When it comes to “youtuber” books I’ve never really been that into them… wait no that is a bit of a lie, I have bought into them before, I own a few “youtuber” books but I have never really sat down and read them, I just bought them because every other person who was interested in the beauty side of youtube bought them and I just had to follow the crowd.

But this, when Lex announced that she was releasing a book I knew that this would be one of the books I would want to get my hands on- so I was extremely happy when I saw a proof of it at NYAlit fest, I think I almost dove across the table making grabby hands because I needed it.

I have watched Lex on and off for a while now- I say on and off because I have had a love-hate relationship with youtube in general so I did stop watching a lot of people, but Lex is one person I will always watch at some point- even if the video is a couple of months old and probably not relevant any more. I’m a netflix or a book kinda girl.

“You’re crushing it!” is basically a self help book without being a preachy self help book, I actually just felt like I was talking to a friend… OK I would like to clarify that I wasn’t talking to the book, but it flowed so well and had so much of Lex’s humour throughout- you couldn’t accuse her of using a ghost writer, I swear it’s ALL Lex (of course I am saying this as someone who only knows of her personality via videos).

I found myself nodding along, laughing out loud, taking pictures of certain pages- I cannot bring myself to write in a book, so often my phone will be full of pictures of pages from books.
Luckily the formatting of this book makes it great to take pictures because on every few pages you can find some brilliant (and humorous) inspirational quotes.

(Pop on over to my blog if you want to see some of these quotes as I included a few images)

I can’t even say “I wish this had been around when I was a teenager” because hell I needed it now as a 30 year old woman, Lex knows her shit, and I love how open she is with her opinions, although I am hoping that the younger generations do pick it up when it is published as it is one hell of a book, that may not change your entire world but it may prompt you to look at some of your current actions and decisions.

Not only does this touch on friendships, relationships, mental health, periods (because people have them folks, it’s time we ditched the stigma, they aren’t dirty or wrong, they may be a little painful though, but everyone is different) but it also touches on privilege, politics and so much more.

If I hadn’t had to stop reading to go to work I would have definitely read this in one sitting, I will definitely be purchasing this when it is published (I may have to add tabs to that copy so I can easily locate sections that I may need) and I may have to buy copies for friends as well.