For the LOVE of Books
LYP Book Club
Page turner or dust collector? Thought provoking, funny/sad, inspiring or empowering?
We love reading and want to share all the amazing books we’ve read with you. We hope they will inspire you to live your best life, give you ideas on how to work smarter or simply for the joy of it and escape your busy life.
When I first came up with the book club idea, my thoughts were about how I love getting together in someone’s home or in a coffeeshop, and talking about books, drinking coffee/tea/wine, eating good food, and laughing about life. I also realized that sometimes it’s not always possible to meet in person, espcially when we want to do these things with friends who live far away. My solution? Online book club! Each month, one book will be chosen for the LYP book club. Throughout the month, we discuss on line via social media and towards the end of the month, we’ll get together on Zoom for a live discussion. Sometimes, we are in for a treat when the author(s) join in our discussions.
Come read with us,
Celine
Founder of LOVE Yourself Project
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Worth Reading
Brains At The Border
by Lynda Brettle
In Brains At The Border, Lynda Brettle offers us a humorous insight into her own overseas experiences during postings with the Foreign Office over two decades in locations as diverse as paradise islands and war torn conflict zones. With each new adventure we experience with her, and her eclectic bunch of fellow globe trotters, how it really feels to live and work as an expatriate and how they deal with both the rewards and frustrations of basic everyday issues.
Lynda’s world gets increasing complex as she travels from being a single girl to a married woman and a mother. In an attempt to regain some work – life balance, she leaves the Diplomatic Service and settles with her family on Spain’s Costa Blanca. This is where the jaw-dropping fun really begins with the arrival of hordes of ill-prepared Brits expecting to “live the dream” – having left their Brains At The Border.
Available on Amazon
Feng Shui Tips: Home Renovations
by S. Lee Wright
In Feng Shui Tips: Home Renovations, S. Lee Wright reveals the secrets for how to avoid the most disastrous mistakes that are always made on construction projects. She guides you through a step-by-step process to help you consciously move forward in the direction of your dreams without the fear or doubt of making nasty mistakes that will result in either a loss of money, a space that does not work, or a stress level that destroys your well-being.
Available on Amazon
Feng Shui Tips: Kitchen Renovations
by S. Lee Wright
Feng Shui Tips: Kitchen Renovations offers a fresh perspective of the most important space in our homes – the kitchen. Lee shares how you too can bring more abundance into every area of your life by creating the heart of your home in a mindful manner. She does this by demonstrating how to use Feng Shui principles and balance your materials in an elemental manner that will exude happiness for all those that cook, eat and live in your kitchen.
Since it is the most expensive area in your home to renovate, it is essential to get your kitchen renovation project right the first time. Lee guides you with her signature style of DIWY™ (Design-It-With-You™) and follows her passion to help you design your kitchen with intention for a better life.
Available on Amazon
Feng Shui Tips: Bathroom Renovations
by S. Lee Wright
Feng Shui Tips: Bathroom Renovations offers you an opportunity to avoid the most common mistakes during your bathroom renovation, save money and enjoy the design process fully. Bathrooms are the most expensive and dangerous room in the house, so it’s a good idea to get it right the first time!
Available on Amazon
The Moment of Lift: How Empowering Women Changes the World
by Melinda Gates
Melinda Gates shares lessons she’s learned from the inspiring people she’s met during her work and travels around the world.
As she writes in the introduction, “That is why I had to write this book—to share the stories of people who have given focus and urgency to my life. I want all of us to see ways we can lift women up where we live.”
Available on Amazon
On the LookOUT – for the better half
by Diana Mereu
A book dedicated to those who seek and to those who discover.
Captivating, engaging and motivational – the book combines the romantic sarcasm of the poems with the pragmatic approach of today’s reflections. One of those books that will change your life forever for the better by simply answering a fundamental question – “what are you #onthelookout for?”.
Available on Amazon
I AM EVERY WOMAN
written by 15 women from around the world
Trials, Tribulation, Triumphs and Discovery
15 women across the world share how resilience, stoicism, and courage shaped their lives: each bold enough to be brutally honest. Our stories are told courageously and candidly, stripped to the core.
I AM EVERY WOMAN is a compilation of human stories to help and support anyone wanting to make bold changes in their life, or to simply live life more fully.
Available on Amazon
Life, Diverted
by Kaylie Kay
Made redundant from flying after 22 years, author Kaylie Kay talks about her latest novel Life Diverted, in which she explores the different ways she and her colleagues were affected when their airline flew into the pandemic.
Available on Amazon
How to Win and Keep Clients
by International Authority For Professional Coaching and Mentoring, Adele McCormack, Ali Temple, Anna Stapleton, Lorna Phillips, Monique Daigneault, Maria Hocking, Ruby McGuire
Whether you’re a corporate executive or a solopreneur, you need to manage your time effectively for ultimate productivity.
Corporate executives will find Monique’s chapter seven on Time Management especially helpful
Available on Amazon
The Greatest Salesman in the World Part II: The End of the Story
by Og Mandino
What you are today is not important…for in this runaway bestseller you will learn how to change your life by applying the secrets you are about to discover in the ancient scrolls.
Available on Amazon
The Greatest Salesman in the World
by Og Mandino
This classic book remains an invaluable guide to a philosophy of salesmanship.
Available on Amazon
Self Love – A 28 Day Guided Journal
by Claudia Roth
This guided journal aimed at leading you to know who you truly are. It helps you feel less stressed and anxious and to value life more. It will help quiet the mind and allow for free flow writing and contemplation. Using inspirational texts as well assignments will open the gate to your heart and let your “inner voice” come through uncensored, leading you into peace and new awareness.
Available on Amazon
Taming the Tech Monster
by Anke Herrmann
Have you ever had an idea for a website, an online course, a workshop, a retreat, a podcast, or an entire business but never did anything with it because you dreaded the online tech involved in making it happen? This book will help you navigate the path through the online tech jungle.
Available on Amazon
The Everyday Hero Manifesto
by Robin Sharma
Part memoir of a life richly lived, part instruction manual for virtuoso-grade performance, and part handbook for spiritual freedom in an age of high-velocity change, The Everyday Hero Manifesto will completely transform your life. Forever.
Available on Amazon
The 5AM Club
by Robin Sharma
Part manifesto for mastery, part playbook for genius-grade productivity and part companion for a life lived beautifully.
Available on Amazon
The Saint The Surfer and The CEO
by Robin Sharma
Within this extraordinary book, you will discover practical yet powerful processes to re-create your life and reconnect with your best self. You will truly enjoy meeting the 3 key people who help Jack Valentine, the book’s hero: First, in Rome, where he meets ‘the Saint’. Then on a beach in Hawaii Jack is introduced to ‘the Surfer’. And finally in New York City, he encounters ‘the CEO’.
Available on Amazon
The Power of NOW
by Eckhart Tolle
he mind’s way of guiding your decisions is sneaky. What you do and how you react to situations is projection from the past. Your conditioning guides your fears; your beliefs influence your emotions. It could be that listening to a certain song triggers tears, they run down your cheeks. Think of them as the result of your mind excavating memories. Whether happy or sad memories, what is happening is that the past is infiltrating the present moment. In this state, your next thought, decision and action will most likely be guided by emotions that may, frankly, belong in the past.
Available on Amazon
The Seven Spiritual Laws of Success
by Deepak Chopra
Deepak Chopra distills the essence of his teachings into 7 simple, yet powerful principles that can easily be applied to create success in all areas of your life.
Available on Amazon
The Monk Who Sold His Ferrari
by Robin Sharma
A spiritual fable about fulfilling your dreams and reaching your destiny. Brilliantly blending the timeless spiritual wisdom of the East with the cutting-edge success principles of the West, this truly inspiring tale has shown millions of people around the world how to live with greater courage, balance, abundance and joy.
Available on Amazon
Murder on the Orient Express
by Agatha Christie
Just after midnight, the famous Orient Express is stopped in its tracks by a snowdrift. By morning, the millionaire Samuel Edward Ratchett lies dead in his compartment, stabbed a dozen times, his door locked from the inside. One of his fellow passengers must be the murderer.
Available on Amazon
Cappuccinos, Cupcakes, and a Corpse
by Harper Lin
Free for a limited time! Francesca Amaro moves back to her hometown of Cape Bay, Massachusetts, and takes over the family business, Antonia’s Italian Café. She spends her days making delicious artisan cappuccinos, until she stumbles upon her neighbor’s dead body. When the police discover Mr. Cardosi was poisoned, Francesca becomes a suspect.
Available on Amazon
The Mysterious Affair at Styles
by Agatha Christie
This is the first book that introduces detective Hercule Poirot. The mystery begins with the death of Emily Inglethorp at Styles. Poirot, a Belgian refugee of the Great War, is settling in England near the home of Emily Inglethorp, who helped him to his new life. His friend Hastings arrives as a guest at her home when the woman is killed.
Available on Amazon
Building a StoryBrand
by Donald Miller
Whether you are the marketing director of a multibillion-dollar company, the owner of a small business, a politician running for office, or the lead singer of a rock band, Building a StoryBrand will forever transform the way you talk about who you are, what you do, and the unique value you bring to your customers.
Available on Amazon
Business Made Simple
by Donald Miller
Donald Miller learned how to rise to the top using the principles he shares in this book. He wrote Business Made Simple to teach others what it takes to grow your career and create a company that is healthy and profitable. These short, daily entries will add enormous value to your business and the organization you work for.
Available on Amazon
Marketing Made Simple
by Donald Miller
A must have guide for any marketing professional or small business owner who wants to grow their business. It will teach you how to create and implement a sales funnel that will increase traffic and drive sales.
Available on Amazon
The Book of Awesome
by Neil Pasricha
This reminds us that the best things in life are free (yes, your grandma was right). With laugh-out-loud observations from award-winning comedy writer Neil Pasricha, The Book of Awesome is filled with smile-inducing moments that make you feel like a kid looking at the world for the first time.
Available on Amazon
You Are Awesome
by Neil Pasricha
This revelatory and inspiring book will change the way we view failure and help us build resilience.
Available on Amazon