Self-help ✦ Penny’s Take 📱 Kindle
The Gratitude Diaries
Janice Kaplan · 2015
73/100
👍 Worth It
Kaplan's year of deliberate gratitude is a good read if you like your self-help wrapped in real memoir and backed by actual research — there's genuine substance under the storytelling. Just know it leans pretty heavily on her own comfortable, well-connected life, so some of it may feel a little removed from an average reader's daily grind.
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Verdict receipt0–100
Faith & family safety85
Substance / usefulness75
Craft & writing76
Originality60
Evidence & accuracy80
Hype vs delivers62
Age-fit85
Human-eye read73
Penny’s verdict73
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