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September 25, 2021

REVIEW: What’s Today For? by Jessy Humann, illustrated by Frederico Van Lunter

JayneBook Reviews / C+ Reviewsaffirmation / animals / children's book / picture books / self-helpComments Off on REVIEW: What’s Today For? by Jessy Humann, illustrated by Frederico Van Lunter

A sweet book about loving each day and loving yourself. For readers ages 4 years and up. What’s today for? Today could be for counting raindrops or taking long walks. Today could be for making wishes, for friends, or other stuff. Every day is so much better when you believe ... more >

May 28, 2020

REVIEW: Fitness Hacks for over 50: 300 Easy Ways to Incorporate Exercise Into Your Life by K. Aleisha Fetters

JayneBook Reviews / C+ Reviewsexercise / non-fiction / self-helpComments Off on REVIEW: Fitness Hacks for over 50: 300 Easy Ways to Incorporate Exercise Into Your Life by K. Aleisha Fetters

Skip the gym and improve your physical and mental fitness in just minutes with these 300 quick and easy ways to add movement to your day! Being active and in shape helps you sleep, keeps you strong and healthy, and improves balance, your social life—and even your sex life! We ... more >

May 29, 2019

REVIEW: Sorry I’m Late, I Didn’t Want to Come by Jessica Pan

JayneB Reviews Category / Book Reviewsautobiography / First-Person / non-fiction / self-help1 Comments

An introvert spends a year trying to live like an extrovert with hilarious results and advice for readers along the way. What would happen if a shy introvert lived like a gregarious extrovert for one year? If she knowingly and willingly put herself in perilous social situations that she’d normally ... more >

February 27, 2015

Reading List by Sunita for February

SunitaBook Reviews / Reading ListsHarlequin Intrigue / Harlequin Presents / Historical Fantasy / multicultural / non-fiction / Reading lists / Recommended Reads / romantic-suspense / self-help / Urban-Fantasy13 Comments

Playing by the Greek’s Rules by Sarah Morgan Yay, Sarah Morgan has a new Presents out! I picked this up when it appeared at Kobo at the beginning of the month and read it in one sitting. This book is billed as a prequel to Morgan’s new single-title Puffin Island series, ... more >

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December 31, 2013

Tuesday News: the popularity of “Shelf-Help” books, Amazon delivery services, gifting the Kindle Fire, revisiting The Wind in the Willows, and an addictive geography game

JanetPublishing NewsAmazon / childrens-books / geography / Kindle Fire / self-help4 Comments

‘Shelf-help’ books set to fill publishers’ coffers in 2014 – So what’s the winning literary trend for 2014? According to this article by Vanessa Thorpe, it’s “shelf-help” books, which seem to be a clever repackaging of self-help books, but perhaps with a more philosophical bent. Thorpe points to the success ... more >

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