One Drawback to my Library...

My library has a feature by which you can automatically be put on a waiting list for any new releases by your favorite authors. Awesome, right? Yes! Usually.. except in Brenda Novak's Whiskey Creek series, I've read the first 3 books, then a Winter Wedding --- book #9 came out at the end of October.. and last week I got the e-mail that I had a book ready for pick-up.  As I read it I realized that there were people together/ had more than one child when they had no relationship even/ doing things.. I definitely missed a book or two. I then checked Goodreads ( I don't remember if it was Min or Teresa that got me on there - but Thank You!) I had in fact missed 6 books.. sigh.  It really tested the theory of can you read this book if you haven't read the previous books in the series?  The answer is YES.  It was fine alone. I'm not sure if it will have spoiled the previous unread books though.  It was  a nice, sweet, quick read.

 

The Back of The Napkin

Everyone should read this book (ok maybe not kindergarteners or little kids who haven't lost their visual skills yet) aimed at problem solving and solution sharing in business settings - I think it will help anyone who needs to see a problem, solve the problem and show the solution in any setting. (ok maybe not calculus)  I have to say, as much as I loved the Doodle Revolution - this book is much better.  

By the end of the book - you will have a "swiss army knife" of easy to remember tools.  From built in tools - eyes, minds eye, hand to eye, steps to use - look, see, imagine, show. The sqvid technique to figure out how to look at the different aspects (simple vs complex, quality vs quantity etc) and how to set up visual axis based on who/what, how much, where, when, how, why and which is the important factors to focus on.  Totally worth the read.