• Books & Book Reviews - Fiction

    Annie’s Autumn Escape

    I was looking forward to Annie’s Autumn Escape having enjoyed Daisy’s Dilemma by the same author. Blurb Annie’s big birthday is looming.  Sixty!  She feels half that age, even if the mirror tells her otherwise.  Hubby Keith promises her a birthday to remember, and doesn’t let her down, but packing his suitcase to shack up with a forty-something isn’t quite the memory Annie wants to make.  Suddenly she’s single and – as an empty nester – very, very alone.  The Bucket List she and Keith had promised to work their way through is but a dream, until besties Bella and…

  • Books & Book Reviews - Readers Speak

    Sammy Sahni #ReadersSpeak

    Today on #ReadersSpeak, it’s my pleasure to introduce to you the lovely Sammy Sahni, author and expressive arts therapy practitioner. You can find her at Social Dragonfly. Sammy is always brimming with fresh ideas and creating new initiatives and is an inspiring woman who is a pleasure know. Sammy Sahni On average, how many books do you read in a year? 30-40 Do you think it helps to take part in reading challenges and/or to have a reading target for the year? I prefer a community reading together like my book club and this encourages me to read more with…

  • Books & Book Reviews - Non-Fiction

    The Gratitude Explorer Workbook

    A Network for Grateful Living, creators of the best-selling Everyday Gratitude and Wake Up Grateful present The Gratitude Explorer Workbook. This is for readers who want to start a gratitude practice or integrate gratitude into their lives with greater intention and consistency. This interactive package acts as both a guide and a journal for recording thoughts and meditations. Dozens of writing prompts, guided meditations, and exercises for beginning and progressively deepening a daily gratitude practice are paired with quotations and space for writing and personalizing the book. The beautifully designed gift package includes bonus features in the back: 10 quotation postcards, mini-cards for keeping in a…