Best for: Anyone with anxiety, anyone who tends to worry a bunch, and/or anyone who can find themselves unsure of where to start when something bad happens. In a nutshell: Author Sarah Knight offers a way to think about the things that keep us up at night so they don’t take over our lives. She is not a doctor, and isn’t suggesting that people with mental health issues that amplify their tendency to worry simply need to calm the fuck down; this book is for […]
Bit Scattered, Not As Helpful As It Could’ve Been
Best for: People looking for a bit of a memoir mixed in with some genuinely good ideas about improving our workplace. In a nutshell: Author Mary Portas details her career struggles rising through the ranks of department store marketing and shares her thoughts for ways to improve the workplace so it works better for all of us — men and women. Worth quoting: “But the irony is that the whole thing is deeply emotional: wanting to smash the competition and be top dog isn’t exactly […]
The End (CBR10 BINGO)
CBR 10 BINGO Square: This Is The End (Last in the Dark Iceland series) Best for: Completionists. Although if you’re not familiar with any of the characters in the series but like mysteries, you’ll probably enjoy this. In a nutshell: A police officer (not our protagonist) is shot at an abandoned house. Had he stumbled upon a drug deal? Was the mayor involved? Or was something else going on? Why I chose it: When I read the first in the series, I immediately bought the […]
A Mishmash of Stuff
Best for: Someone looking for a few more tips and suggestions on how to really take care of yourself. In a nutshell: Sisters Nadia and Katia have ideas that they’d like to share with you, ostensibly organized into six categories (but not really). Worth quoting: “It’s not so much about what you’re eating as how you’re eating it. Are you eating from a place of love and nourishment? Or out of punishment, or ideas of good and bad?” Why I chose it: It looked pretty. […]