KPMG’s Budget snapshot provides highlights across Bermuda’s national debt, revenues and expenditures, payroll taxes and other taxes, new incentives, and economic substance. They also provide the firm’s points of view on these components of the Budget.

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Five Feet Apart by Rachael Lippincott
You might not be in for a literary masterpiece, but if you enjoyed John Green’s “The Fault In Our Starts” This one is for you! A quick and easy read, about Stella and Will, two teenagers with cystic fibrosis that cannot get within six feet of each other due to their illness. A story about love and friendship, which is soon to become a movie, so this is the perfect time to give it a read.

Barracoon by Zora Neale Hurston
This is the story and first accounts of Cudjo Lewis, the last known survivor of the Atlantic slave trade. A tragic and impactful story about the horrors of slavery. Though it is not a recent book, it is definitely a must-read. Add it to the list.

The Astrology of You and Me by Gary Goldschneider
Described as “an astrological relationship guide”, this book is set to help you better understand every relationship in your life, according to astrology. A very interesting read, even for those who are not very knowledgeable (or interested) in astrology.

Becoming by Michelle Obama
Michelle Obama has certainly stayed busy after leaving the white house. Recently, launching the Global Girls Alliance, a program of the Obama Foundation, that empowers girls word wide through education. And now her recent related memoir, she gives us an intimate look at a side of her life we’ve never seen before. It “invites readers into her world, chronicling the experiences that have shaped her”. This one seems to be on everybody’s list this year (and we can see why).

One Day in December by Josie Silver
A story about Laurie, who finds the man whom she believes is “the one” on a snowy December day through a bus window. After years of thinking they would never meet again, they do, as he is introduced as her best friends Sarah’s boyfriend. Based on reviews, it promises a delightful story and brilliant storytelling, following Laurie, Sarah and Jack thorough then years of love, heartbreak and friendship.

My Own Words by Ruth Bader Ginsburg
You keep hearing her name lately, and as we come up to International Women’s Day, this is a very inspiring read. All about Ruth Bader – the Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States, and one of the most influential and brilliant women of our time, and an insightful look at her life and accomplishments.

Then She Was Gone by Lisa Jewell
A story about Ellie Mack, a teenager who suddenly vanishes and the tale of her mother Laurel Mack, trying to put her life back together. Another promising novel, which according to reviews, promises to be “truly fascinating” and “well written”.

First, We Make the Beast Beautiful by Sarah Wilson
This book is a great starting point to understand anxiety, particularly if there is somebody in your life suffering from it and you’re struggling to understand how they feel and how to help them. Don’t worry, this isn’t your typical self-help book (if that isn’t your thing), there is tons of knowledge and humor through that make it an interesting read. Check out our full book review here.

Into the Raging Sea by Rachel Slade
Journalist Rachel Slade unravels the mystery of the sinking of El Faro, a container ship, through intensive research and interviews with family members, maritime experts and even members of the crew themselves. It promises to “take us into the heart of an age-old American industry, casting new light on the hardworking men and women who paid the ultimate price in the name of profit”. Check out our full book review here. 

So Many Islands by various artists
Various artists create a vibrant portrait of what is like to live on the small islands we call home (Bermuda included). From revolution and protest to family politics, and even a battle to save a beached whale, this one hits home for obvious reasons, and we can’t wait to read it.

What’s on your “to read” list this year? Let us know!

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Good resolutions are simply checks that men draw on a bank where they have no account. –Oscar Wilde

New Year’s Resolutions. The time-honoured tradition of making grandiose plans with the purest intentions of keeping none of the said plans. How many times have we promised to go to the gym more, become a vegetarian or drink less (yeah right)? How many times have we gone on about all the healthy, wealthy and wise decisions we intend to make for the betterment of self in the upcoming year, only to peter out?

This year I have decided not to not make resolutions that I actually have no intention of keeping. Instead this year, I resolve to:

• Take fewer pictures… and spend every moment in the actual We spend so much time making sure that the world can see how much fun we are having that we often miss having said fun. I resolve to have more fun this year that’s just for me.
• Spend more time with deprived children… my own. Life passes us by so quickly, and you get caught up in a world of “get this chore done so I can move onto the next one”. I resolve to just stop sometimes and play with them.
• Drink more wine… the good kind. Once we get the kids to bed and chores are finally done, my husband and I both are usually too shattered to do much more than grunt at each other. I resolve to let the dishes remain unclean once in a while, sit under the stars and talk like we used to when we were dating.
• Exercise less… and experience more. We force ourselves to the gym, and we force ourselves to mindless classes (one, two, three, four and again!). I resolve to find ways to keep fit that engage my mind and soul as well as my body. Take the kids for long walks, take them swimming, and play Twister… that’s still a thing, right?
• Fall out of love… with candy and empty calories. Having spent the last year being pregnant, I also spent the year gorging myself on junk food. I resolve to satisfy my sweet tooth not on containers of icing (yes, I kind of hate myself) but on a few dark chocolate raisins; on more fruit instead of Lion bars.

This year I resolve to keep my resolutions… not by just not making them, but by making ones, that I want to keep, to live my best life.

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