The Minimalist Babe: Tidying-Up Your Whole Life Lola R. Marie Publication date: September 7th 2019 Genres: Adult, Self-help Lola is every bit the minimalist babe – she lives simply, is intelligent and sassy, emotional and strong, calm and composed. Realizing that less is more, she traded in material possessions to focus on what was truly important to her. Lola’s inspiring guide delivers real-world advice on how to consume less, clear out clutter, find authenticity, and live a life based on freedom. It is a sincere attempt to help those who want to end their obsession with stuff. Echoing the thoughts behind Leonardo da Vinci’s quote that “simplicity is the ultimate sophistication,” this book teaches you how to value the simple things. From learning to declutter and live with less to living life with passion, good health, and great relationships. The Minimalist Babe is for anyone who desires a more intentional life. Drawing from real-life experiences, it is filled with storie...

Review: In Every Way - Book #2 In Plain Sight - Amy Sparling - September 2016 In Book #1 we had Maddie and Colby and now in Book #2 In Every Way, we have Maddie's friend Bess and Colby's friend, Josh .  Bess has always been a big girl and after a bully made fun of her in middle school and called her "Bess the Cow," she became so self-conscious of her weight and her looks. It's hard too as her grandmother loves her food and is biggish too. If only Bess had her grandmother's confidence in that "Big is Beautiful ," she would realize that she is a stunning young woman. Summer is here, and school is over, Bess has just graduated and was hoping to spend her summer with her new friend Maddie except Maddie has gone jet-setting to Spain with her family and boyfriend Colby. Bess gets a job working for her Grandmother's friend Julie in her shop on the Beach strip.  Julie can see that Bess needs help with her confidence and sends her ...

  Review: Competing with the Star - Book #2 Next Door to a Star Series - Krysten Lindsay Hager - March 2016 Hadley Daniels has just moved to a new town away from her friends and is starting fresh. She has a new group of friends and one of them is former TV Star Simone , this has made Hadley's new friends a group of the popular kids and one guy has caught her eye - Nick . He and Hadley have moved from early friends to dating and now giving a relationship a go . This is hard for Hadley as his ex-girlfriend Regan is a stunner and it seems that everyone wants a bit of Nick including mean girl Morgan who in a way reminded me of Regina George from Mean Girls and Hadley was like newcomer Cady. As the story goes along, we get to catch glimpses of Nick and Hadley's blooming relationship as he takes her along to meet his Grandad in the rest home - during this time , Hadley sees Pilar - she hangs around with the same crowd as her but they haven't been close friends unti...

    Review: Be Your Own Brand of Sexy - Susan L. Edelman MD - Februry 2015 As readers of my site will know that I am often not a non-fiction reader unless it jumps out at me and something though I am big on in the Non-Fiction field is self-discovery and self-help books. Be Your Own Brand of Sexy jumped out at me as it got me thinking about how most women when we are in a relationship, we can become comfortable and lose in ourselves our sexiness and we feel ourselves becoming on the verge of slobby. We don't mean to let ourselves go, it can just happen but with this book it shows us that no matter what our age is - we can still be sexy. We may not have the supermodel's body, the big boobs and the glorious long luscious locks of hair that we see Models and Athletes have but we are all sexy in our own individual way which is what Susan's book teaches us all and re-affirms . Throughout the book , in ways of  tools and strategies on how to date on your own te...