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Book Review: Monster City: Murder, Music and Mayhem in Nashville’s Dark Age by Michael Artnfield
Media Type: Ebook (ARC) Title: Monster City: Murder, Music, and Mayhem in Nashville’s Dark Age Author: Michael Arntfield Publisher: Little A Pages: Paperback; 352 Release Date: September 4, 2018 Source: NetGalley / Publisher —————————————— Genre: Nonfiction / True Crime HDB Rating: 3 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Readers who enjoy a real life look into the spree of serial murders in Nashville in the 1980’s and 1990’s. Add it on: Goodreads | Amazon | B&N The never-before-told true account of the serial killers who terrorized Nashville’s music scene for decades—and the cold-case Murder Squad determined to bring an end…
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Book Review: That’s What She Said: Wise Words From Influential Women by Kimothy Joy
Media Type: Print Book Title: That’s What She Said: Wise Words From Influential Women Author: Kimothy Joy Publisher: Harper Wave Pages: Hardcover; 128 Release Date: April 3, 2018 Source: Publisher / TLC Book Tours ————————————————— Genre: Non-Fiction HDB Rating: 5 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Readers looking for a simple way to share influential women with their young counterparts, or anyone looking for a fun, inspirational read! Add it on: Goodreads | Amazon | B&N An artist and activist committed to the empowerment of women and girls has created a gorgeous illustrated volume, blending watercolor and short biography to…
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Book Review: How To Be You by Jeffrey Marsh
*Please note that this book actually is great for YA too!* Media Type: Print Book Title: How To Be You: Stop Trying to Be Someone Else and Start Living Your Life Author: Jeffrey Marsh Publisher: TarcherPerigee Pages: Paperback; 224 Release Date: August 2, 2016 Source: Publisher —————————————————————————– Genre: Self-Help / Self-Exploration HDB Rating: 5 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Readers who are looking for a non-judgmental and fun way to be introspective. Add it on: Goodreads | Amazon | BookLikes This book is about how to finally give up on feeling bad about ourselves and discover the best person…
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Book Review: The Recipe Hacker by Diana Keuilian
Media Type: Print Book Title: The Recipe Hacker Author: Diana Keuilian Publisher: Cedar Fort Publishing Pages: Paperback; 200 Release Date: December 9, 2014 Source: Publisher ————————————— Genre: Cookbook HDB Rating: 4 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Readers who are looking for a cookbook full of healthy recipes with gorgeous photos! Add it on: Goodreads | BookLikes | Amazon Break the recipe code for your favorite foods! Free of grains, gluten, dairy, cane sugar, and soy, The Recipe Hacker is a mouthwatering collection of your favorite comfort foods with a healthy twist. Learn to use easy ingredient substitutions to transform traditional…
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A giveaway just for all you WRITERS out there!
I am one of the minority it seems, in the book blog world. I’m just a reader, not so much a writer. Well, unless you count the copious ramblings I shoot off on here semi-daily? Then, perhaps. Without YOU however my friends, those people who love to spin a good tale and put it up for others to enjoy, there would simply be nothing for me to read. So, I salute you! I also want to help. That’s why when I was approached by Prufrock Press to review Seize the Story: A Handbook for Teens Who Like to Write, I asked…
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Book Review: Cocktail Hour Under the Tree of Forgetfulness
Media Type: Print Book Title: Cocktail Hour Under the Tree of Forgetfulness Author: Alexandra Fuller Publisher: Penguin Group (USA) Pages: Hardcover; 256 Release Date: August 18, 2011 Source: TLC Book Tours ——————————————— Genre: Memoir HDB Rating: 5 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Readers who enjoy a good, heartfelt memoir. Add it on: Goodreads / Shelfari / Amazon / B&N In this sequel to Don’t Let’s Go to the Dogs Tonight, Alexandra Fuller returns to Africa and the story of her unforgettable family. In Cocktail Hour Under the Tree of Forgetfulness Alexandra Fuller braids a multilayered narrative around the perfectly lit, Happy…
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Book Review: The Handbook for Increasing Your Relationship IQ
Rather than rehash typical advice for couples, Edward L. Fairley offers some unexpected twists to conventional thinking that provide the reader with what sounds and feels like “inside information” even about the most intimate of communications. He does not shy away from specific instructions about how to navigate sexual intimacy and communicate differences in assumptions, interpretations, and expectations. — See more at Edward’s website Why I chose this: My first thought when I saw this book was how different it looked than most other “self-help” relationship books out there. That alone prompted me to give it a read! My Review:…
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Blog Tour: Book Review – Everything I Never Wanted to Be
Everything I Never Wanted to Be by Dina Kucera is the true story of a family’s battle with alcoholism and drug addiction. Dina’s grandfather and father were alcoholics. Her grandmother was a pill addict. Dina is an alcoholic and pill addict, and all three of her daughters struggle with alcohol and drug addiction including her youngest daughter, who started using heroin at age fourteen. –More at Goodreads Why I chose this: I didn’t choose this book, so much as it chose me. It showed up at my door one day and I read the back of the book, completely blown…
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Blog Tour: Ugly As Sin
Today I am extremely excited to be working with TLC Book Tours and author Tori Raiten-D’Antonio to promote her book, Ugly As Sin. Below is my review, but let me premise it by saying I truly believe each and every woman should read this book. Amazing doesn’t even begin to cover it. About the Author: Toni Raiten-D’Antonio, LCSW, is a well-known psychotherapist with a thriving private practice in Suffolk County, Long Island. She is a professor of psychology and social work at Empire State College. Prior to becoming a therapist she worked in television and theater as both a performer…
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Non-Fiction Book Review: Free Wakeful Dreaming
Michel Depeyrot (Ph.D., Stanford, 1968), a multi-faceted scientist and entrepreneurial maverick, is an acclaimed practitioner of the therapeutic use of Georges Romey s Free Wakeful Dreaming and Devi Nambudripad s Allergy Elimination Technique. The former is an experience innovator who created this technique in France, then founded its promotional association ADREL and its school (EREL). With the insights and confidence of an enthused adherent and disciple, Depeyrot introduces a wide audience to Romey s theories and practices in this first primer on Romey s work since he launched this technique in the early eighties. Depeyrot translates key writings of Romey…