Thanks to the publisher and Netgalley for this eARC.

"The Little Guide to Palmistry" by Johnny Fincham is a fascinating journey into the world of palmistry, offering readers a chance to unlock the secrets held within the lines of their hands. Fincham, recognized as the UK's eminent palmist, presents this ancient practice with a modern twist, making it accessible and engaging for a contemporary audience.

The book is concise, yet comprehensive, providing a wealth of information that is both practical and insightful. Fincham's writing style is clear and inviting, making the subject matter approachable for novices while still offering depth for those more familiar with palmistry. The guide is beautifully structured, allowing readers to easily navigate through the various aspects of palm reading, from understanding the major lines to deciphering the significance of finger lengths and prints.

What sets this book apart is Fincham's ability to blend the traditional with the intuitive. He offers a checklist to build a complete profile for a palm reading, which is both methodical and allows for personal interpretation. The book is not just about learning a skill; it's about discovering one's latent psychic abilities and understanding the profound connection between our hands and our brain power.

Fincham's expertise shines through in his detailed descriptions and the historical context he provides. He demystifies palmistry, presenting it as a tool for self-discovery and personal growth rather than mere fortune-telling. The book encourages readers to explore their unique traits and potentials, making it an inspiring read for anyone curious about the insights our palms can offer.

In summary, "The Little Guide to Palmistry" is an enlightening read that combines knowledge, intuition, and self-exploration. Whether you're a skeptic or a believer, Fincham's guide is sure to offer a new perspective on the stories our hands tell about our personalities and potential. It's a must-read for anyone interested in the crossroads of spirituality and self-awareness.

Very informative and interesting book. I highly write recommend it. Very educational. Very enjoyable

Absolutely loved this book about palmistry. I agree with other reviewers who dispute the title of a 'little book', it is filled with fascinating facts and background information as well as making me obsessed with people's hands! A book for those who would like to know about learning to read palms but also would be great for parties. It's up to the reader how accurate or not are the methods used. Thank you Netgalley and the publishers for the chance to learn a bit about this interesting subject.

As much as I find myself researching various forms of divination on the regular, palmistry has never been that high on my list. Why? No clue. But if I did decide to fall into yet another divination rabbit hole, this book would be at the top of my must-buy list. It took you through every step of the palm-reading process, with clear illustrations and pictures. At the end, it even had some example handprints for you to practise your newfound skills on! Overall, very worthwhile for anyone interested in this practice.

This was a NetGalley review.

I really enjoyed this book. The Little Guide to Palmistry is just the right size guide to get you interested in palmistry. If you have ever been curious what palmistry is about but dont want to get your palm read, it's interesting to learn about the different lines and what they can tell about a person.

I found that the amount of history provided about palmistry was just enough. It was enough to give insight and background, but not too long that I felt like I needed to skip ahead to the real meat and potatoes of the book.

I would recommend this book to anyone looking to get started. It's a great introduction to the world of palmistry. The bullet points and recaps at the end of each chapter were incredibly helpful as well.

This book is beautiful! As a bibliophile, the beauty of it drew me in at first glance. As someone who is into every aspect of spirituality (I'm a yoga teacher who goes to church and reads tarot cards on the regular) I was really excited to begin palm reading, even if just for fun. I've only ever had my palm read by others and will be the first to admit that I stared at my hands for so long I got a kink in my neck! Totally worth it.

The book goes through everything. You learn about aspects like the difference between reading left and right hands, skin texture, and the different lines that can appear on different types of hands. Informative and easy to follow, I am finding it really interesting that markings on our bodies can indicate things about our experiences and personalities. I found the two illustrations and visual examples throughout to be extremely helpful.

This book nailed me to a tee in pretty much every aspect. It gave me some spooky vibes sometimes with how spot-on it was and gave me goosepimples. I don't put scientific stock into palm-readings much, so if you do, my review won't be helpful to you at all. Don't get me wrong, I am in no way denying the scientific evidence brain studies have shown. My husband suffers from suspected CTE, so don't come for me. I'm just saying that stuff like this is fun and offers a different perspective that can generally be refreshing because, for me, faith and hope come in many forms.

Fincham is known as the UK's best palmist,having researched, written about, and practiced plamistry for over 30 years. He has read the hands of over 20 thousand people and has taught palmistry in France, Spain, Portugal, India, Sweden, and Ireland. He is a third generation celebrity palm-reader who balances modern techniques with his intuitive gift. Fincham's books include Palmistry Apprentice to Pro in 24 Hours and The Spellbinding Power of Palmistry. Readers who are fans of Lifeprints by Richard Unger and Palm Readings for Beginners by Kenneth Lagerstorm will also adore this book.

Thank you to Netgalley and Watkins Publishing for a temporary eARC and a very special thank you to Watkins Publishing for sending me a physical copy as a gift for review purposes.

I received an advance reader copy of this book to read in exchange for an honest review via netgalley and the publishers.

The Little Guide to Palmistry is a fun and interesting book about palmistry with guidance and information to read palms yourself. I learned so much from this book that I didn't know before and had fun looking at my palms and trying to read them myself. I never thought to get ink and do a print of your palm before you start this book and found this such a good idea for future readers too! The book teaches the science behind palm reading which was super interesting!

This book flips what I thought I knew about palm reading on it's head. It says that palm reading is based more in science. I definitely found it interesting. It gives explanations for why they believe it is a science, without taking so long to do it that you lose interest. I wish I had this book in paper book form instead of the kindle version. I kept wanting to reference earlier pages in the book and it would have been much easier in paperback form. If I was used to using my bookmarks on my kindle that might have helped, but I didn't think about doing it until I was over half way through the book. I will probably reread the book and see if I do a better job at reading my palm with using the bookmarks on my kindle and then after I get the ink to do my hand print. It says doing a palm/hand print can make it easier. I would recommend this book if you also get the ink and do the print before reading the book.

I’ve been really interested in all different sorts of divination and spiritual practices lately. That being said, I didn’t know anything about palmistry other than what it was. This book did a good job of taking an absolute beginner and giving them a basic knowledge of the art of palmistry. It is detailed enough to make sense without getting confusing. Would definitely recommend to other beginners!

This was a nice little guide to help with learning palmistry. I think the format of the book is reader-friendly and provides some insights that when might not think about when considering one's hands. Like how caregivers often times have softer hands for example. I think this is a beginner-friendly guide and would be a cool party trick to try out on friends.

Whatever you do, don't be fooled by the word "Little" in The Little Guide to Palmistry by Johnny Finchman. This guide is one of the most complete I have read in my many years of interest. It contains a plethora of information on understanding palm lines as well as exercises that you can work along with the author to put the information provided to use. This is truly an experiential guide.
Finchman has also provided an easy to access reference list in the back of the book to quickly refresh oneself and identify palm anatomy.

Many thanks to Watkins Publishing and Netgalley for this ARC (all opinions expressed in this review are authentically mine).

I can safely say I've never stared at my hands this long in my life ☺️ Where to begin? I have endless scratchy lines everywhere.. so, I have a stressed and nervous disposition. Spot on. But my main worry is my lifeline..

My lifeline looks so unlike the picture that I honestly thought I mustn't have one. I don't know what that means, I have more studying to do.

So far, this little book has me down to a tee. Palmistry is fascinating! I'd definitely recommend this book for beginners. It's informative and easy to follow. I'm honestly having a ball.

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I’m an outlier but I didn’t find this book particularly helpful. There’s a lot of information about fingerprint whorls and palm lines but very few illustrations and they are incredibly basic. I am not a believer in palm reading but I have had mine read many times by a woman who does it at historical events my family and I volunteer at of old time medicine shows and cons. She’s actually an ER nurse but she’s trained in palmistry for her character. It’s innocent fun having it done and she’s said some really interesting things about my palm and those of my family and friends. I was hoping to learn more from this book to do it on my own palm and my kids, just for fun.

Unfortunately, I didn’t agree with most of the things it said about my palm and personality, and I found a lot of it confusing. I seem to not even have a life line according to this or perhaps I’m about to die as the one closest to what this book says (but still not in the right place) is very faint and ends halfway. The palms shown are just simple black hand shapes with simple white lines. In many cases my lines didn’t look anything like the ones pictured and I couldn’t even figure out which ones they were. There are two sets of handprints to practice reading at the end but we see them and then read about them later. I really wanted real handprints with arrows showing the lines and how they compared and what they meant. My friend the palm reader has said things about lines that mean how many loves you’ll have and things like that, and I didn’t see anything about that. Again, I don’t honestly believe in this stuff, but this book didn’t provide what I was hoping for, especially regarding illustrations to make sense of it all.

I read a temporary digital copy of this book for review.

This would be the perfect gift for someone! It’s short and concise, and includes examples. This is the perfect skill to whip out at a party.
Thank you to Netgalley and the publisher for this arc ebook in exchange for an honest review. All opinions expressed are my own.

This book was short but gave a great overview of palmistry. I saw another reviewer was upset because they felt the book tries to claim palmistry is scientifically proven. I did not read it that way. The way I interpreted the text was that it's proven that working with our hands takes a huge part of our brain power, which sounds right to me. If this detail concerns you let me share that this part is just a few sentences in the introduction of the book.

I did not come to this book looking for science either though. I came looking for a guide to read palms and this does that job in an easy-to-understand way. It is very beginner friendly and I enjoyed it enough that I would like to own a copy to reference in the future.

In the end, it included two practice hand prints which I found really helpful. I would love to have several more of those in the book.

The first thing I noticed about “The Little Guide to Palmistry” by Johnny Fincham were the multi-colored palms featured on the cover. Fantastic!

However, already in the introduction my inner Hermione started to roll her eyes. Stating that palmistry has been scientifically proven by anyone is ridiculous. When I tried to find references for these assertions I only found “Further Reading” with a list of books that could easily have been required reading by Professor Trelawney, for example: “Your Life in your Hands” by Professor Fortuna Palmetto (just kidding, it is by B Hutchinson). I actually logged onto Pubmed to see if there was any research and I found quite a lot about fingers. Who knew? I found one article about Palmistry, which postulated that it is essentially a form of archaic psychological support, giving hope to clients. I think that could be said about any form of pseudoscience.
So throw all your critical thinking out the window and just read this for entertainment.

The format of this book is very reader-friendly with handy summaries (Learning Points) after each chapter. The writing is clear and compelling. My inner Hermione was aghast when so many things fit in with my personality (which is why all these pseudosciences always work…). However, everything depends on who is doing the palm reading. A person who is a natural empath with good people skills could use this to encourage people to see new sides of themselves.

Used judiciously with a huge grain of salt, this little book could be a good guide to a fun hobby.

An interesting guide to palmistry that gives the reader a different perspective on the subject. I did not know, for example, that therapists and carers tend to have softer skin, named silk skin. Nor that the size of the palm made a difference. These are only two of a number of examples given in this comprehensive guide to palmistry. Recommended for a highly informative guide. Thank you to netgalley and the publishers for giving me a copy of the book.

I always found it so interesting to read about the meanings behind what your palms hold and I think many readers will as well! So happy to add this to our collection