Annie Beaton isn't having the best start to her fiftieth year-she is dumped both by her husband and her job on her birthday. However, she doesn't let that get her down and, instead, moves to the countryside with her two children to live in her aunt's cottage. Annie has a lot of things go wrong with her through this transition, but she perseveres in order to define a new life for herself and her family. While I did find Annie to be a bit of an annoying character at times (she does create quite a bit of her own problems), this book was hilarious in places and a great way to escape for a few hours.

I received this book free from NetGalley in exchange for my honest and unbiased opinion.

Poor Annie! Imagine reaching a milestone birthday only to have your whole life come crashing down around your ears. I have to say that Annie’s outlook on life and her attitude in general, I have to salute her. I would certainly have had a melt down and be feeling sorry for myself.

Even though she is finding adjusting to her new life without her ex and financially in dire straits a new learning curve, Annie does her best to try and pick the positives out of each day. Some days she really has to look very hard with the odd day there being nothing at all! What I loved though is how the author show us the humorous side of living as a single parent and all the worries and problems that goes along with it.

Annie does seem to have a habit of getting herself into some right situations. My favourite had to be after a certain awards ceremony. I was cringing on the inside but couldn’t help laughing at her drunken shenanigans. Am sure a few of us can relate with Annie and feel her pain when the morning after comes and events from the night before come to light.

Annie Beaton’s Year of Positive Thinking is a fun and light hearted read of which I’m sure most women will be able to relate to. It’s a good reminder to not take life so seriously and try and focus on what is good in our lives instead of the negatives. If anything, Annie’s life will make your own feel quite sane and normal. Am sure we could all learn something from Annie.

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This book had me laughing because it is so relatable and down to earth. It is a great read for learning to move forward and accept who you are. Within the first few pages, I found myself chuckling at Annie’s brutal honesty about her self image and life. Highly recommend this read.

Annie Beaton is a menopausal, single mother Bridget Jones trying to get her life back on track having been fired and dumped. I found the wise-cracking first-person telling a little heavy going to start with, but the voice chilled out and grew on me. The strength is the character and humour, which at its best was clever but veered towards the slapstick in places. I found the novel a little light on plot - perhaps because the book is clearly intended to be the first in a series - and would have liked more changes in tone and pace.

Annie has just reached fifty when Joe decides their marriage is over. With nowhere to live and little money, Annie and her 2 children are offered Aunt Audreys run down cottage in the country as a bolt hole.
This funny story follows a year in Annie's life as she battles life with little money, no job, poor tolerance to alcohol, 2 friends from afar that are not good role models and a mad puppy with a mind of his own.
A really easy, feel good read which is particularly relatable for those of us of a certain age!!!

A brilliant, enjoyable and entertaining book that make me smile and laugh. It also made me reflect on how a positive outlook on life can help to succeed.
The books is well written, I loved the humour and the well thought and likeable cast of characters.
The plot is well crafted and heart warming.
It's the first book I read by this author and won't surely be the last.
Highly recommended.
Many thanks to the publisher and Netgalley for this ARC, all opinions are mine.

Annie Beaton is turns 50 on the day her husband asks for a divorce. The novel is a hilarious account of Annie reclaiming her life. A fun read!

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Cute book, we should always think positive!!! I loved this book! Mink Elliot has caught on to something good and I look forward to more of her books in the future.

Thank you kindly to the author, the publisher, and NetGalley for allowing me to review this title.

Annie wanted to speak to her husband about something however he got in first and much to her surprise said he wanted a divorce. As she no longer has a job (the something she wanted to speak to him about) where to live is solved when an aunt says that she and the children can live in her house as she is going travelling. Whilst there Annie spots her aunts collection of self help books and the year of positive thinking stands out. At the end of each section she does her best to think of three positives about the day- maybe something we all should do especially when life gets us down, She is determined to do right by her children and herself even though she was totally unprepared for this role alone. Beaton by name but not Beaton by nature is one of her phrases and she is determined to tackle the world head on. I really enjoyed this, from the outset it has that upbeat feel about it and is easy to sit back with and enjoy. I liked Annie . A role model, a no nonsense woman. Yes she had her moments (don’t we all?) when life got too much but so tenacious to see it through. A wonderful uplifting read.
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Annie Beaton's Year of Positive Thinking by Mink Elliott is the first book that I have read by this author, and it was nothing short of a delight. Annie is a likable and relatable protagonist whose antics had me laughing out loud more than once. I would recommend this book if you are looking for a lighthearted and feel good read to brighten a dreary winter's day.

Annie Beaton ('Beaton in name, not in nature') gets a shock when her husband announces that he wants out of the marriage. Yes, going without sex for years might have been a red flag, but Annie finds herself totally unprepared for this turn of events. So, without a job and with two young kids in tow, Annie is off to the country to stay at the home of her aunt who is away travelling. While many would crumble under the strains of her new reality, Annie seems to roll with the punches through challenge after challenge, and even manages to put a positive spin on her new circumstances.

I enjoyed the breezy conversational style of this novel, and would be happy to read more from this author in the future.

Many thanks to NetGalley and Hera Books for this ARC.

This was a new author for me but the description drew me in as I turned 50 this year too!
Annie finds out her husband wants to leave her, so decamps to a relatives old decrepit cottage in the country with her two children to embark on a new life! Country life isn’t quite as Annie expected but she battles on trying to parent the children, make friends, find a job and keep the cottage habitable! We experience the ups and downs of Annie and her children’s lives often told in a humorous manner that is easily relatable and light hearted! A fun wick easy read.
Thank you net galley for this early read.