject though, I do think that Ms. Morton is handling the subject in a positive way. The festival talked about on this day is Muslim in nature, and considering the feelings around Islam at the time this book was published, I find the tone commendable. I’m not sure how heightened feelings about Islam had become in the UK in 2008, but in the USA, Muslims were still viewed with contempt. If I’m being honest, there’s probably a good chunk of the population that still feels that way here. So it is nice to have a bit of education on a subject that is rarely discussed calmly or rationally. I’m sure some people would be shocked at the shared religious belief in Abraham.

Included in this brief, but informative, chunk of paragraphs is a short sentence that is a call to action to get a calendar. Joke’s on the author – our cellphones all have calendars now (which I would guess was a bit detrimental to the calendar business). That being said, I have already purchased two planners, and a 3 month view at a time calendar for work. Naturally this is all in hopes of staying much more organized than I am actually likely to be.