I love the workbook aspect of Badass Babe Workbook: Creative Exercises, Drawing Activities, Empowering Stories and Fuel for Your Personal Revolution, Inspired by Over 100 Trailblazing Women. Each topic is preceded by a short biography of a woman or women who made a difference to the world in their field. The book leads girls/women to recognize who they are and to create/visualize their own story. This motivates us to be better, stronger, gentler, more creative, more active women, more in touch with our true selves and our own story; women who know that taking care of ourselves is the first step in caring for others and being able to offer all that we are.

This book lets us (girls/women) know that we can be whatever we want to be and empowers us to follow and fulfill our dreams while at the same time stressing that we are okay and perfect just the way we are.

An important book for our girls AND ourselves!!

Thanks to NetGalley, Julie Van Grol and Quarry Books (Quarto Publishing) for offering me the chance to read this excellent book in exchange for an honest opinion.

Perhaps this book would appeal more to younger readers in their teens or maybe twenties (YA). 

I was intrigued by the concept and approve of the many and mixed mini bios of inspiring women....and enjoyed some of the quotations enough to make a note of them. 

That said, I wasn't particularly impressed with the workbook sections and some aspects of style did also rather put me off. For example: 'babes' really doesn't work for me, I think there are much better terms that would engender more respect for these women.....I mean Ruth Bader Ginsburg, a 'babe'? Also the whole 'pink for girls' thing could really do with dying a death in my opinion. So while it's ok, it could really be a lot better.

I will always promote any book that talks about awesome females and human beings in general and this book is not only bringing you short biographies about great females that have shapes history and life as we know it in some way, but it also has some exercises meant to turn the reader into a more creative person but also empower the reader, as some of the exercises are about self-reflection and self-acceptance. That I loved about the book. But I also had higher expectations on this part of the book too.

In the end, I find this workbook a tag bit too short, and maybe that's why it feels superficial. One could argue that it's the size that makes it be not boring and fun, but I think that if done well, it could've had more exercises and talk in more details about these heroines and even include more women and humans.

It's still a great read!

I had a different impression of this book when I picked it up from when I finished it.  I was expecting more of a book about defining yourself as a badass, but the book is more focused on the empowering women around the reader and what the reader can learn from them.  It's not a bad tactic, it takes a more "Rejected Princesses" focus than I was expecting, but I think it's a good book for younger women who are maybe looking for some role model.s.

The diversity is impressive in that more books don't have such a diverse cast of role models.  It feels better.

My only complaint is that the term "babes" when used in the book, feels...  off?  It doesn't feel feminist or empowering and when juxtaposed with the source materials - kind of cheapens the feel of the overall concept.

A great book. With the centenary of the suffragette movement this felt very topical. I loved learning about the females who have made an impact in history. Being an ebook meant that you could not do the activities I enjoyed reading it regardless.

I love this! It’s so uplifting and really makes your dog deep into your creative self! The quotes throughout the book are inspiring and it made me just want to keep going!

A bit too rah-rah for my taste and a lot of work.fds

The Badass Babe Workbook includes creative exercises, drawing activities, empowering stories, and fuel for your personal revolution that have been inspired by over 100 trailblazing women.  The great thing about these workbooks is that you can go in any order.  From front to back or jump around to each activity that you most feel like doing that day.  In between activities there are quotes and information on other badass babes, so you always know that you are in good company!

I received a free e-copy of this book in order to write this review, I was not otherwise compensated.

I like the idea of connecting success stories with a workbook, readers get to actually think, write and brainstorm after reading, instead of only knowing a new story but not knowing how to reflect the lessons from the stories to themselves. The graphics and page design are also very nice, they make the whole book a lot enjoyable. The only part that I think can be improved is the cover. The color and font don't really match the page design of the book well.
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Overall: 3/5
Cover: 3/5
Writing: 5/5
Creativity: 5/5
Page Design: 4.5/5
Graphics: 5/5

Thank you to the publisher and Net Galley for the opportunity to read and review Badass Babe Workbook.

I received an ebook edition, so I'm unable to say anything about the paper or what it would be like to work on.

I really liked the look of the book. Lots of adorable illustrations of the Badass Babes featured in the book. The mini biographies are just long enough to remind you why these women are "Badass Babes" and enouvh to make me want to learn more about the few I don't know as much about.

I would have marked it 5 stars, but I found the workbook bit underwhelming. More of an afterthought. I wasn't interested in that part enough to do them in a sketchbook. Some might enjoy it, but I have seen much better creative workbook stuff. 

All in all, I would recommend this to all the ladies of course, but I think it would make an especially good gift for tweens and teens.

BADASS BABE WORKBOOK is a collection of prompts to inspire creativity in those wanting to further explore their "badass self".  Throughout the prompts are collections of stories and quotes of trailblazing women who've come and gone before for added inspiration.  Definitely a creative collection.

This was a beautifully illustrated collection of stories about lesser-known woman in history that helped pave the way for acceptance. I was consumed with joy as I read each woman's tale of fearlessness and have a new-found appreciation for all of the opportunities I'm currently given. I just wish some of these snippets had gone into more detail!

This workbook was incredibly inspirational and it is my new life goal to make it on a similar list of badass woman! I especially liked the message that it doesn't matter if you're an artist, an athlete, a doctor, or part of the church - there is always a place for you and improvements to make.

The included activities started out very thoughtful and I honestly can't wait to add them to my bullet journal spreads. However, as the book went on the prompts seemed to be repetitive and less useful. I think the drawing tips were a great addition but seemed a little out of place.

My absolute favorite part of this book was the illustration style. I especially enjoyed that every woman was presented in different shades of the same color, eliminating judgement.

I think this could be a very useful workbook to some people and is a very important collection of motivational stories to have on your shelf!

I am just not the self help workbook type of person.  That being said, I think this book could be a great help for many women.  It includes bio snips of great woman, some famous like Ada Lovelace and many less known.  It also contains great quotes and exercises to make yourself a better bad ass babe.  Most are writing/journaling and art prompts, and some are not.  It’s not a bad book at all, just not my thing.

I found this to be very thought provoking, informative, and empowering. The creative exercises are a nice bonus but in no way required to benefit from this book. It was a perfect read for Women's History month! 

**Thanks to NetGalley and the publisher for the ARC! All opinions are my own.**

A great little book about empowering women and how to empower yourself. Lots of creative activities to do and a good way fo teaching anyone to draw even when they think they can't.

Very useful and helpful for living a healthy and confident life.

This book was completely badass!😍 I LOVED learning more about all the different badass babes of history and felt empowered to set free my own inner badass! Definitely worth the read!

Inspiring. Learned about a bunch of strong women and was empowered by the rhetoric within!

I found about half of the activities in this book not for me however it's a brilliant book and I've already recommended it to a few people. I'm rubbish at arts and drawing, much more of a writing person which is why I say not all of it for me. However I still had a go. 

There's lots of mini bios of inspirational women and the activities are often linked to these. The book is colourful and fun, very interactive. It gives you so much to think about. It enables you to express who you are, where you've come from and how you want to be all through your creativity. 

Overall it's an amazing book and well worth trying a few of the exercises whether women or male. 

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I enjoy fun guided journals before bed every night  and this one is inspiring and empowering.  Love the page with Kathleen Hanna.

Thanks to NetGalley and the publisher for a free ebook copy.