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I'm reading Midnight Sun by Stephenie Meyer.
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Reading Still Life by Louise Penny - love it!
Finished reading all of Louise Penny's novels - loved the series! I'm eagerly awaiting the release of Harper Lee's novel - Go Set a Watchman. To Kill a Mockingbird is one of my favourite novels - one of the few novels I reread. 
I heard about the new Harper Lee book too! I was about to say "Wow, now that is one long-awaited sequel!" But then I just googled and found out that wasn't quite what it was, after the fact?
I am FIIINNNAAALLLYYY reading 1984 by George Orwell. Wow, amazing. I still have never read Brave New World either. I'm trying to go through a bunch of classic things, so that when some article or news or blog references a known literary or cultural concept, I'm not like "Argh!! Avoid! Avoid!! Spoiler Alert for those of us who have not read or studied some of these things!!!" Heheheh. I must say I'm extremely anti-spoiler though, I just love when something I experience is "absolutely, utterly new and totally unknown", rather than having some idea of what to expect. I even avoided seeing the trailer for the new Star Wars movie for ages, until someone promised that it tells you pretty much absolutely zero about what it will be about.
I am FIIINNNAAALLLYYY reading 1984 by George Orwell. Wow, amazing. I still have never read Brave New World either. I'm trying to go through a bunch of classic things, so that when some article or news or blog references a known literary or cultural concept, I'm not like "Argh!! Avoid! Avoid!! Spoiler Alert for those of us who have not read or studied some of these things!!!" Heheheh. I must say I'm extremely anti-spoiler though, I just love when something I experience is "absolutely, utterly new and totally unknown", rather than having some idea of what to expect. I even avoided seeing the trailer for the new Star Wars movie for ages, until someone promised that it tells you pretty much absolutely zero about what it will be about.
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Wasn't the "sequel" (Go Set a Watchman: A Novel) actually written before the release of To Kill A Mockingbird?
Yes, something like that. The gist I got was that in some instances it got marketed as a sequel or prequel a bit, and what it was was not that exactly, and some people were quite disappointed about how that had been done.
I only skimmed, so I don't know if it was really truly 'marketed' that way by the publisher, or if really it was just hyped that way by bloggers and sites wanting to make links and titles clickable and not-necessarily-perfectly-honest-and-accurate.
I only skimmed, so I don't know if it was really truly 'marketed' that way by the publisher, or if really it was just hyped that way by bloggers and sites wanting to make links and titles clickable and not-necessarily-perfectly-honest-and-accurate.
Currently reading Practicing The Power Of Now by Eckhart Tolle.
I have read it before but feel I need to read it again and really work on practicing it.
*not sure how to insert link with my phone*
I have read it before but feel I need to read it again and really work on practicing it.
*not sure how to insert link with my phone*
Archaeology, history, comparitive religion and ancient texts stuff - Mesopotamia and the Levant, Egypt, Greece, all those hip cats.
I am usually reading several books at the same time, about health, science, and psychology. When I want a break I read poetry and murder mysteries. I just finished reading The Monogram Murders by Sophie Hannah.
The Monogram Murders: The New Hercule Poirot Mystery: Sophie Hannah, Agatha Christie: 9780062297228: Amazon.com: Books
The Monogram Murders: The New Hercule Poirot Mystery: Sophie Hannah, Agatha Christie: 9780062297228: Amazon.com: Books
Finally reading The Four Agreements by Don Miguel Ruiz.
Really really good. Great if you ever want to help a young person to understand certain things about not absorbing unhealthy messages and stuff.
Also great just for reminders... a soothing, peaceful sensation comes with certain reminders or awarenesses.
Really really good. Great if you ever want to help a young person to understand certain things about not absorbing unhealthy messages and stuff.
Also great just for reminders... a soothing, peaceful sensation comes with certain reminders or awarenesses.
Currently reading 'Maude' by Donna Foley Mabry
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Such a good book.I can't seem to put it down.It's so fascinating to read the hardships of this woman and what it was like living in the early 1900's.It sure makes me feel grateful for my own life.
(I stopped reading self help books a while ago and have found that I really enjoy biographies,autobiographies and memoirs)
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Thanks to whoever added the link for me.
(I have forgotten how to add a link)
Such a good book.I can't seem to put it down.It's so fascinating to read the hardships of this woman and what it was like living in the early 1900's.It sure makes me feel grateful for my own life.
(I stopped reading self help books a while ago and have found that I really enjoy biographies,autobiographies and memoirs)
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Thanks to whoever added the link for me.
I absolutely love life stories, memoirs etc too. Humans hearing each other's stories seems to be such a helpful, important, and also fascinating thing.
The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat by Oliver Sacks
Very interesting although I will want to read it again as I am not familiar with many of the medical terms.
Also reading the Murdoch Mysteries, mainly out of curiosity as they are so far mediocre. I do like the show which is based on the novels.
Very interesting although I will want to read it again as I am not familiar with many of the medical terms.
Also reading the Murdoch Mysteries, mainly out of curiosity as they are so far mediocre. I do like the show which is based on the novels.
Michael Connelly's The Gods of Guilt.
A $3 Kindle book. The author/therapist works in a nearby town as well as the Phoenix area:
Facts of Life: Ten Issues of Contentment
He says that two major reasons people go into therapy are grief and shame.
Facts of Life: Ten Issues of Contentment
He says that two major reasons people go into therapy are grief and shame.
The author is a neuropsychologist:
A Drop in the Ocean: A Novel
“Readers will enjoy this novel of second chances, not only at love but at life, reminiscent of Terry McMillan’s How Stella Got Her Groove Back.”
—Booklist
A Drop in the Ocean: A Novel
“Readers will enjoy this novel of second chances, not only at love but at life, reminiscent of Terry McMillan’s How Stella Got Her Groove Back.”
—Booklist
Kindle version is on sale for $1.99 until December 9th:
When Panic Attacks: The New, Drug-Free Anxiety Therapy That Can Change Your Life - Kindle edition by David D. Burns
When Panic Attacks: The New, Drug-Free Anxiety Therapy That Can Change Your Life - Kindle edition by David D. Burns
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