Book Lists

4 Brilliant Books for Readers Who Need a Motivational Kick in the Pants!

“If we did all the things we are capable of, we would literally astound ourselves.” — Thomas A Edison Okay. It’s time to confess: You don’t do everything you are capable of. You don’t even do most of the good things that you want to do, that you are capable of. You struggle with self-doubt, procrastination, distraction, …

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How Salad Dressing Changed the World + Best Cat Book I Ever Read- FEBRUARY 2022 BOOK REVIEWS: In Pursuit of the Common Good, Decoding Greatness, The Travelling Cat Chronicles…

For this month’s reading wrap up, I’m sharing a book written by the guy who wrote the screenplay for Braveheart… A book by an actor who changed the world (for a few very important small people) via salad dressing. Yes. You read that right: Salad dressing… A book that you might find useful if you …

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How to Be a BETTER You — Jan 2022 TBR Reviews: Pearl in the Sand, Ender’s Game, Better Than Before, Better Than Normal

Another month has ended, and it’s time to report how I did on this month’s Tic-Tac-TBR Solitaire game! When playing solitaire to choose books at the beginning of the month, I promised to let you know how it went, so here goes… What’s inside this TBR Wrap Up Article: List of books read this month Brief reviews …

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4 Brilliant Books for Improving Your Daily Life (Via HABITS)

Jan 2022 Curated reading recommendations for Brilliant Writers “Forget inspiration. Habit is more dependable. Habit will sustain you whether you’re inspired or not.” — Octavia Butler Habits! Love ’em or hate ’em, they rule your life. And they have to, otherwise you’d never get anything done. You’d have to make fresh decisions for each of the thousand …

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After Reading 101+ Books in 2021, Here’s What I Learned About Reading, Addiction, and Murder Investigations

In this article, I’m going to talk about: Why I read so much How the last reading year went The books I’ve chosen as my top 3 newly-read books of the year and why What my reading goals are for the near future And finally: the entire booklist for the year…more on that later 😉 …

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 101+ Books in 365 Days [2021]

The Complete 2021 Book List “It is what you read when you don’t have to that determines what you will be when you can’t help it.” — Oscar Wilde Looking for good books to read? While I can’t promise that the following books will necessarily be exactly to your taste, the fact that you have over 100 …

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Dec 2021 Book Reviews: 7 Women, McGrowl, Assume the Worst, The Science of Rapid Skill Acquisition

It’s The Final TBR Wrap Up for 2021! A bionic dog, seven remarkable women, a primer for becoming a brilliant student of life, and a graduation speech that…doesn’t quite hit the mark? Those are just some of the books I read this month. Read on to see what I read and why, and what I …

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5 Best Laugh-Aloud Love Stories (Books) to Tickle Your Funny Bone

“Every day I fall in love with you more and more. Except for yesterday… yesterday you were pretty annoying.” — Anonymous   Sometimes, love is butterflies and rainbows. Sometimes, love is gaping wounds and torture. And sometimes, love is just…funny. 😀 …Or so say the books that are featured in this installment of the “5 best books” …

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