The Happiness Project: Or, Why I Spent a Year Trying to Sing in the Morning, Clean My Closets, Fight Right, Read Aristotle, and Generally Have More Fun by Gretchen Rubin (2009) | Book Review
The Happiness Project: Or, Why I Spent a Year Trying to Sing in the Morning, Clean My Closets, Fight Right, Read Aristotle, and Generally Have More Fun by Gretchen Rubin Genres: Non-Fiction Original Publication Date: 2011 Source: I purchased this book Goodreads Find the Author: Website, Blog, Goodreads, Amazon Gretchen Rubin had an epiphany one rainy afternoon in the unlikeliest of places: a city bus. “The days are long, but the years are short,” she realized. “Time is passing, and I’m not focusing enough on the things that really matter.” In that moment, she decided to dedicate a year to her happiness project. In this lively and compelling account, Rubin…
Bobblehead Dad: 25 Life Lessons I Forgot I Knew by Jim Higley (2011) | Book Review
Bobblehead Dad: 25 Life Lessons I Forgot I Knew by Jim Higley Genres: Memoir, Non-Fiction Original Publication Date: 2011 Source: I received this book from the publisher in exchange for an honest review. Goodreads Find the Author: Website, Blog, Facebook, Goodreads, Amazon Jim Higley was a forty-year-old bobblehead. Just like those collectible figurines with oversized, bouncy heads, he’d put on a smiling face and bobble through his hectic, overflowing days. Higley’s bobbling came to a screeching halt with the diagnosis of cancer, surgery, and a summer of healing. More than a cancer story, however, Bobblehead Dad puts you in a front-row seat as the author discovers the illuminating parallels between…
Borneo Tom: Stories and Sketches of Love, Travel and Jungle Family in Tropical Asia by Tom McLaughlin | Book Review
Borneo Tom: Stories and Sketches of Love, Travel and Jungle Family in Tropical Asia by Tom McLaughlin Genres: Memoir, Non-Fiction Original Publication Date: 2010 Source: I received this book from the publisher in exchange for an honest review. Goodreads Find the Author: Website, Goodreads, Amazon Science Teacher Tom McLaughlin battled a rare neurological disease to a standstill, packed up his life and moved to Malaysian Borneo from a Washington D.C. suburb. Landing in Kuching, he quickly learned the Malay language and involved himself in projects which include orangutan rehabilitation and research about the famed naturalist, From dancing naked in an earthquake in Sumatra to getting lost in a warren of…
Retail Hell: How I Sold My Soul to the Store – Confessions of a Tortured Sales Associate by Freeman Hall (2009) | Book Review
Retail Hell: How I Sold My Soul to the Store-Confessions of a Tortured Sales Associate by Freeman Hall by Freeman Hall Genres: Memoir, Non-Fiction Original Publication Date: 2009 Source: I purchased this book Goodreads Find the Author: Blog, Goodreads, Amazon This is a place Freeman Hall, a twenty-year veteran “on the floor,” knows well. While delivering side-splitting stories alongside brutally cynical commentary, Freeman recounts his most shocking experiences in Retail Hell. From the time he was attacked by a customer’s four-year-old, who grabbed onto his leg like a poodle and wouldn’t let go, to the day he found the fitting room walls covered in s**t, Freeman has seen and heard…
Wow! Glowing Bride in 30 Days by Laura Pepper | Book Review
Wow! Glowing Bride in 30 Days: Wedding Beauty, Health & Staying Stress Free by Laura Pepper Genres: Non-Fiction Original Publication Date: 2011 Source: I received this book from the publisher in exchange for an honest review. Goodreads Find the Author: Website, Blog, Goodreads, Amazon This book was written for you, the busy woman who wants to look and feel her best on her wedding day, (but has a real life – and a busy one at that – too!) This is a no-nonsense, easy-to-follow collection of advice for those who want to look and feel fantastic for the wedding, but not let it take over their life because, well, life…
