This book is a comedic genius! It’s wit and real life scenarios will empathize with anyone going through similar situations.

''I loved myself into the light''

For a person with constant self-love issues, this is one of the best self-love centered poetry collections I've read this year. Many poems reached my soul. I specially loved that it was divided between ''thinkers'' and ''feelers''. The contrast between the two makes it great. I wish I'd read this sooner.

Thanks to NetGalley and the publisher for letting me read this before publication date.

I  received a free digital copy of this book from Netgalley for an honest review.


I love how this collection has each poem written two ways. First she gives you the left brain poem, and directly after that one for right brain. I enjoyed comparing them.




"Everything can change, and I will still be joyful.
Nothing can change, and I will still be joyful."

I am so picky when it comes to poetry but i am so so glad i picked this up!!

I am certain that everyone can find at least one poem in this collection that speaks to them, and they’re all so beautifully written it’s hard not to find something in all of them that resonates with you.

I will definitely read this over and over in the future.

I don't read a lot of poetry, but I'm so glad I picked up this book!

I can say with certainty that everyone will resonate with at least one of these poems.

The two different styles speak to different parts of my personality and I felt connected to so many of these poems.

These poems were beautiful, and I really related to them. There were many that I really needed to hear. One of my favorite lines was “Doing less doesn’t make you worth less.” It’s something we all need to hear more often!

I was kindly sent this in exchange for an honest review via Netgalley
This is a poetry collection about self-love and mental health. The poems are very short, and thus, this is a fairly quick read, you can even read all of it in just one sitting. I really liked that the poems were divided in two parts, each one corresponding with one half of the brain: left brain for <I>thinkers</I>, and right brain for <I>feelers</I>. I really liked that they chose two different typographies to make the difference more evident.
I think the idea behind the poems was great, and the author does send an important message and encourages self-love, but I have the same issue as always; most poems seem uncomplete to me. I like the overall essence and the message of the author, but I am not so keen on the execution.

<I> I finally
Found my rhythm
When I realized
That even
Two steps backwards
Were part
Of the dance </I>

‘A transcendent, unique experience that will have you feeling lighter when you turn that final page.’

Reading this book was very much a journey for me. A real, empowering and enchanting journey that left me feeling lighter at the end. The concept of providing right/lefthand brain (thinkers/feelers) was completely unique to me and was of instant interest.

I am so grateful to @netgalley and Andrew’s Mcmeel Publishing for an eArc of Self-Love Poetry to review but mostly to Melody Godfrey for these beautiful words that will stay with me.

I will be purchasing this collection ASAP.
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️/5 stars.

This self empowering poem book is what I needed in my darkest moments.
Sometimes you just need to hear (or read) what may seems obvious. Put yourself first is a hard job and self love is ever harder. Letting yourself rest your brain reading those short poems is the best gift you can give yourself.

I loved the fact that it is split in “left brain” and “right brain”. Left is more straightforward: your affirmations and the best part of you. Right side is more emotional: you need to listen to your emotions and your needs.
Overall, it is about the acceptance of our weaknesses and work through those to empower yourself.

This poetry collection falls into the category of "instagram poetry," which in and of itself isn't a bad thing. However, I personally prefer poetry to have a little more depth. Most of these poems felt surface-level and like the inspiration quotes on water bottles that miss out on the deeper depths within. Any descriptive language or personal anecdotes would have been welcomed in this collection but it was all mere words on a page, seeking to bring inspiration. While I did smile and enjoy some of the sections, I found a lot of the poems lacked something extra that made them either relatable or hit any kind of emotional level.
But I will say I did enjoy the left brain, right brain format that this author used through-out the collection to show two sides of the same theme. Even though I felt disconnected from both the left and right brain poetry, I enjoyed the overall format and idea behind it. I believe this type of poetry is simply not for me, so I hope others find some self-discovery and enjoyment out of it. I would say, it's rather left-brained of me to say that "self-love" has a hyphen, but not in this text (which is perfectly fine for poetry or fiction of any kind to have misspelled words, but it did hurt me).

Thank you NetGalley for access to the advanced copy in exchange for an honest review.

I really enjoyed the concept of this poetry collection. The author has organized and paired poems together, with each pair sharing a “left brain - thinker” and “right brain - feeler” perspective for each topic, all centered on the theme of self love. Reading through this lens felt so refreshing - and I found myself bouncing between poems to read them more than once on multiple occasions. I’d definitely recommend this as a read to those looking to explore self love more through poetry in addition to liking the appeal of exploring analytical vs. emotive expression!

4⭐️

#netgalley #selflovepoetry

I read this book in a really stressful time, and it was very soothing. I liked how there were two poems related to every theme, and I found myself sometimes relating more to the thinking side and other times the feeling side, which was really cool. I enjoyed Melody’s words and will try to keep them in mind as this chaotic season continues.

Self Love Poetry by Melody Godfred is the perfect balm for a battered and bruised psyche during a time that has been trying for so many. Drawing the components of left and right brain function into parallel and contrasting verses, the analytical side of the brain is juxtaposed with the emotional side to create a complete and mindful journey toward a more comprehensive understanding of self love. This beautiful collection resonated deeply with me, and I found myself returning to many verses that demanded deeper contemplation. The collection as a whole will stay with me.

There is contained within this book some invaluable advice for living a more self-loving, authentic life, and I will highly recommend it to family and friends.

Many thanks to NetGalley and Andrews McMeel Publishing for an ARC.

Read this in one sitting. I couldn't put it down. So many of the author's words resonated with me on such a deep level. I will recommend this book to anyone and everyone. The words are beautiful, honest, raw and deep.

This is definitely something I will come back to again and again to read the words.

I really loved the format of this book - at the start, Godfred has a picture of a brain with the left and right side identified along with common characteristics associated with each side. The left side is the “thinker” and the right side is the “feeler”. Going off of this, each poem in Godfred’s collection is broken into two parts - “thinking” on the left page and “feeling” on the right page.

Unfortunately, beyond this really interesting formatting, this collection didn’t really resonate for me. I gathered from the description and subtitle that this would be somewhat more self-helpy than I usually enjoy, but I was expecting more depth to the poems. Instead, they all struck me as pretty surface-level, and aren’t what I’d really qualify as poetry. Mostly, they were nice sentences or thoughts or paragraphs broken up with needless line breaks. Like breaks alone don’t make something poetry, in my opinion (though I guess this could be argued and a lot of modern poetry is defined solely by line breaks in what is otherwise just a nice-sounding sentence).