Book Review Living Under a “Rock”: “The Red House”

Book Review Living Under a “Rock”: “The Red House” Emotions, Emotions, Emotions…. Living Under a Rock is a Memoir of the Author Shannon Hannan’s childhood that took place in “The Red House”.  Shannon was able to keep my engaged in the book, at moments it felt like I was part of the childhood.  The book […]

Book Review A Beginner’s Guide to Paradise: 9 Steps to Giving Up Everything

A Beginner’s Guide to Paradise: 9 Steps to Giving Up Everything Book Review Alex Sheshunoff NAILED IT!A Beginner’s Guide to Paradise was hilarious, witty, funny, engaging, literate memoir/travel adventure in two days. Each chapter is well written and short.  It makes it easy for people to read the book in bits or on lunch breaks, […]

Book Review SuperBetter: A Revolutionary Approach to Getting Stronger, Happier, Braver and More Resilient–Powered by the Science of Games

Book Review SuperBetter: A Revolutionary Approach to Getting Stronger, Happier, Braver and More Resilient Thank you Penguin for the opportunity to read an advanced copy of ‘SuperBetter’ by Jane McGonigal SuperBetter is a self-help book with it’s gamification approach.   Super Better encourages change with every turn of the page.  Using the seven ways we […]

The Pedestriennes: America’s Forgotten Superstars – Book Review

The Pedestriennes: America’s Forgotten Superstars – Book Review “America’s forgotten superstars” is the sub-title of this great read and I could not think of a statement more apt. In a nation that glorifies our elite athletes for their superhuman strength and ability as well as scrutinize their personal lifestyles and choices, Hall makes the indisputable […]

Vino Business: The Cloudy World of French Wine – Book Review

Cloudy World of French Wine – Vino Business: The Book Review I’m a wine lover, let’s start with that.  This was very informative possibly a little gossipy, but its the Vino Business.  We all know Wine is big money but it was interesting to learn about the influence of the international and celebrity investors on […]

Postcards from a War – Book Review

Postcards from a War – Book Review I would like to thank Vanita Books for allowing me an ARC of this book via Netgalley for an open and honest review. As we all know War is a hard subject for young and old.  When my husband deployed I tried to find books that would help […]

Food, Genes, and Culture – Book Review

Food, Genes, and Culture – Book Review Vegan, low fat, low carb, slow carb: Every diet seems to promise a one-size-fits-all solution to health. But they ignore the diversity of human genes and how they interact with what we eat. I would like to thank Island Press for allowing me an ARC of this book […]

Dixon Hearne Author Interview

Author Interview | Author Q & A with Dixon Hearne Q: As a child, what did you want to do when you grew up? A:I had a wonderful elementary school experience, which left me with a desire to become a teacher. I did just that — teaching K-12 and later as an academic at California […]

Starring Shapes! by Tania Howells Book Review

This is a must have educational book for kids on shapes. A few things that I loved about this book was the name of the Elementary School and the name of the play Hansel and Gretel. From a teaching stand point I LOVED how the author showed the shape and then showed the shape in […]

Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers

Book Review for Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers Strange how some books just pop out at you, STIFF jumped out to me as if it had come alive. I normally do not enjoy reading about the dead and death, I’m more of a murder and find the criminal type reader. However the cover […]

Personal Management with Purpose & Wisdom – Book Review

Personal Management with Purpose & Wisdom is a way of thinking for self-management and personal fulfillment. It explores basic and intuitive concepts which can be applied to all aspects of a person’s life. Through the study and application of the book’s “core concepts”, you can become able to address the barriers that block you from […]