Quick Note: Today I’m reviewing two books instead of one.  And Happy St. Patrick’s Day!

Title: PostSecret: Extraordinary Confessions From Ordinary Lives and My Secret: A PostSecret Book

Author: Both are compiled by Frank Warren

Pages/Format: Postsecret: 276/Hardcover; My Secret: 144/Hardcover

What I Thought: Since these two books are both PostSecret, and very similar, I thought I’d lump them together.

For those who aren’t familiar with PostSecret, it’s where people send in a secret they have neve revealed to anyone.  The secrets are sent to Frank Warren on a postcard, which are often decorated or go along with the secret in some way.

I really liked both books.  I could relate to a lot of the secrets, but even with the ones I couldn’t relate to, I still feel connected to them.

One of my favorites is from PostSecret, and the person had sent in a postcard that said they had no idea which secret to send in, because they had so many.  Or the one from MySecret that goes like this: wanting someone to recognize one of their secrets so they could stop pretending.

Some are sad, some are heart-warming, some are silly.  There is a sense of relief in sharing your secret, even if it is on an anonymous postcard sent in to a stranger.     

Rating: PostSecret gets a 4 out of 5.  I loved the secrets, and it’s great to flip through it every once in a while to remind myself that there are other people out there feeling the same way I do.  There were a wide variety of secrets to go through.

MySecret gets a 4 out of 5 as well.  I also loved the secrets in this one, and I felt the same way when I read this one as I did when I read Postsecret.  There weren’t as many secrets to flip through, but that’s due to the fact that MySecret is considerably shorter than PostSecret.  Despite it’s length, I still found it enjoyable and heart-breaking.