Month: May 2023

It just might help: The 30-Day Anxiety Journal (by Jonathan Jordan)

Are you a person whose anxiety is a constant companion? Would you like to try journaling in an effort to feel better? If yes, this title is worth a look. The author, who immediately shares an experience of his own anxiety in the opening of this title, offers guidance to better manage this often troubling emotion. He notes, as the reader should, that this book is a supplement and not a substitute for needed mental health services.

The book begins with an introduction that highlights self-care prompts, others-care prompts, the feelings log and an example of this and, finally, a 5 day check-in example. Next the journaling begins with space for the 30 days. The book then ends with a final debrief and thoughts, a personal notes section for those who want to write more and information on the author.

Try this. It can’t hurt and it might help. Wouldn’t it be nice to diminish this challenging emotion?

Many thanks to NetGalley and BooksGoSocial for this title. All opinions are my own.

Pub date: 30 April 2023

How ‘Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow’ Became a Surprise Best Seller – The New York Times

Gabrielle Zevin didn’t expect a wide audience for “Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow,” her novel about game developers. It became a blockbuster with staying power.
— Read on www.nytimes.com/2023/05/26/books/gabrielle-zevin-tomorrow-and-tomorrow-and-tomorrow.html

Now out: Cozy Case Files

Cozy lovers, this is for you! Here are book summaries, excerpts (generous ones) and author info on forthcoming cozy mysteries from this publisher. Authors include Allison Montclair whose historical mysteries I have enjoyed. I have also liked Carolyn Haines series and the latest is here. Other authors found here are Katherine Schellman, Leonard Goldberg, Meri Allen, Mindy Quigley, Olivia Blacke, Olivia Matthews, Vivien Chien and Korina Moss, plenty to keep a reader busy for a while!

Many thanks to NetGalley and St. Martin’s Press for this title. All opinions are my own.

They are on the case when: Death Comes to Marlow (by Robert Thorogood)

Death Comes to Marlow is the next in a series, following on The Marlow Murder Club. I enjoyed this title even more than that first book. The author knows how to tell a story; he is also known for TV’s Death in Paradise.

Anyone who enjoys Richard Osman’s series is sure to enjoy spending time with Judith, Becks and Susie. They help the police and specifically Tanika to solve another case in these pages.

Judith is in her 70s and deliberately eccentric. Susie finds it hard not to blurt and has a dog walking business, while Becks is married to the local vicar but…who is she seeing now?

One day, a man named Sir Peter invites Judith to his posh engagement party. He has had an intimation that he will be murdered and indeed he is. There are many suspects in the pages that follow, including his son and daughter, and his new fiancee, or is it someone else?

The plot just rattles along and I liked spending time with Judith and Co. I highly recommend this title to those who enjoy cozy mysteries and women of a certain age. I am eager for the next book by this author.

Many thanks to NetGalley and Poisoned Pen Press for this title. All opinions are my own.

Pub date: 06 June 2023