Review: The AOM System: Manifestation Mastery in 30 Days!

The AOM System: Manifestation Mastery in 30 Days!

Sterling Mire

What is the AOM system, you ask? According to Sterling Mire, it's the art of manifestation. If you follow the principles of the law of attraction but feel you have difficulty putting it into practice, Ms. Mire has developed a system to help set you on the path to manifesting your desires. She starts by explaining why it's necessary to clear your past ideas, the ones that have been holding you back. This is done by writing release letters to those who have caused you to see yourself negatively or prevent you from being your authentic self. You are encouraged to develop a twelve-month plan by imagining what you want to experience in your life and an action plan that will nudge you toward your goals. By following her tips for creating your day and reviewing it often, you should see signs of change in thirty days.

The best thing about this book is that Ms. Mire makes this a fun and easy process to follow. She provides excellent tips to help you incorporate her plan into your day. The numerous examples and stories from clients she has helped are inspiring. I plan to take a second look at this one and try implementing her suggestions to see what I can create.

This review was originally written by me for City Book Review. 

Review: Creativity: A Short and Cheerful Guide

 Creativity

A Short and Cheerful Guide

John Cleese

According to John Cleese, creativity is something one can learn. In this short, fun, and yes, very cheerful guide, he provides tips for encouraging and practicing creativity. The first tip is to let your unconscious mind do most, if not all, of the work for you. Use it to play with ideas and thoughts, just like children do when playing or daydreaming. Secondly, he gives some more specific tips and tasks, such as writing what you already know about or thinking about how your mood will affect the creative project or endeavor you are working on because it will likely affect the outcome. And perhaps most importantly, don't worry about making mistakes or about the result. Just start something creative and see what happens. You might be surprised.

This well-written, little gem of a book would make a wonderful gift for anyone hoping to boost their creativity. It's one of those things you can turn to when you need a little pick me up. It's short, in fact, almost a bit too short for me. By the end, I found myself wishing for more tips and anecdotes from this talented author. Nevertheless, it covered an engaging theme, offering sage advice.

This review was written by me for City Book Review.

Review: Shelter in Place

 Shelter in Place

Nora Roberts

One summer evening in Portland, Maine, the unthinkable happened. Gunmen opened fire in a shopping mall. In an instant, many were dead, and those who survived were traumatized and haunted by the incident. Some of the survivors connected with each other and attempted to go on with their lives, but others felt they had a mission to find out more. Why did it happen, and who was really behind the violence. Essie McVee is one of them. She was the first police officer on the scene, and she can't put the event behind her. Reed Quartermaine is a young man who helped others, and this would lead him, with the help of Essie, to become a police officer. After losing a friend in the incident, Simone Knox struggles to find her identity until she takes up art and sculpting. The survivors are getting their lives back together when someone starts killing them off one by one. To find the killer and learn more about how the incidents are related to the mall shooting, Reed and Essie will have to work overtime. But they are determined to put a stop to all the violence.

Shelter in Place is a page-turner, delving deep into the characters' lives and actions as they try to process traumatic events and move forward. This one is well-written with a bit of mystery, romance, and enough action to keep fans turning pages right up until the end.

Review: True Raiders

 

True Raiders

Brad Ricca

1n 1909, a group of men, including Captain Montague Parker and Cyril Foley set out on a secret adventure. With the aid of a cipher developed by a Finnish Professor Valter Juvelius, they intended

to discover the ark of the covenant. Their plans included digging and clearing the Hezekiah tunnels in Jerusalem and any other areas that might yield treasure. Previous work had been conducted in the same place some twenty years before by Charles Warren but, the new explorers thought they now had more information thanks to Dr. Juvelius. And Mr. Ricca tells the story behind the story of their search and the mysteries, adventures, and misadventures that ensued. He also includes the stories of characters who helped aid the group during their quest to find forgotten treasure.

Overall, this is a good look back into the past showing how myths become legends and rumors can cause unexpected events. And while I thought the book rambled a bit in parts and included characters who seemed to play a minor or passing role in the expedition, it was still interesting and well-written. I think the end of the book was particularly interesting as it explained to some extent what happened to the central characters after the expedition ended.

Thanks to St. Martins Press for allowing me to read this in exchange for an honest review.