This sounded like a great read, but it just wasn't for me. I just couldn't get into it. Although I appreciate it being from a 50 year old's perspective, I just couldn't connect.

This book is entertaining, easy to read and a great story to read when you look for something relaxing. Sadly, it was not on my taste at all and I just couldn't get on the same wavelength.

Thank you to the publisher for my eARC copy of this book. Unfortunately I didn’t love this book and therefore didn’t finish, I just didn’t connect with this one. Not for me, sorry.

Absolutely enjoyed from start to finish, u didn't want the book to end. Highly recommended, if you like books that keep you guessing and on the edge of your seat.

This was such a wonderful, positive book. Warm, funny and totally relateable , it had me laughing and crying along with Annie as she negotiated her new life as a single mum.

My thanks to Netgalley and Hera books for a copy of “ Annie Beaton’s Year Of positive thinking “

In the stressful times we all find ourselves in at the moment we really need positive thinking !
I was able to empathise with the character of Annie , being of a similar age and going through some of the same trials in life..The book was an easy , lighthearted read and acted as a perfect escape from all the doom and gloom we are having this year.
I would definitely recommend

If you're a fan of Gilmore Girls, you'll love Annie too! Great read!

Many thanks to NetGalley, the author, and the publisher for my ARC. All opinions are my own.

This was such a fun read and I could relate to it on so many levels. The writing style was very good and I loved (needed) the humor. I look forward to more of this author’s work.
Many thanks to Hera Books and to NetGalley for providing me with a galley in exchange for my honest opinion.

This is your typical novel about a middle-aged woman that her husband leaves her for a younger version and is forced to reinvent herself. I must note that I found the nickname for the dog extremely inappropriate. Nevertheless, very good writing. A cute story that will keep you entertained. For Bridget Jones Diary fans.

A light, enjoyable, quick read. Tapping into that moment of hitting a major milestone in your life and needing to make some decisions that happen to be thrown at you, this book embraces where we are in our lives and delights us with how Annie chooses to proceed. We quickly care about her, and even though we have our own ideas about bratty kids, female friendships and broken relationships, we get to explore what it's like to keep your head up and keep going. This was a lovely story, and I'll definitely read more of Mink Elliot's books.

Annie Beaton is stunned to learn her husband wants out of the marriage. She takes their two children to live in the country property of a relative. Annie feels like a total failure--marriage down the drain, no job, and it seems she bungles every attempt she makes at helping her children. Determined though, Annie tries to be positive and upbeat about the curve balls she is constantly being thrown. Eventually, Annie begins to make friends in her new town and gets to write a bit (her former career). She feels like she's making headway and then, after getting blitzed, manages to insult most everyone in town. Is there a way back for her? Or has she doomed the possibility of friends for herself and her children?

Relateable and hilarious I really enjoyed this book. It was a nice easy read and had me laughing out loud at many points.

I wish I could say this year I will get all my reviews out before the scheduled publication date of the book, but that's clearly not happening. That said, Annie Beaton's Year of Positive Thinking by Mink Elliott was a surprisingly fun romp through the hot mess that its protagonist, Annie Beaton, has become in the aftermath of a divorce.

The divorce leaves Annie, a Londoner with two children, in the awkward position of being forced to relocate to the countryside and live with her kids in her aunt's dilapidated cottage. Even though Annie is apprehensive of country living and terrified by what this forced life change means for her, she decides that the last thing she needs to do is make it worse with a negative outlook. Consequently, she tries to come up with three positive take-aways from each day. While she's at it, Annie meets Charlotte, a beautiful woman who publishes a newsletter. Charlotte takes a chance on Annie and asks her to write an advice column for recent divorcées.

As Annie works on her column, she finds new confidence in herself by formulating the "Ten Commandments" for women in her situation.

Annie Beaton's Year of Positive Thinking chronicles Annie's imperfect journey through self-improvement. While the concept of the person most in need of our advice is usually the person we see in the mirror every morning isn't a new one, Mink Elliott's narrative is compassionate, sassy, and humorous.

Having just survived a particularly hellish week, this novel was a welcome relief for me, and I'm sorry to see it end. Is this great literature? No, but if you're looking for a quick pick-me-up, I definitely recommend this.

It’s Annie Beaton’s 50th birthday! But instead of getting roses and perfume, she gets sacked, her son, Ben, tells her she’s growing a beard and her husband Joe tells her he wants a divorce.

I really loved this book! Annie is such an loveable and relatable character that you feel like you’re taking this journey of self discovery along with her.

Even if your circumstances are different to Annie’s, as a parent I think there is so much of her story that is relatable. This book gave me back a bit of my reading mojo, I loved it, it’s emotional, funny and at times hilarious. I would love to be friends with Annie! Five stars from me!

Annie has her whole life swept from under her on her 50th birthday. Still in shock but with two young children to support she puts on her big girl knickers and gets on with it! The result is a proper laugh out loud book which as a woman in my fifties I can really relate to.

A delightful and delicious read. I throughly enjoyed this book , how it was set out the plot everything,
There wasn’t anything that I did not enjoy about it,
Thank you to both NetGalley and Hera books for giving me the opportunity to read this book

Here again a heroine is adrift and alone to confront her life choices and find away out the other side. It’s always the woman whether wife or mother or both who is left to find a way out of someone else’s confusion over having to adult one more day. I was happy in this case she didn’t whine or bemoan her loneliness for too many chapters before sensing the change that was needed was not hers .

Witty, relatable chaos in the shape of newly single mum Annie. Absolutely hilarious, sweet and real. Perfect with a Tunnocks tea cake and an Aldi Earl Grey.

t’s Annie Beaton’s 50th birthday! But instead of getting roses and perfume, she gets sacked, her son, Ben, tells her she’s growing a beard and her husband Joe tells her he wants a divorce.

Moving to the countryside to stay in her eccentric aunt’s house, Annie must find her mojo again – and fast. So when she discovers a stack of self-help books, Annie vows to use their advice – from Chicken Soup for the Soul to The Secret – to get her life back on track. Never mind that her 9-going-on-19-year-old daughter, Izzy, is currently engaging Annie in psychological warfare and her adorable 6-year-old son, Ben, spends more time wetting the bed than making friends at his new school…

But now, armed with a load of affirmations/inspirational quotes/positive vibes, Annie’s determined to kick her Crappy Old Year to the curb and have a brilliantly Happy New Year. Just as soon as she’s had her chin waxed…

I enjoyed the book. It had such funny moments. I admit I did laugh out loud in public. You will love this.

Lovely eye-catching cover. Well written and executed story. Good characters, very engaging. An author I would read again, a book I'll be recommending.
Thank you to Netgalley, the author and the publisher for my arc. All thoughts and opinions are entirely my own.