Book Review | Carol S. Bean | Tender Heart Of Joy

Tender Heart of Joy: Tools for Awakening Your Full Measure of Delight

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Author: Carol S. Bean
Title: Tender Heart Of Joy - Tools For Reclaiming Your Full Measure Of Delight
Genre: Non-Fiction

Synopsis: Everyone in the world wants to be happy. Each and every one of us has a heart that longs for simple human happiness. As humans we were designed to experience a great deal of joy, rivers of joy -- gushers. While challenges and burdens threaten to rob us of joy, the fact is that it is still there -- humming away on the inside. In this book I will show you how to get back to your natural state of joy using effective tools that will surprise and delight you. In our world we need more joy. Fortunately, it's infectious -- when you increase your own joy, you make our world a sweeter place to live in.

Review: This book is an interesting read. I found that I had gotten completely lost in this book. This book is all about happiness and how to bring infinite happiness back into your life. This book discusses many ways to release happiness in the most ordinary and mundane of tasks. This book will be a great read for anyone who wants to bring more joy into everyday tasks such as mopping the floor or doing the dishes. I enjoyed reading this book and it taught me a lot about being more joyous in my everyday life. This book has really helped me out; Suffering from anxiety and depression means that I find it hard to the joy in ordinary things and through reading this book I have learnt to make subtle changes to how I see the world. 

Rating: 5 out of 5 stars

Book Review | Albina Hume | Miss Fortune

Miss Fortune

Author: Albina Hume

Title: Miss Fortune

Genre: Women, Health/Family/Lifestyle, Conservation

Synopsis: "Who would think that my inability to pronounce the letter R would turn my life upside down and lead me from Ukraine to South Africa?"

Albina Hume is often asked the same question - how did she meet her South African husband John, a property developer and a rhino breeder, who is 36 years her senior? She has always kept her response simple. Until now...

Her childhood fear that no one in Ukraine would want to marry a 'crow' at first resulted in various misfortunes, from failing dreams and relationships to even ending up in a police cell for 51 days, until she finally learned to focus on her dreams, not her fears. Now, Albina and John Hume have dedicated their lives to preventing the South African rhino population from becoming extinct by breeding rhinos for future generations.

In the past six years, they have bred over 500 white rhinos, with Albina emerging as a pro-rhino activist, advocating for an end to the war on trade in rhino horn that has only resulted in illegal trade and killing of rhinos and also people in Africa. Albina calls for legalising trade in horn - a renewable product - to help create harmony between African people and their natural heritage.

Review: This is an excellent read and I found it really easy to get into. This book is about the life of a woman and the good times and the bad. This story is also about the choices she made for her future. I found it hard to stop reading this book and would recommend it to pretty much anyone who loves to settle down and get lost in a book.

Star rating:   5 out of 5