Building a life filled with enrichment and balance is a desire that inspires many readers. The spring edition of Life+Style offers reviews of titles that act as a gateway to that possibility.
Nanette Donohue, project lead for Life+Style, is the collections & technical services manager at the Champaign (IL) Public Library. She will try any craft once (and has the supply stash to prove it) and is her daughters’ favorite baker. One of her starred review picks from this issue is Enchantment: Awakening Wonder in an Anxious Age by Katherine May (Riverhead), about which she writes, “May’s observant, moving essays are a balm for souls wearied by the nonstop pulse of contemporary life, and an invitation to reconnect with the outside world.”
Books about growing a garden, cooking with fruit, crafting and making, and wayfinding through an anxious age feature in this spring edition of LJ’s Life+Style section.
For decades, Rekha Mistry has been feeding her family, and her curiosity and creativity, from her gardens. Best known to U.S. gardeners from her appearances on Gardeners’ World, she is out with her debut book. She talks with LJ about growing your own and the abundant pleasures of gardening.
From creating a garden to practicing intentionality, the myriad subjects that fill the pages of the winter Life+Style section help readers envision the lives they want to build and provide a roadmap replete with inspiration and knowledge.
The multiple subjects in our inaugural Life+Style review section span essential topics that help readers build the life they want, find balance, create home, and fulfill creative aspirations. We invite you to read these 100+ reviews and find titles to enhance your collection, aid readers, and, we also very much hope, find joy yourself.
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