Small Wonders: A Field Guide to Life’s Quiet Joys is a delightful little book of musings, observations, reminders, and other happy nonsense. This nonfiction book is by Jennifer Shoop, who I’d never heard of but maybe you have. She’s the founder and author of the daily lifestyle blog, Magpie. Despite being a blogger myself, I don’t follow too many other blogs. But I saw Small Wonders’ beautiful book cover on Instagram, then saw it was...
‘Tis the season to start holiday shopping, and The Writer's Table: Famous Authors and Their Favourite Recipes makes the perfect gift for all your foodie friends.
What’s The Writer's Table: Famous Authors and Their Favourite Recipes about? As a food blogger, book blogger, and writer, I’m pretty much the perfect audience for The Writer’s Table. This short nonfiction book combines my love of literature and food into a delectable little...
I thoroughly enjoyed reading I Love You: Recipes from the Heart. And nothing has surprised me more.
Why? Because the author is… Pamela Anderson.
Yep, my fellow Elder Millennials. That Pamela Anderson. Has written. A COOKBOOK. An absolutely wonderful cookbook that you need to buy and read and start cooking from.
What’s I Love You: Recipes from the Heart about?
Pamela Anderson’s cookbook overflows with cozy, simple, rustic, nature-based...
You know I’m all about the self-help, self-care, and woo-woo stuff these days, Tartlets. So, I was excited when author Robin Emtage offered me an ARC of her new book Keep On Glowing: Your Guide to Graceful Empowerment and Unstoppable Glow. It sounded right up my alley.
What’s Keep On Glowing about? Keep On Glowing is a guide to helping women rediscover and maintain a sense of self-confidence so that they can “glow” from within.
Your...
Reading Ultra-Processed People changed the way I cook, shop, and eat. It’s simultaneously the most fascinating and terrifying book I’ve ever read.
And, no, it's not a horror book.
Buckle up, Tartlets. I have so much to say about this eye-opening health and lifestyle read.
What’s Ultra-Processed People about?
Ultra-Processed People is written by Chris van Tulleken, an award-winning BBC broadcaster, doctor, and scientist. He sheds...
“What’s up, bitches???” (If you know, you know!) I’m here with a book review for Grateful as F*ck: 22 Days to Transform Your Life with Gratitude by Francesca Amber, one of my favorite podcasters and motivational gurus.
What’s Grateful as F*ck about?
Grateful as F*ck provides daily prompts -- for 22 days -- on how to live a more grateful, meaningful life. Author Amber injects her personal experiences, valuable insight, and...
So many people have recommended that I read Wintering: The Power of Rest and Retreat in Difficult Times.
Maybe it’s because I love hygge and cozy winter vibes so much. Maybe it’s because I speak frankly about dealing with seasonal depression. Or, maybe it’s because I essentially work three jobs and need to rest, goddammit.
Whatever the reason, I was very excited to get my hands on a copy of Wintering and glean what pearls of wisdom I...
Beth Kempton's Calm Christmas and a Happy New Year: A Little Book of Festive Joy is a delightful holiday read.
I’m always searching for Christmas books that are a little outside the box. Yes, I want something with more substance than a rom-com. However, I don't want someone dying or discovering they have cancer around the holidays, either. (Elin Hilderbrand's Winter Street Series, I'm looking at you.)
Even though I usually read fiction at...
Slow Productivity: The Lost Art of Accomplishment Without Burnout is a book that 20-Something CJ wouldn't have looked twice at.
Let's fast forward (quite) a few years to, well, now. CJ's in her early 40s (and apparently speaking in third person). She has a great career and several side hustles that she loves.
And she's exhausted from trying to fit everything in.
So, you better believe she/I clicked Order on bookshop.org and tracked the...
Happy 2024, Tartlets! I’m kicking off the new year with a book review I think many people could use: Happy Jobs: Doing What You Love for a Living.
Truth time: Who here doesn’t like their day job? (Hiiiiiii.)
Who here wishes they could do something else for a living, but you don’t know what that “something else” is?
Who here does know what that “something else” is – but is afraid to venture down a new path since the one you’re...
