How I Learned to Stop Saluting Magpies by Lynn Farley-Rose

Thank you @zooloosBT for letting me be part of this tour. When I first saw the cover and the title of How I Learned to Stop Saluting Magpies, I was drawn to it instantly. I loved the pretty colors; they made me think of when I was little, and still now, I salute magpies, and I wanted to know how she did this. How I Stopped Saluting Magpies is a self-help book/memoir. I enjoyed this book immensely and enjoyed following Lynn journey with the ups and downs of her life. This is a fascinating and inspirational read. I felt like I could relate to Lynn at times throughout the book. Beautifully written and engaging from start to finish, 5 stars. Blurb Lynn grew up believing that saluting magpies could keep bad luck at bay. But after a string of disasters—illness, financial ruin, divorce—she’s forced to admit: the magpie magic isn’t working. At rock bottom, she turns to a lifeline—a list of treats and adventures she’d always meant to try but never quite got round to. As she slowly ticks them off, what begins as a quest for distraction becomes something deeper. A train rattles across America. Flamingos flap. Secrets surface. There’s clifftop terror. And step by step, old fears, inherited wounds, and superstitions begin to loosen their grip—creating space for forgiveness, of herself and of others.