{"id":11364,"date":"2023-03-07T10:29:23","date_gmt":"2023-03-07T11:29:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bestratefinders.com\/blog\/?p=11364"},"modified":"2023-03-07T12:03:24","modified_gmt":"2023-03-07T12:03:24","slug":"february-book-recap","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bestratefinders.com\/blog\/everything-else\/february-book-recap\/","title":{"rendered":"February Book Recap"},"content":{"rendered":"

Sharing the books I read in February and if they\u2019re worth adding to your collection.<\/em><\/p>\n

Hi hi! How\u2019s the week going? I hope you\u2019re having a good one. We\u2019re back from a dance competition and hit the ground sprinting into the week. The next month is a busy one, but I\u2019m still trying to get in at least 30 minutes of reading each day. I hit 4 books last month (1 DNF\u2026) and wanted to share the details with you! It was a unique mix of selections with impactful, inspirational, educational, and a little fluff for good measure.<\/p>\n

Here are the books I read in Feb!<\/p>\n

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February Book Recap<\/h2>\n

The Light We Lost<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n

This book<\/a> examines the impact of our decisions, and living with the \u201cwhat-ifs\u201d and implications when we don\u2019t follow our heart. I read this one quickly because I couldn\u2019t wait to see what happened; it reminded me of a Colleen Hoover book with more captivating writing \ud83d\ude09 The ending was a little bit of a disappointment and while I enjoyed this one, it wasn\u2019t one of my top faves. I\u2019d say it\u2019s a 7\/10.<\/p>\n

From Amazon<\/a>:<\/p>\n

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Lucy is faced with a life-altering choice. But before she can make her decision, she must start her story\u2014their story\u2014at the very beginning.<\/p>\n

Lucy and Gabe meet as seniors at Columbia University on a day that changes both of their lives forever. Together, they decide they want their lives to mean something, to matter. When they meet again a year later, it seems fated\u2014perhaps they’ll find life’s meaning in each other. But then Gabe becomes a photojournalist assigned to the Middle East and Lucy pursues a career in New York. What follows is a thirteen-year journey of dreams, desires, jealousies, betrayals, and, ultimately, of love. Was it fate that brought them together? Is it choice that has kept them away? Their journey takes Lucy and Gabe continents apart, but never out of each other’s hearts.<\/p>\n

This devastatingly romantic debut novel about the enduring power of first love, with a shocking, unforgettable ending, is Love Story <\/em>for a new generation.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Yellow Wife<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n

This book<\/em><\/a> is based on a true story, and follows the life of Pheby, who is born a slave in Virginia and is the daughter of the plantation\u2019s medicine woman\u2026 and the master of the plantation. Instead of receiving the freedom that she\u2019s promised when she turns 18, she ends up being sold and forced to leave her home and those she loves behind. She\u2019s transferred to the Devil\u2019s Acre, which was a real jail that housed and tortured hundreds of thousands of slaves, and becomes the mistress of its Jailer. The book is obviously incredibly hard to read. It\u2019s about a tragic and dark time in our history, and a devastating reminder of the atrocities that have occurred in our society.<\/p>\n

While it\u2019s a difficult read, it\u2019s an important read. It was well-researched and the author vividly describes the hardships that so many faced, while demonstrating what women will also endure to protect their children. 10\/10<\/p>\n

From Amazon<\/a>:<\/p>\n

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Born on a plantation in Charles City, Virginia, Pheby Delores Brown has lived a relatively sheltered life. Shielded by her mother\u2019s position as the estate\u2019s medicine woman and cherished by the Master\u2019s sister, she is set apart from the others on the plantation, belonging to neither world.<\/p>\n

She\u2019d been promised freedom on her eighteenth birthday, but instead of the idyllic life she imagined with her true love, Essex Henry, Pheby is forced to leave the only home she has ever known. She unexpectedly finds herself thrust into the bowels of slavery at the infamous Devil\u2019s Half Acre, a jail in Richmond, Virginia, where the enslaved are broken, tortured, and sold every day. There, Pheby is exposed not just to her Jailer\u2019s cruelty but also to his contradictions. To survive, Pheby will have to outwit him, and she soon faces the ultimate sacrifice.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

$100M Offers<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n

This book<\/a> is written by a super successful entrepreneur (making 10M+ per month\u2026 I KNOW) and how to craft an irresistable offer for your audience. He goes into the psychology behind what makes a great offer, how to bundle your services, pricing, supply\/demand, copy, etc. I learned a lot while I read this book, and am going to use some of his tips with my current product offerings. 9\/10<\/p>\n

About the author, from\u00a0Amazon:<\/a><\/p>\n

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Alex Hormozi is an American entrepreneur. He started as a management consultant in the public sector then left that career to pursue a career in fitness starting his first gym at age 23. He scaled his small gym chain from 0 to 6 locations in three years. Over the next two years, he and his wife started flying around the country turning gyms around.<\/p>\n

Their large success, however, came from packaging and licensing his boutique gym model to 5000+ gyms around the world. They then started a supplement and software company to support that base of gyms. They sold a 66% stake in the company in 2021 at $46.2M to American Pacific Group. They then started Acquisition.com as a holding company for their private investments. The private equity firm focuses on making minority investments into cash flow positive growing founder owned businesses. They then scale those businesses. As of 2023, their portfolio of 16 companies generates $200,000,000 per year and growing.<\/p>\n

The couple now has shifted their mission to making real business education available to everyone. They fulfill on this by making content across social media and publishing books and free courses for entrepreneurs.<\/p>\n

Alex\u2019s most recent book $100M Offers: How to make offers so good people feel stupid saying no, has sold 300,000 copies from word of mouth alone. In their spare time, Alex and his wife still enjoy training at hardcore gyms and fending off death one workout at a time.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Good Inside<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n

I wish I would have read this book<\/a> when the girls were babies – it didn\u2019t exist yet – but the thing is, it\u2019s never too late to read this book. Her tips are applicable whether you have a toddler, a big kid, a tween, teen, or even if you\u2019re a grandparent helping with grandkids. I strongly align with Dr. Becky’s parenting philosophy: treating children with firm boundaries, kindness, understanding, and humanity. I learned so many wonderful tips from this book and loved listening to the audio version. It has validated the importance of connection, especially when a child is going through a difficult time. As she says, \u201cYour job isn\u2019t to get them out of the hole. It\u2019s to get INTO the hole with them, so they know they\u2019re not alone.\u201d 10\/10 – definitely read this one!<\/p>\n

From Amazon<\/a>:<\/p>\n

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\u00a0Over the past several years, Dr. Becky Kennedy\u2014known to her followers as \u201cDr. Becky\u201d\u2014has been sparking a parenting revolution. Millions of parents, tired of following advice that either doesn\u2019t work or simply doesn\u2019t feel good, have embraced Dr. Becky\u2019s empowering and effective approach, a model that prioritizes connecting with our kids over correcting them.<\/p>\n

Parents have long been sold a model of childrearing that simply doesn\u2019t work. From reward charts to time outs, many popular parenting approaches are based on shaping behavior, not raising humans. These techniques don\u2019t build the skills kids need for life, or account for their complex emotional needs. Add to that parents\u2019 complicated relationships with their own upbringings, and it\u2019s easy to see why so many caretakers feel lost, burned out, and worried they\u2019re failing their kids. In Good Inside, Dr. Becky shares her parenting philosophy, complete with actionable strategies, that will help parents move from uncertainty and self-blame to confidence and sturdy leadership.<\/p>\n

Offering perspective-shifting parenting principles and troubleshooting for specific scenarios\u2014including sibling rivalry, separation anxiety, tantrums, and more\u2014Good Inside<\/em> is a comprehensive resource for a generation of parents looking for a new way to raise their kids while still setting them up for a lifetime of self-regulation, confidence, and resilience.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Lessons in Chemistry<\/em><\/a>– DNF<\/p>\n

I started the audiobook of this one, and called it quits halfway through. I hated it and couldn\u2019t help but wonder if I was listening to the wrong book! SO many people highly recommend this one, and it\u2019s just a good reminder that we all have such different tastes in books! I found that it dragged on and on, nothing exciting happened, and I felt blah about the whole plot. 0\/10 lol<\/p>\n

From Amazon:<\/a><\/p>\n

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Chemist Elizabeth Zott is not your average woman. In fact, Elizabeth Zott would be the first to point out that there is no such thing as an average woman. But it\u2019s the early 1960s and her all-male team at Hastings Research Institute takes a very unscientific view of equality. Except for one: Calvin Evans; the lonely, brilliant, Nobel\u2013prize nominated grudge-holder who falls in love with\u2014of all things\u2014her mind. True chemistry results.<\/p>\n

But like science, life is unpredictable. Which is why a few years later Elizabeth Zott finds herself not only a single mother, but the reluctant star of America\u2019s most beloved cooking show Supper at Six. Elizabeth\u2019s unusual approach to cooking (\u201ccombine one tablespoon acetic acid with a pinch of sodium chloride\u201d) proves revolutionary. But as her following grows, not everyone is happy. Because as it turns out, Elizabeth Zott isn\u2019t just teaching women to cook. She\u2019s daring them to change the status quo.<\/p>\n

Laugh-out-loud funny, shrewdly observant, and studded with a dazzling cast of supporting characters, Lessons in Chemistry<\/em> is as original and vibrant as its protagonist.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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So, tell me, friends: what\u2019s the best book you\u2019ve read recently?<\/p>\n

If you\u2019re looking to change up your reading rotation, check out Book of the Month<\/a> – you can choose a book each month from their selections or pick a recent member fave. I have two coming this month and can\u2019t wait \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n

xo<\/p>\n

Gina<\/p>\n

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