Inside The Cover: To Be Perfectly Honest by Phil Callaway - a book review

From his site:
What happened was that Phil promised to tell the truth for an entire year, and he wasn’t joking. Twelve months later, his journal was crammed with success, near-success, and outright failure. During his year-long experiment with veracity, he made a disastrous financial investment, fielded hundreds of intrusive questions from friends and strangers, attended a thirty-year class reunion, and waded into some of the most revealing—and hilarious—situations ever documented.

My thoughts:

This book wavered back and forth between somewhat funny to the best kind of funny depending on when I chose to sit down and read this. I was laughing at parts my husband just didn't get and I appreciate it when I can share the same sense of humor with someone that is trying to be funny. Otherwise I find them funny when they aren't trying to be which can be awkward for everyone involved. I thought Phil Callaway had a nice way of changing it up. Sometimes he could be blunt, other times very subtle.. in a way no one got him and other times just plain quirky. Usually we find things that comedians say or do funny because we can relate to what ever it is they are poking fun at. Some things may not be subjects we would ever admit or should laugh at... but alas it is a nice release.

I would love to go on a year challenge like Phil did. However, I don't think that there is any way I could do it for a year. It really shows how deceptive and sinful us humans really are! I don't mean I lie all the time but he was taking it to the step of anything that made him feel like a fraud or if he felt he was doing something against his true nature. I know lying is wrong, but I think leaving the cold hard truth out of some situations can be for the best. Phil is very candid in this journal on what he is thinking. It is quite refreshing when you see the human side of someone in a ministry position. I loved this book and recommend to anyone and everyone. You do not need to be religious to enjoy it's humor but you can know it is just good clean fun!

From Phil: Writing this book has changed the way I view truth and the way I live life. Never has a project gotten so completely under my skin. You'll have to read it to find out why.





I received this book from Blogging For Books for the purpose of review. The opinions in this post are 100% my own and may differ from yours.