📚 Time to set things on fire?

Can you believe 2025 is now 8 months old? Any one spotted any in-store Christmas stuff yet?

With August now here is it time to announce our new book for 2025 - scroll down to check it out!

Before before we do that, here’s a little snap of some happy book club members who rocked up or our July book club call to discuss last month’s book, Slow Productivity.

If you’ve not yet made it along to a book club call, you’re missing out.

In fact, you’ll be doubly missing out if you don’t show up this month. The author of this month’s book (revealed below) might be making an appearance!

So make sure you pick up a copy, and come join us!

We’re thrilled to announce that our August book club read is Passion Struck by John R. Miles. This one’s all about unlocking the drive, focus and sense of purpose you need to create a life you truly love and stick with it.

Drawing on inspiring stories, science-backed insights and practical strategies, Miles shows us how to break free from autopilot, chase what matters most and make bold, lasting changes. It’s a book that promises to light a fire under you, whether you’re looking for a big life shift or just want to feel more energised in your day-to-day. We can’t wait to dive into this one together!

Buy it now: You can listen to it on Audible or get the ebook on Kindle. If you’re buying a physical copy, please try to buy second-hand or from a local, independent store whenever possible. Otherwise, here’s a link to buy the book on Amazon.

It’s ended up being a pretty convincing win for Passion Struck, but in all honesty, things were neck and neck for most of the week between it and When We’re In Charge.

Head and Heart never really had a look in…

Here’s how our members voted:

Here are a few of the comments some of you left explaining your choices:

We’re so excited to host our next Bad Ass Bookshelf bookclub call to discuss Passion Struck at the end of August! Call details below:

Date: Thursday, 28th August
Time: 17:00 GMT (12:00 EST / 09:00 PST)

We love reading these kinds of books, but we get so much more out of them when we have someone to talk about it with. That’s why our Discord channel is such a great place to be.

You can meet other readers who are reading the same book with you at the same time and discuss to your hearts content all of the incredible learnings these amazing books have to offer.

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