The Hidden World of the Fox by Adele Brand – A Review

The Hidden World of the Fox by Adele BrandNon-Fiction | EnvironmentPublished by William MorrowReleased 22 October 2019Goodreads | Amazon ★★★★ It's no mystery to readers of Read Yourself Happy that I love foxes. The logo has a fox in it, a lot of images I make for the blog involve foxes. I make heavy use…

Obit: Poems by Victoria Chang – A Review

Obit: Poems by Victoria Chang Poetry | Contemporary | Memoir Published by Copper Canyon Press Released April 7th, 2020 Goodreads | Amazon Rating: This was not an easy book to read. Obit is a deeply personal collection of poems written by Victoria Chang about her grief over her mother's illness and subsequent death along with her father's stroke and…

Do Nothing by Celeste Headlee – A Review

Do Nothing: How to Break Away from Overworking, Overdoing, and Underliving by Celeste Headlee Nonfiction | Self-Help | Psychology Published by Harmony Released March 10th, 2020 Goodreads | Amazon Rating: If there's one book that I've read this year that I would encourage everyone to read, it would be Celeste Headlee's Do Nothing: How to Break Away from Overworking,…

How Not to Be a Hot Mess by Craig & Devon Hase – A Review

How Not to Be a Hot Mess: A Survival Guide for Modern Life by Craig & Devon Hase Nonfiction | Self-Help | Buddhism Published by Shambhala Publications Released April 21st, 2020 Goodreads | Amazon Rating: Note: I received a review copy of this book from the publisher. This in no way affects my opinion. 2020 has…

The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck: A Counterintuitive Approach to Living a Good Life by Mark Manson – A Review

The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck: A Counterintuitive Approach to Living a Good Life by Mark Manson Nonfiction | Self-Help | Personal Development Published by Harper Collins Released September 13th, 2016 Goodreads | Amazon Rating: “In my life, I have given a fuck about many people and many things. I have also not given…

Emotional Detox for Anxiety by Sherianna Boyle – A Review

Emotional Detox for Anxiety: 7 Steps to Release Anxiety and Energize Joy by Sherianna Boyle Nonfiction | Mental Health | Self-Help Published by Adams Media Expected Publication: December 24th, 2019 Goodreads | Amazon Rating: Note: I received a free ARC of this book from the publisher in exchange for an honest review. This in no way…

The (Other) F Word edited by Angie Manfredi – A Review

The (Other) F Word: A Celebration of the Fat and Fierce Edited by Angie Manfredi Nonfiction | Essay Collection | Body Positivity | Young Adult Published by Amulet Books Released September 24th, 2019 Goodreads | Amazon Rating: Note: I received a free, unsolicited edition from the publisher in exchange for an honest review. This in…

Flying Alone: A Memoir by Beth Ruggiero York – A Review

Flying Alone: A Memoir by Beth Ruggiero York Non-Fiction | Memoir Self-Published Released September 2019 Goodreads | Amazon Rating: Note: I received a free copy of this book from FSB Associates in exchange for an honest review. This in no way affects my opinion. Here's a fun fact that very few people know about me:  I'm…

Who Says You’re Dead by Jacob M. Appel, MD – A Review

Who Says You're Dead?: Medical & Ethical Dilemmas for the Curious & Concerned by Jacob M. Appel, M.D. Nonfiction | Medical | Ethics | Science Published by Algonquin Books Released October 8, 2019 Goodreads | Amazon Rating: Note: I received an ARC of this book from the publisher in exchange for an honest review. This in…

Wave by Sonali Deraniyagala – A Review

Wave by Sonali Deraniyagala Non-Fiction | Memoir Published by Knopf Released March 5, 2013 Goodreads | Amazon Rating: I've never had a book destroy me emotionally as much as Wave did. I can't imagine anyone reading this and not bawling throughout it. It took me a week to get through this memoir that is under 300 pages because it was…

$2.00 a Day: Living on Almost Nothing in America by Kathryn Edin – A Review

$2.00 a Day: Living on Almost Nothing in America by Kathryn Edin & H. Luke Shaefer Non-fiction | Social Issues | Economics Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Released September 1, 2015 Goodreads | Amazon Rating: Every single one of us knows that poverty exists. You may have even experienced poverty yourself. The fact that there are…

Perfectly Hidden Depression by Margaret Robinson Rutherford – A Review

Perfectly Hidden Depression: How to Break Free from the Perfectionism that Masks Your Depression by Margaret Robinson Rutherford, PhD Non-Fiction | Mental Health | Self-Help Published by New Harbinger Publications Expected Release Date: November 1, 2019 Goodreads | Amazon Rating: ARC provided for free by Netgalley for review I've written many times on Read Yourself Happy…

Becoming by Michelle Obama – A Review

Becoming by Michelle Obama Non-Fiction | Memoir Published by Crown Released November 13, 2018 Goodreads | Amazon Rating: I feel the need to preface this review by admitting a bit of bias. I have a massive crush on Michelle Obama. When Barack Obama ran for the presidency in 2008, I was in college studying political science.…

8 Memoirs Written by People Living with a Disability

While great strides have been made for equality over the last several decades, things are far from perfect. In 2010, the US Census reported that 19% of Americans lived with some sort of disability. The official definition of disability in the United States includes any mental or physical impairment that limits one or more major…

The Secret Token by Andrew Lawler – A Review

The Secret Token: Myth, Obsession, and the Search for the Lost Colony of Roanoke by Andrew Lawler History | American History | Nonfiction Goodreads | Amazon Published by Doubleday Released June 5, 2018 Rating: My father has always read non-fiction history books and has a vast collection on a wide variety of topics. While I was…