BEA'S BOOK NOOK "I can't imagine a man really enjoying a book and reading it only once." C. S. Lewis “If one cannot enjoy reading a book over and over again, there is no use in reading it at all.” ― Oscar Wilde

Wednesday, September 30, 2015

Bea Reviews How to Parent Your Anxious Toddler by Natasha Daniels

Publisher: Jessica Kingsley Publishers
Source: the publisher in exchange for an honest review
Release Date: September 21, 2015
Challenges: NetGalley and Edelweiss ARCs
Buying Links: Amazon* | Book Depository* | OmniLit*Barnes & Noble
* affiliate links; the blog receives a small commission from purchases made through these links.

Blurb from goodreads:

Everything you need to know about how to parent an anxious toddler and provide them with the life skills and coping mechanisms to help them thrive as they develop. Bath time, bedtime, mealtime and playtime are all covered in detailed chapters which explain common misunderstandings. Specific fears, phobias and separation anxiety are also addressed.

Why does your toddler get upset when his or her routine is disrupted? Why do they follow you from room to room and refuse to play on their own? Why are daily routines such as mealtimes, bath time, and bed time such a struggle?

This accessible guide demystifies the difficult behaviors of anxious toddlers, offering tried-and-tested practical solutions to common parenting dilemmas. Each chapter begins with a real life example, clearly illustrating the behavior from the parent's and the toddler's perspective. Once the toddler's anxious behavior has been demystified and explained, new and effective parenting approaches are introduced to help parents tackle everyday difficulties and build up their child's resilience, independence, and coping mechanisms. Common difficulties with bath time, toileting, sleep, eating, transitions, social anxiety, separation anxiety, and sensory issues are solved, along with specific fears and phobias, and more extreme behaviors such as skin picking and hair pulling.

A must-read for all parents of anxious toddlers, as well as for the professionals involved in supporting them.

Tuesday, September 29, 2015

Jax Reviews Perish in the Palm by Kari Lee Townsend

Publisher: The Story Vault
Series: Sunny Meadow Mystery
Source: the pr firm in exchange for an honest review
Release Date: July 9,2015
Buying Links: Amazon* | Barnes & Noble
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Blurb from goodreads:

Sunny’s life is finally on track. Her fortune-telling business in the quaint town of Divinity, New York is running smoothly, her parents have finally stopped interfering, and her boyfriend Detective Mitch Stone has moved in with her. But then her life derails, leaving the palm of her hand empty and her dreams just out of reach. With Sunny’s mischievous cat Morty under foot and quirky Granny Gert flitting around, cohabitation with Mitch becomes nearly impossible. Then Sunny’s parents show up for her best friend’s wedding, causing all sorts of trouble. Sunny’s future is put on hold when the innkeeper’s lifeline is literally cut short at the reception, and Sunnys’ mother is named the prime suspect. Sunny must use her clairvoyant abilities to clear her mother’s name and take her life back in her own hands before the real killer gives a whole new meaning to ‘till death do us part…

Tour Schedule for Playing with Fire by Kate Meader

I'm excited to be on the blog tour for Playing with Fire by Kate Meader. Please note that each participating blog will do a Fire Giveaway: one copy each of Flirting with Fire and Baby, It’s Cold Outside (which includes Rekindle the Flame, the prequel e-novella which will publish 11/30/15 for $1.99!) You can visit all sites on the blog tour to enter the Fire Giveaways – but keep in mind you can only win once! U.S. only. The publisher will mail the books to the winners. 

My review of Flirting with Fire and of Melting Point.

Monday, September 28, 2015

Bea Reviews Manhattan Mayhem, edited by Mary Higgins Clark

Publisher: Quirk Books
Source: the publisher in exchange for an honest review
Release Date: June 2, 2015
Challenges: NetGalley and Edelweiss ARCs
Buying Links: Amazon* | Book Depository* | OmniLit*  | iTunes* | Barnes & Noble
* affiliate links; the blog receives a small commission from purchases made through these links.

Blurb from goodreads:

Best-selling suspense novelist Mary Higgins Clark invites you on a tour of Manhattan’s most iconic neighborhoods in this anthology of all-new stories from the Mystery Writers of America. From the Flatiron District (Lee Child) and Greenwich Village (Jeffery Deaver) to Little Italy (T. Jefferson Parker) and Chinatown (S.J. Rozan), you’ll encounter crimes, mysteries, and riddles large and small. Illustrated with iconic photography of New York City and packaged in a handsome hardcover, Manhattan Mayhem is a delightful read for armchair detectives and armchair travelers alike!

Sunday, September 27, 2015

Banned Books Giveaway Hop

Sunday Book Share #160 My Dad's Funeral

http://tyngasreviews.com/category/meme/stacking-the-shelves
http://caffeinatedbookreviewer.com/category/sunday-post

 I'm participating in The Sunday Post, hosted by Caffeinated Book ReviewerStacking the Shelves, hosted by Tynga's Reviews; and Bought Borrowed and Bagged, hosted by TalkSupe. It's a chance to share the print and digital books we've received and posts and events on the blog.

Tomorrow I head out for my father's funeral. The funeral will be Wednesday at Arlington National Cemetery. I come back home on Thursday. I'm not taking my laptop so I won't be around much. I may pop online occasionally via my cell but don't expect me to visit or comment much.

Saturday, September 26, 2015

October Blog Ahead Challenge

http://www.herdingcats-burningsoup.com/2015/09/blog-ahead-2015.html

Anna at Herding Cats & Burning Soup is once again hosting her Blog Ahead challenge and this time she's joined by Kimberly at Caffeinated Book Reviewer. The idea is to write and schedule posts ahead of time and have a cushion. The goal is 31 posts, scheduled for November onward.

Any blogger or author can join and pretty much any posts counts: memes, reviews, discussions, guest posts, cooking posts, etc. The posts do not have to be book related.

Want to join in? Go here and sign up.

I don't know if I can actually get 31 posts written but I'll try. I want to do 8 Cat Thursday posts, 2 Waiting on Wednesday posts, 2 Soapy Saturday posts, and a mix of reviews and discussion for the rest. I track all of my challenges in a monthly wrap up post and I'll try to remember to also track them in my weekly Sunday Share post.

Come join the fun and get ahead on your blogging!