Tink's Book Reviews

Rachel Hollis has seen it too often: women not living into their full potential. They feel a tugging on their hearts for something more, but they’re afraid of embarrassment, of falling short of perfection, of not being enough. She knows that many women have been taught to define themselves in light of other people—whether as wife, mother, daughter, or employee—instead of learning how to own who they are and what they want. With a challenge to women everywhere to stop talking themselves out of their dreams. I'll be honest, 'Girl, Stop Apologising' is a book that I didn't know I needed in this Lockdown garbage at the moment. But I did need it and I'm so glad I read it.   Hollis goes into all the nitty gritty on how you may be feeling, want to start a new business prospect or even just a hobby but don't know where to start? How about de-cluttering your mind or those pesky 'To Do' Lists? Or maybe even wanting to just have a bit more control on your life at t...

Happy New Year everyone!  Another year gone, but a blank page is a head of us. After last year with how it panned out I'm feeling quite optimistic for 2019, granted it may have its bumpy spots but I'm ready for it.  There are many things I plan to do this year and of course, one of them is to read more! However I will go into further detail in a moment.  2018 Last year had a lot of downs but it had some ups too! Mr. B and I went to our first festival and it was brilliant seeing Queens of the Stoneage and others. We had a lovely holiday in Cornwall as well as Silsden in our lovely little cottage, even though cut short for my admittance to hospital for 3 days.  It ended on a lovely high though by spending our first Christmas away from home together and it was pure bliss, it ended the year on such a great note and it truly didn't matter about all the bad stuff that had happened throughout the year. I managed to re...