Ioana Is Reading: Love Lives Here - by Maria Goff: Book Review

Title: Love Lives Here. Finding what you need in a world telling you what you want

Pages: 235 pg

Publishing Date: 7 March 2017

Format: Kindle

Maria is nice, and I only wish I were friends with her. The essays are a nice read, friendly reminders of what you already know. It shows glimpses into the Goff family, and if you don't know this already, they are something else. I enjoyed getting to know them, her, the quieter one of the Goff couple.

However, I had trouble reading more than 1-2 essays at a time. Maybe it was because I needed time to process them, or maybe because the pattern of each chapter was the same: an anecdote from her life followed by a "what we can learn from this" moment. Mind you, Bob's book follows the same pattern, but his books have a different pace to them, they are more energetic. It's not fair comparing the two authors, I know, but having read them one after the other I couldn't help seeing the similarities and differences.

Maria's book is more slow-paced, it invites to conversation, to rest, to taking your time to read and ponder. I can't say I've learned something I didn't already know, but gentle reminders of what you already know are always welcome.

It was a nice read, good for when you have only a few minutes since the chapters are fairly short.

I received a free ebook copy of the book from the publisher a long time ago. All thoughts expressed here are my own.