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The true story of a former abortionist, two based-on-true-stories books about a cross-cultural secret relationship and a trio of siblings who share the same identifying information as another strange trio of kidnapped siblings. In spite of the busy-ness of NaNoWriMo (attempting to write 50,000 words of a novel in 30 days) and some recurring health …
America’s favorite TV uncle Mr. Rogers once said: “When I was a boy and I would see scary things in the news, my mother would say to me, ‘Look for the helpers. You will always find people who are helping.’” “Look for the helpers.” It’s good advice, especially in trying times. That’s why for this …
October began with books encouraging mind-workers to “keep going” and “work clean” (three guesses which titles that might be referring to, and the first two don’t count ;D) And then, as befits the month of ghosts, October’s reading ended on a rather somber note, with two Holocaust/WWII books (one fiction, one nonfiction), about heroic women who …
September was mostly a nonfiction month, with the surprise sci-fi novel thrown in for kicks and giggles 🙂 As mostly a nonfiction mood reader, that wasn’t surprising. What was surprising was: One of the books made me cry buckets of tears. (And I’m not usually a cry-er, especially when it comes to books) To see how …
Classics are called “classics” for a reason: They stand the test of time. Another thing that stands the test of time is a father and mother’s love for their children. Sure, there are always the rare unfortunate exceptions, the flies in the ointment, the porcupines among the pangolins. But for the most part, parents love …
August was surprisingly more fiction-heavy than usual. We’ve got two ancient history retellings, a story about life from the dog’s point of view, and then a performance-mindset/learning book masquerading as a book about tennis. To see how I did this last month with my To Be Read list, keep reading! (To learn more about the …
Ever wanted to learn a foreign language, but not sure where to start or how to go about the process in the most efficient way? That’s what this book list is for! Some of these books are written by accomplished polyglots (those crazy people who can speak in a dozen languages or more) who will …
July turned out to be more fiction-heavy than usual, but I still got in a few interesting nonfiction reads. Fiction, particularly fantasy fiction, rarely catches or hold my attention nowadays, but this month I discovered a trilogy that had me binging the entire 3-book set in one day. Interestingly, it wasn’t even the best story …
Let’s face it: No one these days has a 50-year career in just one job/position/company anymore. Technology is changing rapidly and work positions, industries, entire fields of work are appearing and disappearing faster than ever. Which means if you want to not just survive but THRIVE in the new economy(economies?), you want to turn yourself …
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June was a bit of a dark reading month. Books read included a fictional retelling of a kidnapped woman and her son born in captivity, real-life interviews with people who survived Soviet communism, and two psychology books that contradict most of the popular psychological assumptions about mental illness and its proper treatment. Yep. Real light-hearted …
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