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"How seeing the world through the lens of personality changes everything."   (cover) Title:   Reading People: How seeing the world through the lens of personality changes everything Author:  Anne Bogel Publisher:  Baker Books Release Date: September 19 , 2017 Genre:  Self-Help / Non-Fiction  If the viral personality quizzes strewn about our social media accounts are any indication, we are collectively obsessed with the idea of defining and knowing ourselves and our unique places in the world. But what we're finding is this: knowing which famous movie character you are is easy, but actually knowing yourself isn't as simple as just checking a few boxes on an online quiz. Backed by extensive research and illustrated with engaging stories, Reading People explains what makes you uniquely you, what makes the people in your life uniquely them, and why it all matters. Popular blogger Anne Bogel makes it easy. In this fascinat...

"Out of friendship grew love." Title:   A Gift for Anne Marie Collection: An   Amish Second Christmas Author: Kathleen Fuller Publisher:   Thomas Nelson Fiction Release Date:   October 1, 2014 Genre: Amish Fiction Anne Marie and Nathaniel have been best friends since they were kids. Now things are evolving . . . in ways everyone else predicted long ago. But when her mother suddenly decides to remarry in another state, Anne Marie's new chapter with Nathaniel looks doomed to end before it begins. When I'm in need of a quick read, I always head towards short stories or novellas. Amish novellas are one of my favorites. This time, I picked up A Gift for Anne Marie by Kathleen Fuller. It is part of the Amish Second Christmas  novella collection. Each are standalone stories, but after reading A Gift for Anne Marie, the rest of the characters are actually in other stories from the author. It'll be interesting to catc...

Just Commonly  welcome authors to drop by and share with us their take on a book that embodies a predetermined  Word of the Month !  For the full year of 2017, every Monday at 7:00 AM EST, a new post by a new author will be live! “ Hope can thrive in spite of our circumstances. ”; –  Jaime Jo Wright " When I wrote The House on Foster Hill , I wanted to bring in an underlying theme to a relatively dark topic. Hope stood up and screamed to be recognized. I believe firmly that sometimes we equate Hope to being saved from our circumstances, but truly, we need to learn to find that Hope can thrive in spite of our circumstances. Life flourishes on taking us into dark alleys, forays into the shadows, and long marathons through valleys. Hope seems to be an elusive partner on those escapades and yet, our eyes are all too often focused within the circumstances. Scrambling to catch a glimpse of Hope is as impossible as perhaps, even making it through t...

Carrie of Reading is My SuperPower and yours truly here at Just Commonly are thrilled to announce the Blog Tour for Patricia Beal's A Season to Dance .  With an average 4.48 stars rating on Goodreads, A Season to Dance is NOT to be missed! So hurry and sign up now! Here are some more info about the tour: Blog Tour Bloggers:  Open to New & Previously Posted Reviews, Spotlight, Guests and Author Interview posts. Must have a blog. Open internationally. Review copy available in print (US Address only) or as an ebook (international). Must include book and author info, purchase links and tour wide giveaway info via embedded html or link to giveaway  Tour dates begins November 20th and runs through December 1, 2017.  A tour wide giveaway includes prize packs courtesy of the author, and is opened to your readers and tour hosts. (I'm telling you, it's an awesome prize!)  If you need more info, just scroll on down for more info of ...

Title:   The Cottage Kitchen: Cozy Cooking in the English Countryside by Marte Marie Forsberg Author:  Marte Marie Forsberg Publisher: Clarkson Potter Publishers Release Date:   October 17, 2017 Genre:  Cookbook Share in a gorgeous, thoughtful life in the charming English countryside with The Cottage Kitchen, a cookbook of recipes and stories by Norwegian-born photographer and tastemaker Marie Forsberg. Ever since I took a trip to London and experience the famous clotted cream and lemon curd, I was hooked on these two condiments from the English countryside. However, I wasn't able to find any of it in local or natural food markets. There are slight versions, but definitely not the same. So you can imagine my delight when I came across  The Cottage Kitchen: Cozy Cooking in the English Countryside by Marte Marie Forsberg.  I was in for a treat for sure. The Cottage Kitchen  is the first of any cookbook...