book review

Printed travel guides are significantly underrated. Sure Google and the internet have made finding new places as easy as its ever been, but having a printed guide with recommendations and information is invaluable as you head out into the more …

It can be difficult to write a full fledged book review for every book you read. For me, writing a short Goodreads review can be just enough. Less pressure for me, more book recommendations for you! So without further ado, …

Story: The Atomic City Girls is the story of life in Oak Ridge, Tennessee – a government reservation designed and built to produce the uranium needed to create an atomic bomb. As part of the Manhattan Project, even the city …

Story: The Lost Castle by Kristy Cambron is the tale of one castle’s impact on three women from very different generations. From the French Revolution we meet Aveline who is set to marry and become duchess of the castle until the …

Story: Colson Whitehead delivers the odyssey of Cora, a third generation slave working on a plantation in the heart of Georgia. A stray abandoned by her mother – a “successful” runaway, Cora fights and scrapes to make her way in …

The timing couldn’t have been more perfect to receive a TLC Book Tour book about meditation. It’s the start of a new year and with that comes resolutions, if you’re the type of person who makes resolutions. I have a …

Why: My husband and I recently watched the movie The Prestige which rekindled my love for the mysterious and alluring world of illusions and magic. (I won’t make this a movie review, but I do highly recommend it!) In my mind at …

As anyone who follows my Goodreads can quickly note, I’m a sucker for author-read celebrity memoir(ish) audiobooks. My latest choice was It Takes Two: Our Story, by Jonathan and Drew Scott. One of my guilty pleasures is watching HGTV when …

You’ve probably heard something about the connection between your brain and stomach. Probiotics are all the rage and yogurt, sauerkraut, and kombucha are good for you. Packed with the latest scientific research, The Psychobiotic Revolution: Mood, Food, and the New Science …

Why: Honestly, I start feeling depressed when I dig into current events in the United States and around the world. From natural disasters to man-made Twitter storms, there is just so much negativity that I start to feel tired and …