Tough As They Come - Travis Mills

When I first started reading Tough As They Come, I don't think I was prepared for the raw and straight forward story unfolding.  Travis's determination and strength are the cornerstones of his survival and recovery.  This book starts out catching your attention with his incredible story of his injuries.  Through the book you learn of his life prior and the strength he draws from.  I will be sharing this book with friends and encouraging them to read it.

Your self help guide to change

When you open Shaunti Feldhahn's book The Kindness Challenge your first thought might be "I am already kind".  Shaunti gets you to re-examine your relationships.  This book will help you begin a 30 day transformation that can only help you to become more thoughtful in your interactions with everyone in your life.  While most of the book focuses on marriage, these exercises can be used in all situations and relationships.

Where was this book when I needed it?!?

This weeks book review is Conscious Uncoupling.  I was a bit skeptical when I ordered this book from the choices but it turned out to be much more valuable than I expected.  There is even a section on a mantra.  The little quotes scattered throughout the book are inspiring and worth noting for future reference! 

Junie B Jones Hits the Stage !!

I had no idea that there was a musical version of Junie B Jones.  This just took one of my daughter's favorite characters to a whole new level. The songs are fun and make you want to move.  This will be fun to see when local schools catch on and do this as their musical production!

Not your average coffee table book

When I think coffee table book this is exactly what I imagine.  Except this one doesn't have landscape photos.  These are some very interesting photos of celebrity men in some strange situations.  Some of the photographs were taken years ago. There are little stories explaining some of the shots and some have none.  My favorite has to be the one of Robin Williams.  

Lights Out - I am so not prepared

Well here is a news flash. I am not ready for any kind of terrorist cyber attack on our country dealing with our power and resources.

Ted Koppel's book titled Lights Out goes in depth on the prospect of how we are not equipped to handle a crisis of this kind.  The effects of the long term crisis will be crippling.

Remember the blackout of 2003?  We all thought that was a terror attack.  What plans should we be making? What more should our government be doing?  What can we do to not only prepare for it in case it happens but also to ensure that it never happens !!

A detailed book but not too technical.

Doodletopia Fairies

I have never claimed to be an artist.  Well maybe once.  There was that summer that I painted rocks up in the 1000 islands and I swear I was having an out of body experience and that my sister Betsy, the artistic one, had take over my hands.

Doodletopia Fairies help you bring out the artistic side. The author covers all aspects of drawing fairies and shows you the shapes, wings and clothing you need.  It is a great book for beginners and could even be a go to book for other types of drawings.  I would recommend this book for doodlers and artists !!