This book contained a small handful of truly superb poems. Unfortunately, a lot of it was rather poor, and in many cases not even poetry. I find that I am a much bigger fan of her music--especially the first album--than her poetry. But because of the handful that found to be excellent, and because it really shows you more of the inner workings of Jewel, it is a book work reading. If you are not a fan of Jewel's music, however, I DEFINATELY would not recommend this book.