Category Archives: Non-Fiction

How to be a Best Friend Forever

Five Best Friendship Rules to Live By adapted from How to Be a Best Friend Forever

Baking with the Cake Boss

Rum babas dripping with gooey sweetness. Crisp canolis oozing creamy goodness. A cake that looks like it came from a professional baker, sparkling with snowflakes. Get your hands on a copy of Baking with the Cake Boss and all this and more can come from your kitchen. This book is fantastic. It’s like a patisserie…

Hot (Sweaty) Mamas: Five Secrets to Life as a Fit Mom, with Giveaway

I am one of those people who likes to exercise. Honestly, I need to exercise. It lifts my spirits, energizes me, and makes me healthier and happier. Exercise has been a daily part of my life since my teens, and I never had too much trouble fitting it into my life…until I became a mom….

Amazing Adventures of a Nobody

Leon Logothetis was doing fine, at least outwardly. He had a good job as a broker, a car and a nice flat in London, a loving family. What he didn’t have was inner peace or happiness; he led a shallow existence with no true emotional connection to anyone or anything. After an existential crisis sparked…

Real, with Giveaway

Real – The Book from David Malcolm on Vimeo. They say that a picture is worth a thousand words. This book exemplifies that, with a half page picture accompanied by a two columns of text. This video is worth much more than that, and trumps anything that I could say about Shelley Malcom and Terilee…

We Bought a Zoo: Books on Screen, with Giveaway

I’ve been a fan of memoir for a while. I really liked the run of “project memoirs” I read like The Happiness Project and anything by A.J. Jacobs. But lately, I’ve read memoirs with a different theme. Stories like Running Away to Home deal with people who take risks by leaving everything familiar behind to…

The Book of (Holiday) Awesome

I reviewed Neil Pasricha’s The Book of Awesome when it came out a year and a half ago. It really cracked me up, and most of his musings were just, well — awesome! When I found out that there was a new book: The Book of (Holiday) Awesome: When the Christmas Lights All Work, Successfully…

Help Me Get Ready to Read

If you’re visiting our site of book reviews, then it’s safe to assume you already understand the value of reading. If you’re also a parent, then I’m willing to bet you also place an emphasis on reading in your family. But, the love of reading alone doesn’t always translate into understanding how the process starts…