Always reliable and entertaining, this handy yellow book is a “true” Almanac—a calendar of the heavens, a time capsule of the year, and an essential reference that reads like a magazine.

When your behavior is misaligned with your values, when what you do day in and day out is misaligned with what you want to be and to be doing, and when the version of yourself you show to the world is very different than the real you, you will experience dissonance – an internal conflict. If you love the magic of nature, old traditions and stories passed along the ages, the moon, the universe, gardening and cooking this is the book for you!

There are three versions of ourselves: what people think of us, what we think of ourselves, and who we actually are. This audiobook combines content from all Lia Leendertz’s Almanacs and is updated annually to include new recipes, tips, stories and seasonal information to accompany you throughout the year. When I signed up for the 2022 nonfiction reader challenge, the one topic that gave me concern was a reference book. This is why meditation is so important; it is a way for us to listen within ourselves for this dissonance.

I only have a PDF of ‘the almanac - a seasonal guide to 2023’ on loan from Netgalley, and it only lasts for a couple of months, so I may splash out for a copy. Publication dates are subject to change (although this is an extremely uncommon occurrence overall).

And then there's Fyodor Dostoevsky's advice in Brothers Karamazov: "Above all, don't lie to yourself.