I went in thinking this was going to be a it more light hearted. It wasn’t for me, just a lot of rambling about the same old things you should be doing, like make your bed, drink water, get off your phone.

How can you go wrong with a book to remind you how to be kind to others and yourself. In the current state of unease that the world is in, this is a great book to grab to keep things on the positive. It's nothing we all haven't known, but it's a good reminder to practice.

A very intriguing book and I think the author has a great way of explaining themselves. It was a fun read and I think it had a great premise

A nice feel good book full of ideas for spreading love and kindness. Although there is nothing new or ground breaking it has been adapted to allow for the current pandemic situation. There are lots of books like this on the market so I probably wouldn't buy it for myself. But it would be nice as a gift book in current times. Any book that aims to bring more light into the world in these times is very welcome.

I was pleasantly surprised to realise that this book is completely current and up to date with the 2020 pandemic and BLM movement so all the suggestions in the book are written with current affairs in mind, making it relevant.

There are lots of suggestions about being kind to yourself first in order to spread kindness to others which is very important.

I look forward to taking a lot of the suggestions on board and putting them into practise.
I do not think I will be able to do all of them straight away but it has made me a bit more mindful reading this book and I feel like I have taken a lot away from it.

This book was well written but kind of a no brainer on the steps you can take to make everything kind and peaceful in the world. Either way was very nice to read through. I received an advance review copy for free, and I am leaving this review voluntarily.

This book is okay. It has some good points related to research, but overall there was nothing that really made me sit and think. Most of these ways of being kind are a bit obvious, the explanations for each felt much too long, and some of these ways of being kind didn’t seem to do much with kindness at all—like making sure you have an approachable profile picture on social media.

This book might just not be for me, though.

During a time of a worldwide pandemic this was an excellent time to read this. Not only ways to be kind to others but also to be kind to ourselves.

A really nice guide, released at a poignant time, to remind us all that we need to be kind to others around us

A book of positivity; 100 ways to be kind. This includes self care, as well as acts to help others. A well timed book with the pandemic, which is mentioned in the introduction. An easy read too and one to jump in and out of.

This was a pleasant read. The book looks at ways to be kinder; to yourself, to nature, and those around you. In the wake of loads of uncertainty, difficulty, upheaval and the pandemic (which the book talks about), it’s a timely release and poses plenty of food for thought. The tips are accessible and simple to do on a daily basis (e.g. tips on mindfulness, exercise, getting plenty of rest, looking at your approach to social media etc within the “being kinder to yourself” chapter), so there’s something for everyone in it.

I received a copy of this book from Netgalley.

100 Ways to Be Kind by Theresa Cheung is a non-fiction book written to help the reader understand the importance of kindness in daily life and how to implement many of the research-based tips for kindness. The author provides tips on how to be kinder to yourself, to others online, to others in person, and to our nature. I think this is an important topic, especially during COVID. I found the writing easy to read and the stories included are uplifting. I recommend this for readers who are looking for actionable tips, but less analysis of it. Overall a pretty good book!

Many thanks to the publisher Thread Books and Netgalley for the ARC in return for an honest review.

This isn’t the usual sort of non-fiction that I read. My tastes run more to true crime and WWII, but this book called to me, as it seemed so timely. There is quite a lot more to it than I had supposed when I first looked at it, and I was surprised at the well-researched aspects. We’ve surely had enough of it’s opposite in the news and in the world, tossed around freely. It couldn’t hurt for more of us to try some of this in our daily lives. I found it an interesting read, good ideas with so much thought behind them. Advance electronic review copy was provided by NetGalley, author Theresa Cheung, and the publisher.

The cover of this books are stunning and so is the content.
I was immediately intrigued by this book with the mention of current events.
Its easy to forget to be kind to ourselves so I enjoyed the bitesized easy ways to be nicer to myself.
the book gives examples on how to implement the kindness too just incase you are unsure how.

100 ways to be kind


this book talks about the great power of kindness. Not in a mystical way, rather in a clear and backed up by scientific research type of way.
It offers recommendations on how to be kinder
1 - to yourself
2- Online
3- to others
4- to nature
and each suggestion is backed up by courses of action on how to implemenr those kindness moments.


Kindness is contageous. This books makes you feel happy and wholesome. In a time of a global pandemic and racial injustice reading a book that calls on unity and love is the biggest kindness one can perform for oneself.


I enjiyed this book a lot and wouldn't hesitate to share it and recommend it.
The world need more kindness.

You can choose to be kind. And if you choose to be kind, you are not powerless.

Such a lovely guide book, great for this so called new normality/Covid times. Actually for all times. Kindness never gets out of trend.

Make it your 100-day compassion challenge, do kind things daily and notice how they inspire others. Be kinder to you, to others, online and to nature. As science has proven, kindness is good to your health. Author also reveals all the myths about being kind and offers many examples how to express kindness.

Just try it.

This was a really cute and quick read during quarantine. I really enjoyed it and it gave me good ideas to be a kinder human!

The book starts out with quite a large section on being kind to ourselves. The theory being that you can’t even start showing kindness to others until you can show kindness to yourself. A lot of it has been said before and I didn’t learn anything new, however there is a difference between knowing all this information and remembering to actually put it into practice. The suggestions are broken down into ways to get your day off to a good start by being kind to yourself in the morning and then again in the evening to help you relax and look back on the events of the day without all the usual recriminations and guilt trips we can often send ourselves off on before we turn out the light.

The second part is being kind online. Lots of tips and do’s and dont’s for spreading a little happiness and goodwill around in cyber space. It’s fast becoming our real world as we spend so much time there, so you need to know how to look after yourself as well as showing a little kindness to your fellow web users out there. Sometimes we forget that those twitter handles and facebook profiles belong to real people, with real feelings and we should treat them just the same as we would if they were standing in front of us.

Next up is being kind to others, which really is probably the main reason why the book might have caught your interest in the first place. Being kind is something we’ve been hearing a lot about this year, and with all the turmoil we’ve faced, I think we’re all wondering how we can do our bit to help and show a little more kindness than we usually do. This book is very up to date and has quite a few references to the pandemic, lockdown and also the Black Lives Matter movement.

Lastly being kind to nature is covered. For each of the 100 ways to be kind, there’s a brief description of why the way is a good idea and what you can hope to gain from it, followed by suggestions of how to put that idea into practice.

Much of it has been covered before in other books but it’s always nice to be reminded of these ideas and also to see someone else’s perspective on things. I enjoyed the book and found it helpful, it is also a nice book to keep going back to and dipping into whenever you need a bit of encouragement to be a little kinder.

*Review to be posted to my blog 10 September - the day before publication*

This book is a lovely little reminder to be kind not just to others but also to ourselves and some little things we can do every day to help us with this. I hope that when we can see out of the other side of the crisis that the world will be that little bit nicer and the amazing acts of kindness and solidarity we have seen over lockdown etc will continue. In the words of Carolina Flack be kind.

At a time when the papers are full of horrible stories and our real news reads worse than any fiction book, a book on kindness should be on everyone's wish list. I found new ideas on how to show kindness and would recommend this book as a way of helping anyone and everyone who is finding our current real life events stressful and painful.

What I didn't realise about this book, was how current it is. It refers to COVID-19, briefly mentions the suicide of Caroline Flack, as well as BLM all in the intro. Because of how current it is, it made me sit up and listen straight away. I felt that I immediately could relate to the book as it's something as a nation we have so recently been through/witnessed/seen on the news etc. Cheung even writes that if she didn't mention these things the book would feel 'out-of-touch'

I found the science of kindness section incredibly fascinating, as I had no clue the effect kindness has on the brain. Obviously i know and understand how it can effect the heart but never knew the science and the relationship it all has on the brain.
I also loved how each of the '100 ways' not only told you how to 'take action' but the reasons WHY and why and how it would benefit you/others etc.

Of course some of the ideas within the book are completely obvious, but overall I really enjoyed reading, and I feel that many people with benefit from this book - particularly after the 2020 we've all had so far!!