Rating: ☆☆☆☆ Recommended by: Author: Chris Guillebeau Genre: Non-Fiction, Self-Improvement, Happiness Info: 304 pages, published September 9, 2014 Format: Book Summary The Happiness of Pursuit is all about quests and the people who set them. Chris Guillebeau, the author, became interested in quests when he set out to visit all of the countries in the […]
Rating: ☆☆☆☆ Recommended by: Adrienne Bulinski Author: Francine Rivers Genre: Fiction, Historical Fiction, Christian, Romance Info: 465 pages, published May 9, 2005 Format: Book Summary Redeeming Love a historical romance novel set in the 1850s Gold Rush in California. The story is inspired by the Book of Hosea from the Bible. Its central theme is the […]
Rating: ☆☆☆☆ Recommended by: Heather Bohart Author: Paula Hawkins Genre: Fiction, Mystery, Suspense Info: 395 pages, published January 13, 2015 Format: Audio Book Summary The Girl on the Train is psychological thriller told from the point of view of three women: Rachel, Anna, and Megan. Rachel Watson is a 32-year-old alcoholic who frequently binges and […]
Rating: ☆☆☆ Recommended by: Deidre Farrell Author: Vanessa Diffenbaugh Genre: Fiction, Romance Info: 323 pages, published August 23, 2011 Format: Book Summary The Language of Flowers follows the fraught life of a Victoria Jones, who by the age of 18, had lived in 32 foster homes, and becomes a flower arranger. Victoria learns the human lessons […]
Rating: ☆☆☆☆ Recommended by: Adrienne Bulinkski Author: Sheryl Sandberg Genre: Non-Fiction, Self-Improvement, Memoir Info: 387 pages, published March 11, 2013 Format: Audio Book Summary When published in 2013, Lean In, Sheryl Sandberg’s provocative call to action about women and power quickly became part of the zeitgeist and the subject of much discussion among professional women. The […]
Rating: ☆☆☆1/2 Recommended by: Author: Shawn Achor Genre: Non-Fiction, Self-Improvement, Happiness Info: 256 pages, published 2010 Format: Book Summary Most people believe that if they work hard, they will be successful and that once they are successful, they will be happy. In The Happiness Advantage, human potential consultant and former Harvard professor Shawn Achor […]
Rating: ☆☆ Recommended by: Author: Brian Tracy Genre: Non-Fiction, Self-Improvement Info: 128 pages, published August 25, 2015 Format: E-Book (Zinio) Summary Author Brian Tracy argues that each of us has a balance point where we feel in perfect harmony, grounded, happy, connected to others, and where our mind, body and spirit are in alignment, […]
Rating: ☆☆☆1/2 Recommended by: Heather Ringoen Author: Allen Eskens Genre: Fiction, Mystery, Suspense, Crime Info: 303 pages, published October 14, 2014 Format: Book Summary As part of a college English class assignment, Joe Talbert must interview a stranger and write a brief biography of the person. At a nearby nursing home, Joe meets Carl Iverson, a […]
Rating: ☆☆1/2 Recommended by: Nancy Sissom Author: Karen Jane Fowler Genre: Fiction, Animals Info: 320 pages, published May 30, 2013 Format: Audio Book Summary We Are All Completely Besides Ourselves is narrated by Rosemary Cooke who had an extremely non-conventional childhood in Bloomington, Indiana, where her father was a psychology professor and her mother a non-practicing scientist. […]
Rating: ☆☆ Recommended by: Author: David Allen Genre: Non-Fiction, Self-Improvement Info: 288 pages, published January 1, 2001 Format: Book Summary Getting Things Done (“GTD “) is a time-management method which rests on the idea of moving planned tasks and projects out of the mind by recording them externally and then breaking them into actionable […]