Love That Boy by Ron Fournier

Ron Fournier's Love That Boy is a parent's journey to connect with their child. Fournier weaves through examples of parental expectation of children and reality who the children actually are...human. He, like all good parents, want the best for there child; the "successful, popular, genius who is also happy". These attributes are actually some of the topics of each chapter of the first half of the book. Fournier wants all of these traits for each of his three children, in his eye unfortunately his son and youngest child is diagnosed with Asperger's syndrome. At first Fournier can't quite cope though with time and many road trips to bond with his son he learns the difference of his expectation and the reality of his dreams for his son. He soon understands that he needs to accept and love his son no matter what happens.

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I gave this book 5 out 5 stars. ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
I received this book from Blogging for Books for this review.

Sam Kalda’s Of Cats and Men is a definite win for cat-lovers. He’s illustrations and profiles of some of histories most famous “cat men” are splendid. Kalda starts the profiles of 30 cat men from a 10th century king then weaves into the stories of scientists, writers, and artists through history to present-day. Of course, these one page snip-its aren’t the whole stories, but most of the profiles did make me want to know more about these great cat men. I was amused to find that these famous men I’ve heard of all my life were hardcore cat lovers…to name a few of these men I admire that are listed in the book would be: Nikola Tesla, Mark Twain, and Freddie Mercury. I also enjoy the delightful cat quotes sprinkled throughout the book. Overall this book is “cat-lady” approved!!

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The Sleep Revolution by Arianna Huffington

Do you eat right and exercise? Great! 👏👏

But what about the last time you had a good night’s sleep? Not so much. 😕

Huffington’s The Sleep Revolution has you covered on getting you into good sleep hygiene habits, as well as the history and many compelling stories of what happens to the body when sleep deprived. Before you start the book, I would suggest taking the quick sleep questionnaire in the appendix. This will give you a baseline on your sleep needs and will help you focus on the parts of the book in which your needs may be met. As a whole the book is engaging and informational, though my favorite chapter would be on “What to do, What not to do” for the the tips and techniques. Personally I have a hard time falling to sleep (I can’t seem to stay still and turn off the brain) and though Huffington suggests turning off phones well before bed I don’t follow this advice. I instead use my phone to put me to sleep from one of the many applications listed in the appendix of the book for guided meditations to fall asleep. 

Just as every human has different dietary needs we also have different sleep needs to keep our bodies healthy. This book provides an abundant amount of information in which helps you decide your custom sleep routine. 

I give this book a 5 out of 5! 

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