a quick read, with good insights. worth the read if you have a bit of time to spare. joy is worth focusing on and striving towards.

Joyful is a simple guidebook to finding joy through various life disciplines. This book might be most appropriate for young people just starting out in life, or even for high school aged students before they set out. I appreciated the author's faith, and his desire to help others avoid some of his past mistakes.

Easy to read, short chapters - a joyful read!

Filled with personal stories and insight, this is a book you can read in one sitting, and you will probably return to it again and again when you feel the need for a mental lift, and reminder that life can be joyful.

Quick read. We spend so much time "chasing" that sometimes we just need to sit back and enjoy life. I felt like this was more autobiography than self help

A very honest and sincere title which made me stop and think about everything. This book is easy and a very great reading experience. It's easy and makes you look at things differently. A must-read!

The writer's first attempt is partially successful. Toks has a lot to say and tries to put it all in a combination of personal stories and didactic preaching. The writing style needs development and the content would be better if it had more focus.
With that said, I found that I couldn't put the book down. It is a short book that I read in two sittings. Toks has a good perspective on life and seeks to share it with his readers. If we all followed his admonitions, we would live a joyful life.
This book was provided to me without cost by the publisher. Thanks to Netgalley for tho opportunity to read and review this work.

Let me tart by saying that I felt like this book is more of biography and less of a self help book. That being said I did njoy reading about the author and his upbringing in Nigeria. There was also a self help session but I did not find a lot of it to be exactly what I was hoping for. The author is a wonderful writer but I was hoping for more self help and less biography.

I almost gave this one star, as I got nothing of the title from the book. It has two, because the author has had a difficult life and he talks about this at length.

It's rather self-centered and I got very little out of it.

This is a good read for young adults seeking answers to daily contradictions in faith versus their walk. The chapter on finding a way to be content in the moment and/or situation was relevant to all. Would love for the writer to expand on that chapter in his future writing endeavors.

I chose to read this book because of its title: "Joyful- A truthful guide to finding peace and living a fulfilling life." Who wouldn't want to learn how to do that right? Well what I read was much less of a guide and much more of an autobiography. While I appreciated the author's life story and found his life accomplishments interesting, these honestly didn't teach me anything about joyfulness. I mean I did learn about the author's idea of joy but not really how I could achieve it. That is why I gave this three stars. I almost felt misguided by its title. The author has had an interesting and much different life than my own here living in one northeastern state in the US all my life, so his life story was interesting. His language and writing style were simple and very easy to understand. It's worth a read if you're interested in this man's life. But if what you're looking for is how to get more joy out of your own life or some inspirational words to help you on your own joyful journey, then I suggest you choose another book. Or write your own.

Title: Joyful: A Truthful Guide To Finding Peace and Living a Fulfilling Life
Author: Toks Adebiyi
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Reviewed By: Arlena Dean
Rating: Five
Review:

"Joyful: A Truthful Guide To Finding Peace And Living A fulfilling Life" by Toks Adebiyi

My Thoughts.....

Quite a interesting quick read where the first part of the book was about the author's life and the other half of the read was divided life's lessons in putting the joy into ones everyday situation. I enjoy this author fascinating story of when he was in Lagos, Nigeria and that whole experience showing the difference from being materialistic as well as successful. In the end if one really loves himself that will seem to give one the feeling of joy rather than having all of the stress in ones daily life.

From the read one will be definitely be directed to the fact that 'Joy is not find in materialistic things but within us.' This is a christian read for anyone who maybe interested in wanting to have a better quality of life as the author points to the power of God being our source of our the joy that is already within. The reader will be drawn into this read being able to look at things somewhat differently and with that being able to ignore many outside stressful pressures. In the end the novel "Joyful" gives one a wonderful guide, enjoyable read and most of all a inspirational look at how to succeed and have a quality life.