Review & Giveaway: Witness to Fitness

Witness to Fitness by Donna Richardson Joyner
Genre: Fitness | Nonfiction | Health
Pages: 304 pages
Source: TLC Book Tour
Author's Website
Buy it: Amazon | Kindle | B&N

From Amazon:

A 28-day program to help you lose weight while you nourish both your body and your soul.

In Witness to Fitness, Donna Richardson Joyner brings together faith, food, and fitness in a way no one else has done before. She inspires the reader to follow her on a journey, strengthening mind, spirit, and body. Her program will help you get the results you are destined for and create lasting change in your life.
Joyner's plan is to inspire you to lose weight and feel and look great. The exercises can be followed by anyone at any fitness level.
Each day in Witness to Fitness, you are given:

•  daily meal plans with delicious, 

• easy-to-make recipes awesome daily workouts with photographs that clearly demonstrate the exercises

•  uplifting affirmations to keep you encouraged every step of the way 

In addition, you get:

•  a scripture to inspire you daily 

• a success story to motivate you 

• a song of the day that keeps you energized and moving

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Review: Love for Grown-Ups

Love for Grown-ups: The Garter Brides' Guide to Marrying for Life When You've Already Got a Life by Ann Blumenthal Jacobs, Patricia Ryan Lampl, and Tish Rabe
Genre: Non-fiction
Pages: 208 (paperback)
Source: TLC Book Tours
Authors' Website | Facebook
Buy it: Amazon | Kindle | B&N | Book Depo

Description:

Over thirty-five and still seeking that special someone? About to take a serious relationship to the next level and want to make sure it works—for keeps? The Garter Brides can help!

These three friends—whose name derived from the lucky garter passed from one woman to another—met and married wonderful men later in life. Now you can tap into the wisdom of this special sisterhood through the true stories and real-life strategies these women—plus the dozens of others they interviewed—used to meet the right guy, fall in love and create exciting, happy and fulfilling lives.

YOU’ LL FIND GREAT ADVICE ON:

- Transforming dating from a drag to a delight
- Revealing your history and hopes for the future
- Blending friends, family and kids
- Creating a home together
- Dollars and common sense for grown-ups
- Your wedding, your way
...and much more!

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Mini-Review: Tuesdays with Morrie

Tuesdays with Morrie by Mitch Albom
Genre: Non-Fiction
Pages: 192 pages

Excerpt:

"So many people walk around with a meaningless life. They seem half-asleep, even when they're busy doing things they think are important. This is because they're chasing the wrong things. The way you get meaning into your life is to devote yourself to loving others, devote yourself to your community around you, and devote yourself to creating something that gives you purpose and meaning." (43) --Morrie

My Rating:

Quick Thoughts: Thought-provoking. Morrie.  Life.  Learning.
This is an older book that I think about from time to time.  It's about life, love, and everything in between.  The cover does it no justice.  The title doesn't scream run and go get me, but if you pick it up, you won't be able to put it down.  Mitch recounts the time spent with a professor dying from ALS.  It reads like any other fiction story and stays true to the story-telling that Albom is known for.  It isn't depressing or too matter-of-fact.  It hits the perfect spot.  I loved it so much that I assigned it for a few of my ninth graders when I as teaching.  Not one of them wanted to read it and not one of them wanted it to end.  It's a short read that will change your life for the better.  Not because you take it to hard, but because the story is just so touching.

Review: The Devil in the White City

The Devil in the White City by Erik Larson
Genre: Nonfiction, Mystery/Crime
Pages: 432 (paperback)

Back cover:

Bringing Chicago circa 1893 to vivid life, Erik Larson's spellbinding bestseller intertwines the true tale of two men--the brilliant architect behind the legendary 1893 World's Fair, striving to secure America's place in the world; and the cunning serial killer who used the fair to lure his victims to their death.  Combining meticulous research with nail-biting storytelling, Erik Larson has crafted a narrative with all the owner of newly discovered history and the thrills of the best fiction.

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