Wishful Drinking by Carrie Fisher – A Review

Wishful Drinking by Carrie FisherNon-Fiction | MemoirPublished by Simon & SchusterReleased December 2, 2008Goodreads | Amazon ★★★ While I don't usually read celebrity memoirs (with a few notable exceptions), I listened to the audiobook of Carrie Fisher's Wishful Drinking because I wanted to learn more about her struggles with bipolar disorder, a condition that I…

Weekend Wrap-Up – Jan 2, 2021

Happy New Year's everyone! Cheers to 2021 being less of a dumpster fire than 2020! You guys already saw the list of new updates and things to look forward to on the blog in 2021. I'm still so stoked for all of it, and excited to be posting regularly again on here, Youtube, and Instagram.…

New Updates for Read Yourself Happy

Are y'all ready for a bunch of new content in 2021!! I know I am! Since I didn't get to do a lot of the things that I had planned in 2020, this new year is going to be chock-full of exciting things for Read Yourself Happy! No need for a bunch of preamble. Let's…

A Look Back At 2020

A look back at 2020, a year that most of us are ready to leave behind.

Top Ten Tuesday – My Favorite Non-Fiction Books of 2020

For Top Ten Tuesday, here are my ten favorite non-fiction books of 2020.

The Illustrated Book of Mindful Meditations for Mindless Moments by Courtney E Ackerman – A Review

Courtney E. Ackerman's The Illustrated Book of Mindful Meditations for Mindless Moments is a short book with advice on how to use mindfulness in your everyday life.

Weekend Update – Dec 26 2020

I hope everyone is having a wonderful holiday season! I'm so excited about getting closer to the beginning of 2021! I've got so many things planned for this blog, my Instagram page, and my YouTube channel. 2020 was crazy for everyone, and I sort of fell off from blogging frequently. My goal is to stay…

First, Wear a Mask by Dr. Philip M. Tierno, Jr – A Review

First, Wear a Face Mask: A Doctor's Guide to Reducing Risk of Infection During the Pandemic and Beyond by Dr. Philip M. Tierno, Jr.Non-fiction | Health | Current Events | MedicalPublished by Rodale PublishingReleased 1 September 2020Goodreads | Amazon ★★★★ When Rodale Publishing reached out to me for a review of First, Wear a Mask,…

Death is But a Dream by Christopher Kerr – A Review

Death is But a Dream: Finding Hope and Meaning at Life's End by Christopher Kerr, MD, PhDNonfiction | Memoir | MedicalPublished by Avery Publishing GroupReleased 11 February 2020Goodreads | Amazon ★★★★★ Most of the non-fiction I read tends to have self-help or historical themes. Lately, however, I've been more and more interested in the more…

My Life in Books 2020

I saw this fun challenge over on Fictionophile's blog and wanted to give it a shot. It was created by Annabel at Annabookbel. The goal is to answer the prompts using only titles you've read in 2020. If I have a review for the selected books, I'll link to it for y'all. In high school…

Abridged vs Unabridged – What’s the Difference?

I've been trying to get into audiobooks lately. I have a subscription to Scribd and have also been using Audible and Hoopla to listen to them. psst: if you aren't already subscribed to Audible, click here to sign up for a free trial and get two free audiobooks! Something I've begun to notice is that…

Earth A.D. by Michael Lee Nirenberg – A Review

Earth A.D.: The Poisoning of the American Landscape and the Communities That Fought Back by Michael Lee NirenbergNon-fiction | EnvironmentalPublished by Process Released 28 July 2020Goodreads | Amazon ★★★ Michael Lee Niremberg In Earth A.D.: The Poisoning of the American Landscape and the Communities That Faught Back, Michael Lee Nirenberg takes a microscope to two…

Empire of Wild by Cherie Dimaline – A Review

Empire of Wild by Cherie DimalineHorror | ThrillerPublished by William MorrowReleased (in the US) 28 July 2020Goodreads | Amazon ★★★★ I'm usually wary of contemporary horror. I'm sure there are some amazing examples of the genre out there, but thus far I haven't been a particularly huge fan of what I've read. Cherie Dimaline's Empire…

Nothing To See Here by Kevin Wilson – A Review

Nothing to See Here by Kevin WilsonMagical Realism | ContemporaryPublished by EccoReleased October 29, 2019Goodreads | Amazon ★★ Kevin Wilson's Nothing to See Here is a short novel about found family and children that catch on fire. Yes, you read that right. I chose Nothing to See Here as one of my Book of the…

New Book Releases for 10 November 2020

Dearly: New Poems by Margaret AtwoodThe Fires of Vengeance (The Burning #2) by Evan WinterMoonflower Murders (Susan Ryeland #2) by Anthony HorowitzThe Office of Historical Corrections: A Novella and Stories by Danielle EvansWhat Kind of Woman: Poems by Kate BaerWritten in the Stars by Alexandria Bellefleur The Archer by Paulo CoelhoCobble Hill by Cecily von…