All Blog Posts Tagged 'review' (380)

Acceptance: A Workshop for Perfectionists by Liisa Kyle, Ph.D is a self-help book with writing exercises and activities to help perfectionists accept circumstances, others, and themselves.

The book is very well-rounded in the information it covers to help perfectionists grow…

This story is the epitome of what if.  I found myself asking that question throughout the book as I tried to picture what happened, and how it would end.

There are two main characters in this story, and they each talk in the first person as it goes from one to the other.  It keeps you…

Brain Fog and Stress: Better Brain Health by Managing Stress Now is a book written by an expert on stress’ impact on the brain and how to deal with stress to improve brain health. The author discusses all aspects of stress and how it affects the brain. The author tells us that not all stress is bad;…

Innocence and hope abound in this story.  You find yourself rooting for the characters as they flounder through a reality they had never conceived of.  It is interesting, entertaining, and touching.

Olivia is a young woman thrust into an adult role without any preparation.  At least not prepared for…

Top Life Coaching Tips is a self-help book that offers multiple ways to live life with more peace, passion, energy, and joy. It is a book that everyone could benefit from, because any one of us could use more of those traits in our lives.

The book has 31 tips on how to live a better life. It…

Romantic suspense amid the chaos of a world at war. The year is 1940. As England braces for invasion and the German army overruns Europe, two American sisters in Paris risk their lives to save a downed British airman from Nazi arrest. Linda Rossiter and Eleanor Masson soon realize the price they may pay…

How to Relax – Mind Body & Soul is a self-help book for people who are uptight and could use some tips on how to let go of stress and relax. This book is for everyone, since we all need to relax sometimes. The book is written with calming language that makes it relaxing just to read. It is a helpful and…

Losing Control, Finding Serenity is a self-help book about how being controlling – over people and events – disrupts the natural course of life and hinders life and relationships. This is a book for everyone, because almost everyone does some degree of controlling in their lives. This book…

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Phoebe Bertram is boring, bland and unexciting. She works a job that is inadequate of her abilities. She has a boyfriend that is tolerable. She is on the treadmill of her life and doesn't know how to get off. When changes occur in her job and her apartment goes condo, she must find a new place to live. Her friend Meghan brings her to the perfect apartment and the moment Phoebe steps in the door she knows there is something special and atypical about this…

A creative, detailed, and surprising story.  I haven't read vampire stories since I read a few by Anne Rice, but this one was really very interesting, and I'm glad I took a chance.

Vampires are a bloody sort, literally.  I don't like to read about the blood, the killing for it or any of that…

Pestilence, famine, war, oh my.  Creativity, shock, and a questioning what, all rolled into one story.

To say this was a surprise read from her other series, would be an understatement.  I have to admit, at first I couldn't wrap my head around it as I first felt shock for the, shall I say…

A fantasy written so you can see it like you're actually there.  It's a story that's entertaining and surprising which you'll certainly…

Surprise is probably a mild way to put it.  Shock would have most assuredly fit the emotional reaction perceived, but of course as a title and what happened, surprise works much better.

Short stories are just that.  You won't find a lot of fluff or character building; there just isn't any room…

Book Review: Crystal Promise, The Shattered Crystal

Hello Readers!

I recently finished reading Crystal Promise: The Shattered Crystal, by indie author, James Funfer, and left my review on Amazon and Goodreads as well as my Wordpress blog. I’m copying it here to share with you as well.

I am not great at reviewing. Some reviewers like to start with “This story…

Hello, World!

I am pleased to announce that I have resumed working on my work-in-progress, Chronicles of a Troubled Girl. I’m in the editing and formatting stage. I worked on it for over two hours yesterday. What got me working on it again? Well, my husband mentioned my book, asking how I was coming along with it. I told him I had finished writing it and I just needed to edit it. That conversation created a spark in my mind that motivated me to resume working on it. I intend…

As I sit down to revisit the theme outlined in part I of this series, I'm also in the midst of reading "Fear of Beauty", by Susan Froetschel…

This is a story about a fraud psychic that solves a murder because his way of gathering information to carry out the scams, gives him the ability to discover the unanswered question of motive.

The story was interesting in some parts, but it couldn't hold my attention for very long.  Maybe it was…