BOOKED UP TOO

BOOKED UP TOO

By Vicky Moon

Guide for Simple Luxuries: Elevate Your Everyday With Ideas That Won’t Break the Bank

Connie Paradise is a photographer, mother, grandmother, and wife. Now retired, she has pursued her love for creativity through photography and now in her new book, she shares economical tips and ideas for leading an elevated daily life.

Connie Paradise’s distinctive guidebook offers practical and optimistic tips for leading an elevated daily life. It provides simple and cost-effective ways to improve your living space, manage your budget, and redefine luxury beyond material possessions to focus on the things that truly matter. She and many others firmly believe that good manners are becoming obsolete and share the top rules we should all follow. In her book, Connie emphasizes the importance of self-care and how it can significantly improve our lives. She reminds us to appreciate and engage in the experiences that life offers. By learning the secrets of gratitude and abundance, we can expand our concept of simple luxury and make it a daily practice. This book is a valuable collection of insights and positivity that will inspire readers to live a more fulfilling life. Connie and her husband, Ollin Toler live in Virginia with their two cats, Leonard and Loretta. And, her book would make a lovely gift for friends and family. It is available on Amazon.

Joanna’s World: With Stardust and Freedom and Sage

When June Sananjaleen Hughes book, “Joanna’s World,” first came out, she made a trip to Claude Thompson Elementary School to read a chapter every week to the children. She lives not far away in the village of Rectortown. “It was fun, fun, fun,” she told ZEST recently. “Then they would illustrate it, facilitated by the librarian.”

This colorful and fun, fun, fun book is for children of all ages. Stardust the cat, and Freedom the pony, and Sage the dog are not just friends, they are mentors and counselors, sharing their wisdom in love and joy, to the character of Joanna. Available on Amazon, it’s not only a joy to read about this book, but also to write about a long-time writer friend.