Nonfiction November Week 1: Your Year in Nonfiction #NonfictionNovember

Nonfiction November is hosted this year by Julie (JulzReads), Sarah (Sarah’s Book Shelves), Katie (Doing Dewey), Rennie (What’s Nonfiction) — is a month-long celebration of everything nonfiction. Each week, they'll be a different prompt and a different host looking at different ideas about reading and loving nonfiction. This week’s (Oct. 29 – Nov. 2) discussion is hosted...

#BookSpotlight – Stop Self-Sabotage: Six Steps to Unlock Your True Motivation, Harness Your Willpower, and Get Out of Your Own Way by Dr. Judy Ho

Hello today I'm highlighting a nonfiction book that was sent all the way from L.A. by the author Dr. Judy Ho. Before I share my thoughts, here's what the book is all about: About The Book "Award-winning psychologist and TV personality Dr. Judy Ho helps you stop the cycle of self-sabotage, clear a path to...

#PaperbackPublicationDayReview – The Light in the Dark A Winter Journal by Horatio Clare @HoratioClare #Giveaway @eandtbooks #TheLightInTheDark

Good morning! I'm sharing my review again of this lovely book on it's paperback publication day. I'm also hosting a giveaway on Twitter in conjunction with the publisher, Elliot & Thompson for one lucky person in the UK to win a copy of this gorgeous book. Full details at the bottom of this post. Book...

#BookReview – Hard Pushed: A Midwife’s Story by Leah Hazard #HardPushed #NetGalley #Memoir #Nonfiction #ARC

From Goodreads: "No sleep for twenty hours. No food for ten. And a ward full of soon-to-be mothers… Welcome to the life of a midwife. Life on the NHS front line, working within a system at breaking point, is more extreme than you could ever imagine. From the bloody to the beautiful, from moments of...

#BookReview – Confession of a Bad Mother The Teenage Years by Stephanie Calman @picadorbooks @Tr4cyF3nt0n #confessionsofabadmother

Hello and welcome to my stop on the blog tour for 'Confessions of a Bad Mother the Teenage Years' by Stephanie Calman. Thanks to Tracy Fenton of Compulsive Readers for the invite and to the publishers for my paperback copy. Before I share my review here's what the book is all about: "When you’re pregnant...

#AudiobookReview – Apocalypse Any Day Now by Tea Krulos #ApocalypseAnyDayNow

"It seems like people are always talking about the end of the world, doesn't it? Y2K, the Mayan Apocalypse, Blood Moon Prophecies, nuclear war, killer robots, you name it. In Apocalypse Any Day Now, journalist Tea Krulos travels the country to try to puzzle out America's obsession with the end of days. Along the way...

#BookReview – Are You the F**king Doctor? by Dr Liam Farrell #IrishMed @drlfarrell ~RandomThingsTours

Hello and welcome to my stop on the blog tour for Are You The F**king Doctor? by Dr Liam O'Farrell. Thanks to Anne Cater of Random Things Tours for the invitation and for my paperback copy of the book. Before I share my review here's what the book is all about: ‘General practice is the...

#BookReview – Kayak The Kwanza by Oscar Scafidi #ThePigeonhole #KayakTheKwanza

From Goodreads: "In June 2016, Oscar Scafidi and Alfy Weston set out to complete the first ever source-to-sea expedition along Angola’s longest river, the Kwanza. Paddling and carrying a forty-year-old collapsible wooden kayak, they embarked on a journey of 1,300km in support of The HALO Trust, the oldest and largest humanitarian landmine clearance organisation in...

#BookReview – Salt On Your Tongue by Charlotte Runcie #SaltOnYourTongue

From Goodreads: "Charlotte Runcie has always felt pulled to the sea, lured by its soothing, calming qualities but also enlivened and inspired by its salty wildness. When she loses her beloved grandmother, and becomes pregnant with her first child, she feels its pull even more intensely. In Salt On Your Tongue Charlotte explores what the...