
Photo by Mohammad Danish on Pexels.com
One of my 2020 goals for simplychornicallyill is to review 6 books from WordPress bloggers who live with a chronic illness (or three). Currently, I have two publications on my to-review list, but I am searching for three more books to read this year. My first review of 2020 was The Shadow Boxers by Kim Johnson & Karen Anderson and you can find my thoughts here.
So, if you are a chronically ill and have published a book, or know of a WP blogger who is chronically ill, please send them a link to this post. All I need is the title of your book and I will purchase it with my own funds, give you a review on this blog, and hopefully help bring more attention to your work.
Thank you in advance for the chance to assist another chronically ill author.
` wendi is author of 3 books and you can check them out here.
Good post, and a very worthy project.
Maybe you can even get a blog ring going for chronically ill bloggers and authors. 🙂
LikeLiked by 2 people
🙂 thank you so very much……..I am not sure what a blog ring is but I will be happy to look into it. Thank you so much for taking the time to stop by and comment, I appreciate your visit. 🙂
LikeLiked by 1 person
I’m not sure how or if they work anymore, but it at least was a group of blogs connected together by a common theme. The idea being to support each other and better promote their common subject matter. 🙂
LikeLiked by 2 people
I absolutely love that idea! Thank you so very much for the suggestion………I hope today brings you smiles. 🙂 🙂
LikeLiked by 2 people
Ditto. 😉
LikeLiked by 1 person
🙂
LikeLike
Does the book have to be specifically about chronic illness? I was homeless for two years with post polio syndrome, and from the experience I wrote a web book about it on behalf of all homeless. It’s been given page-long glowing reviews by both Rebelle and Namaste and is being read in dozens of nations now.
It’s a free offerring, just as is all my poetry, and though the editing isco in some places a little rough (most of it was written curbside wolirh one thumb, on a five inch Android), it seems to be doing its job!
The day I finished it, my soul purpose in being homeless was complete and, so far, I haven’t heen homeless again.
Here’s the link — scroll down for instructions, or just click on menu to continue through its five sections:
http://yoursfoolie.wordpress.com
LikeLiked by 2 people
no, it does not have to be about chronic illness at all!
I am absolutely THRILLED that I am going to be able to read and review your book! Am I able to print it? I know this sounds like a weird question but I am unable to read books on a computer screen.
Thank you so very much for sending me this link and I am so looking forward to reading it. It will be a few months before I get to it so please do not think I have forgotten about it. 🙂 Thank you again!!!! 🙂
LikeLiked by 2 people
I think yoi can print it — don’t see why not. If you have yrouble let me know.
Now — DON’T overwork yourself on these new projects, okay? People can wait.
LikeLiked by 1 person
🙂 you are so very sweet! 🙂
LikeLike
Sweet, nothing. Watch yerself, okay?
LikeLiked by 1 person
absolutely! thank you for caring! 🙂
LikeLike
😚😚
LikeLiked by 1 person
simplywendi, I think you and Ana Daksina would both appreciate a book by my friend Kim Bowman, called “Undercover Bag Lady.” Kim disguised herself as a homeless woman and visited a different church every Sunday, documenting how she was treated at each one. It’s been a real eye-opener for Christians, and she has already been invited to speak at a couple of the churches she visited. It’s a short book, easily read in one sitting (and hard to out down!)
I reviewed her book on my blog last June 28.
LikeLiked by 1 person
thank you so very much for the reading suggestion, I truly appreciate it and will see if my local library carries it. thanks again for stopping by and taking the time to comment.
LikeLiked by 1 person
As for the book “Undercover Bag Lady,” it’s fairly new so will probably not be in your library yet, but if you fill out a form requesting it (A Canadian friend of mine did that.) they can likely order it. Then you can read it free, they have it on hand for others to read, and Kim makes a sale – everybody wins! 🙂
LikeLiked by 1 person
thank you for the information, I appreciate it.
LikeLiked by 1 person
This is an awesome idea!
LikeLiked by 1 person
thank you so very much! 🙂
LikeLiked by 1 person
You’re very welcome!
LikeLiked by 1 person
🙂
LikeLiked by 1 person
😊
LikeLiked by 1 person
Brilliance!!! I follow a blogger with Diabetes. Riva Greenburg. She’s on WP under Diabetes stories and she writes and travels all over the world as an advocate for this frustrating illness.
LikeLiked by 1 person
Thank you so very much Kris! If she has published work in the form of a book, please feel free to send her this link! I hope you are doing well! 🙂
LikeLiked by 1 person
I’m sure she has- I’m not entirely sure she reads her blog, she has only a few followers compared to the ones via Huffington Post! :o)
LikeLiked by 1 person
I’d be happy to read a book of hers 🙂
LikeLike
What a beautiful gift to offer here, Wendi! I will pray that God sends you just the right authors/books, at just the right pace for you too. Blessings to you, Dear Friend!
LikeLiked by 1 person
What a beautiful prayer Bettie! Thank you so very, very much! Please know you are in my prayers too………
LikeLiked by 1 person
Thank you so very much!
LikeLiked by 1 person
absolutely!
LikeLiked by 1 person
This is such a generous and wonderful gesture.
LikeLiked by 1 person
very humbled Sadje………
LikeLiked by 1 person
You’re great.
LikeLiked by 1 person
God bless you!
LikeLiked by 1 person
❤️
LikeLiked by 1 person
This is a lovely idea. If you are interested in reviewing a children’s picture book, let me know and I will send you a copy of one of the books my chronically ill son and I wrote together. He is doing well on his current treatment programme but lives with chronic sinus, asthma and a biofilm (drug resistant bacteria in his sinuses).
LikeLiked by 1 person
I would be more than happy to review your book. If you are still interested, please send me a message and I will send you my address. If you do not hear back from me in 24 hours, please resend the message…..sometimes emails get lost 🙂 Thank you!
LikeLiked by 1 person
Thank you for your interest. I have sent you an email.
LikeLiked by 1 person
Thank you so very much for sending an email. I went and checked and I am so very sorry, it is not there. Sometimes hotmail does not allow all of my emails from my blog through. If you would be so kind as to try again. Thank you.
LikeLiked by 1 person
I have tried again.
LikeLiked by 1 person
thank you so very much, i did find your email and i have responded. thank you so very much!
LikeLiked by 1 person
Great thanks, Wendi
LikeLiked by 1 person
thank you!
LikeLiked by 1 person
A wonderful goal, may it be a blessing!
LikeLiked by 1 person
Thank you so very much Warren……….this is my prayer! 🙂
LikeLiked by 1 person
You’re welcome!
LikeLiked by 1 person
🙂
LikeLiked by 1 person
I think publishing is very hard work … good luck in your worthy quest!
LikeLiked by 1 person
thank you so very much! my prayer is that it is a blessing to others.
LikeLiked by 1 person
I totally admire the persistent effort needed, you will find more authors sweet Wendi and if not maybe review your own books 🙂
LikeLiked by 1 person
🙂 thank you for the laugh! 🙂 I couldn’t review my own books……….i’d be so critical, no one would purchase them. 🙂
LikeLiked by 1 person
may be a less judgemental summary then, be kind to yourself … others will benefit from them for sure!
LikeLiked by 1 person
bless you! 🙂 I so wish I could take you out for tea……..
LikeLiked by 1 person
consider it done 😎
LikeLiked by 1 person
🙂 🙂 🙂
LikeLiked by 1 person
This is such a great project. I’m always looking for books with characters with chronic illness/ disability, but have not been able to find many. Most books by chronically ill writers tend to be non-fiction. I am a fiction writer myself, but have not yet shared any of my work on my blog. However, I may do so in the near future if there is a demand ❤
LikeLiked by 1 person
You are absolutely correct! I am currently writng a novel with the main character suffering from a congenital chronic illness……it is a work of love 🙂
LikeLike
This is such a wonderful thing to do Wendi! This will be such a blessing to all the authors whose books you review. Blessings to you sweet friend!
LikeLiked by 1 person
Thank you so very much Terri, this is my prayer, to be a blessing to others.
LikeLiked by 1 person
Hello Wendi Yes, I live with a few chronic medical problems. My names of my books are : A Walk in Time By James A. Best and The Haunting of Marcasite by James A. Best
looking forward to a review of either book Wendi. Thanks for this awesome offer
LikeLiked by 1 person
Hi James, thank you so very much for taking time to stop by and list your books. Am I able to purchase either of these from Amazon? Thanks 🙂
LikeLiked by 1 person
Yes, either one should be on Amazon Wendi. Please let me know if they are not there.
LikeLiked by 1 person
thank you James…….your will be read sometime this summer! 🙂
LikeLike
That does sound alright to me Wendi.🙂🙏
LikeLiked by 1 person
🙂
LikeLike
🙂
LikeLiked by 1 person
What a wonderful project! It will be fun to see what books you end up reading.
LikeLiked by 1 person
Thank you so very much Sheryl………it has been fun so far and I have only read one book! 🙂 🙂
LikeLike
This was a fantastic post Wendi! You really are a blessing to everyone that knows you because not only are you super sweet, you are incredibly talented!!!
LikeLiked by 1 person
Oh Alyssa……you are always too kind to me, but thank you very much. I am happy to read you think this is a good idea too.
LikeLiked by 1 person
You my dear friend are very welcome!! I always think you have excellent ideas and you are an amazing person!
LikeLiked by 1 person
God bless you Alyssa!
LikeLiked by 1 person
You as well my dear!!!
LikeLiked by 1 person
🙂
LikeLiked by 1 person
Beautiful and so supportive of each other. Bless you my friend. ❤️
LikeLiked by 1 person
thank you so very much! I hope it is a blessing to others.
LikeLike