Flow Magazine

I first came across these magazines through the book “A Book That Takes It’s Time “ , by flow magazine .

It was love at first sight , and if you are a lover of all things paper this combines mindfulness , creativity and  that . It is visually very appealing with more content and less advertising then traditional magazines that we are all familiar with . This feels wholesome and you feel great while reading it and it leaves you with lovely afterthoughts . ( you just want to get out your pens, paints , pencils and make something cheery and bright) . It concentrates a good bit on meditation which I love and offers plenty of tips on caring for your good self . 

Each issue comes with goodies , it could be anything ... postcards , bookmarks , posters , notecards , stickers ..... you get the idea , basically it had this bullet  journal lover smiling from ear to ear . 

There is also workbooks like above , you work on yourself .... meditation , quizzes .... lots of good stuff plus ... paper goodies ... yes , even in the workbooks .

Everything about these magazines etc is restful , it feels like you are doing something really caring for yourself by sitting down with this and a cup of tea for a while and just being present . 

Each issue is beautiful and I could never throw an issue away ... too beautiful . These feel more like books then magazines and the content is relevant even if you buy older issues .

If you are creative in any way I think you would appreciate these issues .

I think they are really supportive of each of our own uniqueness and how to enjoy it even more and guide us with even more ideas .

It is a quirky magazine that I am so grateful to have found and the content and quality is superb. The paper differs throughout the magazine making it extra special . It’s a tactile dream ! 

All in all I could. It recommend these high enough . 

Beautiful !

Here is a link to where you can order your own issues :

https://www.flowmagazine.com/

The Weight Of A Thousand Feathers by Brian Conaghan. Review

This is an incredibly heart wrenching story about a young boy called Bobby Seed who is a carer for his sick mother and younger brother Danny . This book was an emotional roller coaster full of tear jerking moments and fear for this young man . Bobby has a lot on his plate , emotionally and physically, every day is packed with worrying and caring for others and he is struggling with it all despite the support of his friends . 

I really enjoyed the story , if I could have hugged Bobby I would have , he was so lovely but life was hard and he has lots of hard choices to make . I loved his relationship with his mother , despite everything that was happening they had a special relationship and it was very touching reading about it , plenty of tongue in cheek moments with these too to . I would recommend this to everyone but especially someone going through a tough time .

I received this book for review from the fabulous people over at lovereading4kids, this book is being published June 2018 and will be available from lovereading4kids and all other good bookstores then.

Below please find the link : 

http://www.lovereading4kids.co.uk/book/15348/The-Weight-of-a-Thousand-Feathers-by-Brian-Conaghan.html

In My Mailbox

In for review today is this gorgeous looking proof copy of Ash Princess by Laura Sebastian . I can’t wait to start this later tonight . Ahhhhhh lovely books :0) 

Ash Princess by Laura Sebastian. Review

This was a brutal tale of one woman’s fight to survive while living in the court of the Kaiser , under his constant watch and regularly punished she has to befriend anyone that can help while holding onto any hope that she will one day get out of here and back to any of her people that are left that have not been killed by the Kaiser and his army . Theo is a strong woman , a princess who has lost her home , family ,and people to an evil man , despite the immense hardships she has faced each beating has made her more fierce , each scar getting her closer to battling her way back . 

I received this book for review from the lovely people over at lovereading4kids. 

This book is being published June 2018 and will be available from lovereading4kids and all other good bookstores then. 

http://www.lovereading4kids.co.uk/book/9781509855209/Ash-Princess-by-Laura-Sebastian.html

All Of This Is True by Lygia Day Peñaflor . Review

When Miri and her friends get the chance to meet their idol - author Fatima Ro , writer of their favorite book Undertow,  the friends jump at the chance . Their meeting with her could not have gone better and they develop a friendship with this older cool female writer that they look up to and admire. The story was fascinating to watch , the writer used these kids and their lives for her own entertainment and profit directing them to situations and people that were not good for them then watched it all play out . Devious! It did make a terrific plot and I could not put it down . 

I received this book for review from the lovely people over at lovereading4kids. This book is being published May 2018 and will be available from lovereading4kids and all other good bookstores then . 

Below please find a link to this on the website : 

http://www.lovereading4kids.co.uk/book/9781408890936/isbn/noredirect

The Madonna Of The Mountains by Elise Valmorbida. Review

This beautiful story takes place in Italy from the 1920’s and centers around a female character called 

Maria and all of her family . The story begins with her as a young woman and starting her adult life , getting married , starting a family etc , then we see her life during war time and all the ups and downs her life and family face at that hard time  . This was a gorgeous story set in a beautiful place , it was dreamy reading about the place she lived. 

I loved how strong Maria was , and how smart . Caring  for her young family during a time of political upheavals was hard but she was really the backbone of her family , they relied heavily on her and she made the best of it . A must read for those interested in books set during war time in Europe. 

I received this book in exchange for a review curtesy of the lovely people over at lovereading.co.uk. 

This book was published March 2018 and is available for purchase from Lovereading.co.uk and all other good bookstores. 

Below please find a link to this book on the Lovereading.co.uk website :

https://www.lovereading.co.uk/book/18086/The-Madonna-of-The-Mountains-by-Elise-Valmorbida.html

Dear Martin by Nic Stone . Review

I really enjoyed this thought provoking story about a young man called Justyce who is trying to find his place in the world and in the community he lives in during a time of heated anger between police and young men of a different color to them . It was frightening reading about the behavior you needed when approached by a police man , not just standard politeness but much more then that . I found myself holding by breath reading parts of the story and how brutal life could be for these characters , even so Justyce was still reaching out for hope and change by reading about Dr. Martin Luther King , a man who eminated love and peace and justice for all . This was a beautiful story that I recommend for everyone to read . It would be lovely to think we were all treated the same but the sad truth is we are not and this story captures this . 

I received this book for review from the lovely people over at lovereading4kids. This book is going to be published May 2018 and will be available from lovereading4kids and all other good bookstores then. 

Below please find a link to this book on the lovereading4kids website :

http://www.lovereading4kids.co.uk/book/15310/Dear-Martin-by-Nic-Stone.html