How to read my books for free, and a Ninacat update

 

Dear chic friends,

 

Little Miss Nina is back with an update for you!

You may recall her hoodie photos a month or so ago. Sweet Nina had an injury under her arm that she wouldn’t let heal, so I bought her a sweatshirt to cover it up. The goal was to stop the licking.

She hated the sweatshirt with a vengeance though, and once she worked out how to get it off (easy! just stretch out the neckline and come out the front 🐱) I resorted back to her pretty collar.

I don’t know why I didn’t just keep the collar on the whole time, but c’est la vie, I know now.

 

From her 100% hatred of the hoodie, she is 0% bothered by the collar. In fact, I don’t even think she notices it anymore. It’s a wonderful invention by Cool Collars. And I brush her most days to keep up the grooming in areas she can’t reach 😊

Her injury is doing well too, and she won’t need surgery thank goodness. It would be a lot for a tiny 3kg (6.6 lbs) 14-year-old cat to go through.

So it’s happy days for Nina. I think she’ll need about another month in her collar. Maybe she can be out of it for spring here in the southern hemisphere 😊

 

Her collar always makes me giggle. One afternoon it was sunny and she came around the corner of the house outside, and with the sun on her which made her black fur shine brown-black, and the golden tones of the ruff I, for a split second, thought, what is a bantam rooster doing outside our house? 😂😂😂

 

 

And in the photo above, she is set up on one of our dining chairs in my office. She is the Princess and the Pea on a quadruple folded luxury fleece blanket ON TOP of a sheepskin. I designed this ‘throne’ for her because she was always stealing my office chair...

Nina is living the dream 🥰 She sends kisses to your pussy cat(s) too.

 

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How gorgeous is this photo from Shelley in Ohio, USA? As you may know, I have been inviting readers to send in their photos depicting the feeling of a soft, calm life, to celebrate the release of my newest book '100 Ways to Live a Soft, Calm Life'.

Shelley says:

"My husband and I are spending about 6 months camping in our RV. Our campground sits beside an old limestone quarry that is now a spring-fed lake and a wonderful place to swim. So wonderful. I love your books and have them all. Please keep up with your writing!"

Thank you Shelley! And how wonderful to be enjoying your beautiful countryside in an RV for six months. What a wonderful vacation. It sounds like a dream!

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Something I have noticed as a common theme in the photos readers have been so generously sending in for me to share, is that they all incorporate outdoor nature, and if inside, with an aspect of nature touches (fruit, flowers etc). Isn’t that interesting?

As exciting as fancy things are (I love a new perfume or buying a new outfit, and going shopping when overseas on holiday), nothing compares to the majesty of nature and how she makes us feel. It’s something that is deeply ingrained in us as a human.

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I also want to share reader Kim’s home-grown sweet peas with you. They are so pretty!

Kim lives in Monterey, California, in the United States, and she said:

“I read your 100 Ways to Live a Soft, Calm Life book while flying to London from California. It really caused me to pause and re-evaluate the pace of my life and how I want to move towards enjoying the simpler things to give me more inner peace and happiness.

This year I tried growing sweet peas because I love their fragrance and sweet blossoms. They are such a beautiful and simple flower that only last a short time so you have to enjoy them while you can. Although my plants have bright and bold purple and red blossoms I thought the light pink and white flowers felt tranquil and calm. I love just a few cuttings in my kitchen window to remind me to slow down and enjoy the simple beauty around me.

Thanks for all your inspirations.”

Thank YOU Kim, and I will try this spring (coming up soon in New Zealand!) to grow sweet peas again.

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I have chosen today’s excerpt ‘100 Ways to Live a Soft, Calm Life’ (still a number one best seller after six weeks!) to go with Kim’s lovely image and words. It’s tip no. 65:

:: Create a menu of options ::

“Imagine having a big list of self-identified simple pleasures to choose from each day.

You could have an activities list where you write down everything that makes you feel good, such as going for a walk outside for twenty minutes, having a coffee in a café, washing and blow-drying your hair, getting a manicure or pedicure (at home or out), or reading a book.

Note down everything you enjoy and keep this list handy to inspire pockets of rest and recuperation.

Try for one-hundred, and title the list (with your own name!) ‘Fiona’s 100 Simple Pleasures’. What a fun project this would be to build.

Imagine settling in for a journal session to find your one-hundred, and then the fun of ‘shopping’ from it!”

Of course, growing and picking sweet peas will be on my Simple Pleasures list 😊

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:: How to read my books for free ::

 

You might not know this already, but there are a number of ways in which you can read my books for ‘F R E E’. Yes really!

Let’s go through all the options, shall we?

~~ Read my newest book on Kindle Unlimited ~~

If you have a Kindle Unlimited membership, you can read my latest release, ‘100 Ways to Live a Soft, Calm Life’ for free.

If you aren’t a member, you can request a free trial of Kindle Unlimited and get reading straight away.

 

~~ Order my audiobooks and paperbacks at your local library ~~

Through Libby or the library app you use, you can request your library to order in my audiobooks, and if you would like your local library to stock my paperbacks, you can make a ‘request to purchase’ on their website, or go in and speak with a librarian.

I love it when readers have told me they do this because it means more lovely ladies can find out about my books!

~~ Listen to all my audiobooks on Spotify ~~

If you have a Spotify Premium subscription, all of my audiobooks are included as part of this. In Premium you get 15 hours a month to listen to whatever you like.

My shorter books are a couple of hours long, and the longer ones up to six hours, so you can listen to a lot of books each month at no extra cost.

Listen to my audiobooks on Spotify here.

~~ Free trial of Audible ~~

Try a free trial of Audible here and download one of my books for free, to keep forever. (Or it’s available for ‘1 credit’ if you already have an Audible subscription).

Phew! I hope this has been helpful and that you get a chance to try at least one of these ways to read or listen to my books for ‘free’!

Wishing you a wonderful rest of your weekend.

xx Fiona

PS. You can read the sample of ‘100 Ways to Live a Soft, Calm Life’ here on Amazon. It's available on Kindle in paperback, and as an audiobook.

(My Amazon links are affiliate but the price doesn’t change for you, thank you if you choose to use my links!)