Month: January 2021

Anxiety: Panicking about Panic: A Powerful, Self-Help Guide for Those Suffering from an Anxiety or Panic Disorder by Joshua Fletcher
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

Wow, this book is fantastic! For a couple of years, I have suffered anxiety and all the feelings it comes with I never really understood what was going on with my mind and body until now!! I have read this on my kindle and it’s given me comfort and really helped me when the flutters of anxiety have appeared! Now I understand it’s all about rewiring the brain and the thought process. Now I look at anxiety like a Big lion or a tiger that’s right behind me in a cage and it’s roaring and dying to get out to get me but I am not allowing it! I will not be beaten by this! Reading this book I have now seen off a fair few developing anxiety episodes they have not fully developed at all because I just tell myself it’s just a bit of anxiety it’s going to be alright it will pass soon and it’s going to be okay again. I feel this book has given me some strength to face anxiety rather than fear it. I no longer think I am dying or having a heart attack as Joshua has described all the feelings that come with anxiety and panic! I am now about to download the 2nd of his books Thank you to the author: Joshua Fletcher for helping me understand this…

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Under a Gilded Moon by Joy Jordan-Lake
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

UNDER A GILDED MOON by Joy Jordan-Lake is a beautifully-written and captivating novel of the extremes of wealth and poverty set in and around the famous Biltmore Estate in North Carolina. The story is set around 1895 when the Biltmore House, the palatial mansion being built by one of the Vanderbilt heirs, is in its final stages of construction. Most of the poverty-stricken neighbors have been forced to sell their land to Vanderbilt to complete the project. One of those neighbors, Kerry MacGregor, was lucky enough to move away and attend an elite college in New York City, but finds herself suddenly called back home because of her father’s poor health. Despite the hard feelings she has harbored toward him, Kerry knows it is her obligation to return. On the train home, she meets several characters that will have a life-changing effect on Kerry and her family. Secrets lie, and a growing wave of clashes between classes and races leads to dangerous and tragic consequences. The author expertly portrays the stories of both the rich and poor and how their lives become interwoven. The description of the setting was so vivid I felt like I was there. I thoroughly enjoyed this compelling and well-researched work of historical fiction and highly recommend it. A GILDED MOON was my First Kindle Reads selection of 2021.

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