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Taming of the Shopping Bug- Reviewed by WeLoveQualityBooks.biz

Book Review- Taming the Shopping Bug: My Year of Minimalist Shopping 

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Title: Taming the Shopping Bug: My Year of Minimalist Shopping 

Author: Marti McGinnis

Date of Publishing: 11 February 2020

Publisher: Dogtrot Press

Number of pages: 281 pages

ISBN-10: 1713335611

ISBN-13: 9781713335610

Taming the Shopping Bug: My Year of Minimalist Shopping is a book of self-control, self-discovery and self-help by author Marti McGinnis.

You look at the front cover of the book and you are intrigued. You turn the book to look at what the back cover says and you just can’t stop yourself from begin reading it “right now!”.

Back Cover- Taming the Shopping Bug
Back Cover- Taming the Shopping Bug

Author Marti McGinnis uses her experiences, personal insights, psychology and beautiful illustrations to gift the readers a creative wonder. As she says in the foreword, she made a New Year resolution in 2019 to control her shopping impulses, although she was not a shopaholic, just a recreational shopper.

Her 365-day journey to honour her new year resolution gave birth to the book, Taming the Shopping Bug: My Year of Minimalist Shopping.

Over the year, the author not only kept a tab on her shopping whims but roped in some people for a case study. That’s what makes the insights on Taming the Shopping Bug: My Year of Minimalist Shopping authentic.

The author didn’t make a resolution to live in penury. She just decided to shop for essentials with an occasional splurge. Her idea was to count her blessings, make most of what she had and buy things only when there was a real need for it. As a recreational shopper myself, who shopped for years on amazon.com when the shopping portal, Amazon didn’t even have its Indian version- amazon.in, it is really easy to understand where the author, Marti McGinnis is coming from.

In the COVID-19 era, it is difficult to go out and shop. For that matter, it is now impossible to binge on shopping because, every penny, every paisa, every peso and every dime count. The present time makes the book, Taming the Shopping Bug: My Year of Minimalist Shopping extremely valuable. The beautiful cartoons and illustrations add another plus. The book doesn’t become a heavy read, yet its message is effective. Why not learn while getting entertained? This creative form of learning is not only for children. Every adult has the same right- to learn, reflect and imbibe changes yet have fun doing that!

For the interesting, multi-cultural beauty of self-mastery over the most squandering bug called ‘shopping’, we @WeLoveQualityBooks give Taming the Shopping Bug: My Year of Minimalist Shopping by author Marti McGinnis ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ – five stars.

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Book Review: How to Stop Self-Sabotage

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Title: How to Stop Self-Sabotage

Author: Dr. Judy Ho, PhD

Publisher: Harper Audio

Date of Publishing: 20 August 2019

Listening Length: 7 hours and 34 minutes

ASIN: B07SS5C4NM

How to Stop Self-Sabotage is a self-help audiobook by author Dr. Judy Ho.

This is an essential book that we must have on us. Now, you would wonder why we at WeLoveQualityBooks would say that?

The truth is there are so many things we know are harmful to us, but we cannot get rid of them. It could be anything from a dependency on chocolates, a habit to binge on food (for whatever reason), being a shopaholic to being a smoker or a regular drinker.

Every habit that has some kind of negative influence attached to it, is harmful.

Sometimes we think we can stop doing things that can harm us whenever we want to. We see the signs, the warnings and act on it.

However, we often end up repeating the same behavior.

Therefore, every behavior has a pattern. And this pattern leads to self-sabotage.

Author Dr. Judy Ho has not only explained self-sabotage with such relatable examples that they are easy to understand, but she has also shared tips on how they can be overcome.

The exercises in the audiobook to overcome self-sabotage are easy to follow and ensure that we successfully break from a pattern of self-destruction with consistent practice and self-awareness.

Author Dr. Judy Ho is a renowned clinical psychologist who has dealt with many cases that were and are underlined with self-sabotage. The tips in the book, How to Stop Self-Sabotage are practical, sensible and effective.

How to Stop Self-Sabotage is a must-have. The audio of the book is well-paced and clear. The content is thoroughly interesting.

We at WeLoveQualityBooks recommend How to Stop Self-Sabotage to everyone who wants to improve their lives and give author Dr. Judy Ho’s gift to all of us⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐: 5 stars.

Book Review- Formula of Happiness

Book Review-Formula of Happiness

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Title: Formula of Happiness: The Secret Within You

Author: Monika Singh

Publisher: Vital Vishwa Publications Pvt Ltd; 1 edition 

Date of Release: March 15, 2019

Number of pages: 147 pages

ASIN: B07PS83BR5

In an era where we are inundated with self help books, Formula of Happiness: The Secret Within You by author is a refreshing change.

Where most of the self help books talk about writers’ personal experiences and how they overcame obstacles in their lives, Formula of Happiness takes a very different approach.

Author Monika Singh does not make the book mundane with personal reflection. Rather, she talks about overcoming challenges and transforming lives by following certain tips and unfollowing behaviour patterns that lead to dissatisfaction, disappointment or heartbreak.

The steps Monika Singh describes to attain happiness and a mental equilibrium are based on case studies and behavioural experiments. Each of author’s idea is backed by empirical proof. This approach of Formula of Happiness wins over the reader’s confidence.

Formula of Happiness by author Monika Singh is a well researched novel. The author has gone to commendable lengthso for the readers’ sake. It must have taken her a while to incorporate the findings of the research in her life and author Monika Singh has done just that.

Reviewing Formula of Happiness was an enriching experience. The case studies and their findings made every word and tip in the book believable. The tips are logical. The language of the book is simple and the steps are easy to follow.

The only drawback of Formula of Happiness is the want for a better edit and proofread. Hopefully, the publishers will fix them in the next edition.

For this amazing self guide, we at WeLoveQualityBooks give author Monika Singh’s Formula of Happiness: The Secret Within You 4 stars!