My daughter used to like to read. Then she didn’t. The downward spiral began when she had to start reading 20 minutes a day for school. She’s the kind of kid who rebels when you start telling her she has to do something. We used to fight tooth and nail when it came to 20 tiny … Continue reading
This is where you usually get a huge list of recommendations for the word of the week. Here’s the thing… I’ve been trying REALLY hard to do things that feel good this year, things that put me in my #happyplace more often than not. After doing the YOW book challenge for 3 months I realized … Continue reading
One of my favorite things to do is browse books. It doesn’t matter where it is, the book store, library or amazon, I love the possibilities, and the sheer volume of books there are to choose from. I also know not everyone has the time for this luxury… but it is one of the ways … Continue reading
This week, in looking at books for the word success it was easy to get sucked into the “how to be successful” department on Amazon.com. You know, 10 steps to make you successful, and I’ll show you how. Funny thing, they were almost all about how to be successful in business. I spent many years … Continue reading
Welcome to week 9 of the Year of Words book club!! This week I’ve chosen the word Worth for my word. You are welcome to choose whatever word you’d like from the list. If you don’t have the list yet, sign up for the book club, and you’ll immediately receive the full list as well … Continue reading
I was surprised when I went looking for books to recommend for the Week 5 of the Year of Words Book Challenge word Celebrate. I found lots of cookbooks, and books about holidays. As much as I love to read cookbooks, I didn’t really think they were what I was going for here. 🙂 I … Continue reading
I’ve had a problem the last while… I just couldn’t DECIDE what books to read. I’d gotten myself in a situation where I’d started a couple books I just couldn’t get into, and found it next to impossible to just give up on them. But, I wasn’t reading them, and because I don’t like to … Continue reading
