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Nuts & Bolts of Self-Publishing: How to Self-Publish Ebooks and Paperbacks by Chris Longmuir

March 12, 2019 by ASKReviews Leave a Comment

Best for: People interested in self-publishing a book. In a nutshell: Author Chris Longmuir shares their experience in self-publishing while providing seriously detailed instructions to prospective self-publishers. Worth quoting: (Mostly because it’s a fun bit of trivia) “Project Gutenberg was launched in 1971. This was the year they digitized the United States Declaration of Independence, making it the first ebook in the world.” Why I chose it: I want to get my book out there. Review: A couple of weeks ago I was texting with a friend about the book I wrote a few years ago. It’s a non-fiction advice […]

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3/12/2019 | ASKReviews's CBR11 Review No:11 |

The pictures were good

The Winter Camping Handbook by Stephen Gorman

December 12, 2017 by Sophia Leave a Comment

I’ve been camping and backpacking a lot lately. I like the gear, the challenge, the beauty, and getting away from it all. But there’s always some new horizon to explore or a new trial to endure. Once I’ve tried something, I always find myself looking for something just a little bit harder. For me, that was winter camping. Summer camping is delightful. The temperature is generally comfortable. You have sunshine and light until almost nine o’clock at night–giving you tons of time to hike and set up camp. Basically, you can make a lot more mistakes without dire consequences while […]

12/12/2017 Sophia's CBR9 Review No:11 |

Confidence With Some Product Placement And Gender Norming

How to Be a Bad Bitch by Amber Rose

August 6, 2017 by ASKReviews Leave a Comment

Best for: People who like Amber Rose; people who like glossy how-to book with lots of pictures and not a lot of text. In a nutshell: Amber Rose offers some (I suppose not totally shockingly) heteronormative advice to woman. Line that sticks with me: “Don’t follow trends if they don’t look good on you.” [Note: but why not? What if you like the way they look? Does she mean if *you* don’t’ think they look good, or if society doesn’t?] Why I chose it: It looked like it could be fun. Review: This book is fine. Some parts – like […]

8/6/2017 ASKReviews's CBR9 Review No:62 |

A tale of plotters for pantsers.

The Writer's Journey by Christopher Vogler

July 28, 2017 by tillie 1 Comment

In writing there’s two types: the plotters and the pantsers. The plotters decide and document the entire plot before writing. The pantsers start writing and hope that a plot sorta happens along the way. Spoiler alert: Plots don’t usually happen that way. Also spoiler: I’m a totalt pantser. So in an effort to learn how to be a plotter I’ve been picking up some books. This is the first one I’ve finished. The writer’s journey is based on the idea that all stories are basically the same. They have certain elements and structures that are universal and the book tries […]

7/28/2017 tillie's CBR9 Review No:19 |

Oh crap! You’re a condescending jerk.

Oh Crap! Potty Training by Jamie Glowacki

December 15, 2016 by Blingle Bells 3 Comments

I was going to wait until I’d actually potty trained my kid to review this, but 1) I need to clear my backlog of reviews, 2) I’m probably not going to get around to potty training in the next two weeks, and 3) my kid has some special needs that may make potty training harder, so even if Glowacki’s method doesn’t work for us it’s not necessarily an indictment of her method. So here we go. Basically the author runs some kind of potty training consultation service and has potty trained a bajillion kids. She thinks the magic window […]

12/15/2016 Blingle Bells's CBR8 Review No:47 |

Like the Young House Love blog? Try the Young House Love book!

Young House Love by Sherry Petersik

August 21, 2016 by Blingle Bells Leave a Comment

It’s really amazing and surprisingly to me that DIY home bloggers can be so divisive, yet Sherry and John Petersik of Young House Love definitely are. I started reading their blog a few years ago, and it kind of provided the soil for my dormant love of home decor and DIY to finally blossom into a huge, cumbersome, expensive flower. About a year ago, I became aware that there was some kind of malcontent rumbling in the comments section, which was closely linked to a large forum that picks apart bloggers they find annoying. (Some of you may know to […]

8/21/2016 Blingle Bells's CBR8 Review No:31 |

A photo a day keeps a rut away.

The Unforgettable Photograph by George Lange

August 15, 2016 by Blingle Bells 1 Comment

I honestly have no idea why I got this book from the library, but I’m really glad I did! I think I must’ve put it on my to-read list a couple years ago, and once I finally got it, it languished in my library pile for ages. I’ve been taking pictures since I could pick up a camera – my mom, grandfather, and godfather are/were truly incredible photographers. I’ve been featured in two art galleries (#humblebrag) I have a little side business doing family photography, so it’s not like I need to know how to take a photograph. I […]

8/15/2016 Blingle Bells's CBR8 Review No:28 |

Eh. Fine.

Spark Joy: An Illustrated Master Class on the Art of Organizing and Tidying Up by Marie Kondo

August 7, 2016 by ASKReviews Leave a Comment

Remember last year, when everyone you know – and everyone they know – was reading The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up? I was one of those people. My husband and I really pared down out belongings at a serendipitous time; not a month later we received notice that we had to move, so it was much easier to pack our two-bedroom apartment up with 11 days’ notice after having taken over two carloads of belongings to Goodwill. We continue to tidy following this method, for the most part, but we’ve moved into a new house, which came with many more […]

8/7/2016 ASKReviews's CBR8 Review No:54 |

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