Make Your Own Money

A book review of Make Your Own Money: How Kids Can Earn It, Save It, Spend It and Dream Big by Ty Allan Jackson Stars: **** Storey Publishing (2021)Juvenile Nonfiction128 pages Disclosure: I received a copy of this book for review. This post contains affiliate links. Summary: Saving money for something? Then this is the… Read More »

Soon (History of Procrastination)

A book review of Soon: An Overdue History of Procrastination, from Leonardo and Darwin to You and Me by Andrew Santella Stars: **** Dey Street Books (2018)Time Management208 pages Disclosure: This post contains affiliate links. Summary: An entertaining, fact-filled defense of the nearly universal tendency to procrastinate, drawing on the stories of history’s greatest delayers,… Read More »

How to Be a Person

A book review of How To Be a Person: 65 Hugely Useful, Super-Important Skills to Learn Before You’re Grown Up by Catherine Newman Stars: ***** Storey Publishing (2020)Children’s Nonfiction160 pages Disclosure: I received a copy of this book in exchange for an honest review. Summary: For the kid who leaves a wet towel wadded up… Read More »

Watching for Dragonflies

A book review of Watching for Dragonflies: a Caregiver’s Transformative Journey by Suzanne Marriott Stars: **** She Writes Press (2023)Memoir320 pages Disclosure: I received a copy of this book in exchange for an honest review. This post contains affiliate links. Summary: There are 53 million family caregivers in the United Sates, and many feel isolated… Read More »

Unjournaling

A book review of Unjournaling: Daily Writing Exercises That Are Not Personal, Not Introspective, Not Boring by Dawn DiPrince and Cheryl Miller Thurston Stars: ***** Routledge (2006)Writing Exercises112 pages Disclosure: I received a copy of this book in exchange for an honest review. This post contains affiliate links. Summary: Some students just don’t want to… Read More »

The Ordeal

A book feature of The Ordeal: A Journey from Misfortunes, Illness and Betrayal to Truth by Josephine Walden Lulabelle Publishers (2022)Memoir401 pages Disclosure: I received a copy of this book from the author. This post contains affiliate links. Summary: A true story of hardships, loss, dysfunctional family relationships and the struggle with life-changing illness. After… Read More »

I Got It From Here

A book review of I Got It From Here: A Memoir of Awakening to the Power Within by Francesca Miracola Stars: **** She Writes Press (2023)Memoir246 pages Disclosure: I received a copy of this book from the publisher. This post contains affiliate links. Summary: Growing up in an Italian American family in Queens, New York,… Read More »