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Post by alias123 on Jan 13, 2017 2:58:33 GMT
Right now? The WW message boards. Okay, okay. I just re-read "Night" by Elie Wiesel. Only a little over 100 pages long, not much longer than some short stories. I really have no more words. I could barely see the page I was crying so hard at the end of that book. A must read for all. |
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Post by alias123 on Jan 16, 2017 4:36:59 GMT
I decided to download to my Kindle $5
Superhuman by Habit A Guide to Becoming the Best Possible Version of Yourself, One Tiny Habit at a Time by TynanSuperhuman by Habit: A Guide to Becoming the Best Possible Version of Yourself, One Tiny Habit at a Time----Tynan
Our willpower is limited, yet we rely on it every day to get our tasks done. Even if we build willpower slowly over time, it's never enough to reach all of our goals. The solution lies in habit creation, the method by which we transform hard tasks into easy ones, making them automatic and independent of our will power. Each of us has millions of habits, in how we do our work, interact with others, perceive the world, and think about ourselves. Left unexamined, these habits are just as likely to hinder our progress as they are to push it along. Without a deliberate system for building habits, we become our own worst enemy. Superhuman by Habit examines habit building in depth. It covers the principles and philosophies of habit building, as well as the practical nuts and bolts implementing those habits. The second half of the book is dedicated to specific habits in every major area of life, covering the pros and cons of each, the path to implementing them, and specific notes about each one.
Paperback: 122 pages
Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform (September 9, 2014)
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Post by lmenglish on Jan 16, 2017 12:26:08 GMT
About to finish The Girl in Cabin 10. Listened to Truly Madly Guilty and now am listening to The Lilac Girls.
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Post by sullicat1 on Jan 16, 2017 12:48:52 GMT
Love,this thread because i get so many ideas about what I want to read next. Just put Night on hold to download to Overlook.
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Post by sullicat1 on Jan 16, 2017 12:49:28 GMT
Oops, I mean OverDrive
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Post by fullmahina on Jan 16, 2017 13:05:46 GMT
It seems I only have the patience for short stories at this time.
Reading "A Day in the Life of a Smiling Woman," a collection of short stories by Margaret Drabble.
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Post by bevnww2 on Jan 16, 2017 13:32:05 GMT
Captains and the Kings. Great book.
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Post by ksbruns on Jan 16, 2017 13:41:27 GMT
I decided to download to my Kindle $5
Superhuman by Habit A Guide to Becoming the Best Possible Version of Yourself, One Tiny Habit at a Time by TynanSuperhuman by Habit: A Guide to Becoming the Best Possible Version of Yourself, One Tiny Habit at a Time----Tynan
Our willpower is limited, yet we rely on it every day to get our tasks done. Even if we build willpower slowly over time, it's never enough to reach all of our goals. The solution lies in habit creation, the method by which we transform hard tasks into easy ones, making them automatic and independent of our will power. Each of us has millions of habits, in how we do our work, interact with others, perceive the world, and think about ourselves. Left unexamined, these habits are just as likely to hinder our progress as they are to push it along. Without a deliberate system for building habits, we become our own worst enemy. Superhuman by Habit examines habit building in depth. It covers the principles and philosophies of habit building, as well as the practical nuts and bolts implementing those habits. The second half of the book is dedicated to specific habits in every major area of life, covering the pros and cons of each, the path to implementing them, and specific notes about each one.
Paperback: 122 pages
Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform (September 9, 2014)That's a great quote, Alias; sounds fascinating. |
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Post by ksbruns on Jan 16, 2017 13:42:54 GMT
I'm reading the next in the Charles Todd series with Ian Rutledge, again the time between the two World Wars. The main character has shell-shock and he used to drive me nuts, but this is the 18th book and I think the series keeps getting better; not always the case.
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Post by alias123 on Jan 22, 2017 21:26:52 GMT
I just finished the heartbreaking When Breath Becomes Air by Paul Kalamithi.
#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER
NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY
THE WASHINGTON POST • THE NEW YORK TIMES • NPR
BOOKS FOR A BETTER LIFE AWARD FINALIST
At the age of thirty-six, on the verge of completing a decade’s worth of training as a neurosurgeon, Paul Kalanithi was diagnosed with stage IV lung cancer. One day he was a doctor treating the dying, and the next he was a patient struggling to live. And just like that, the future he and his wife had imagined evaporated. When Breath Becomes Air chronicles Kalanithi’s transformation from a naïve medical student “possessed,” as he wrote, “by the question of what, given that all organisms die, makes a virtuous and meaningful life” into a neurosurgeon at Stanford working in the brain, the most critical place for human identity, and finally into a patient and new father confronting his own mortality.
What makes life worth living in the face of death? What do you do when the future, no longer a ladder toward your goals in life, flattens out into a perpetual present? What does it mean to have a child, to nurture a new life as another fades away? These are some of the questions Kalanithi wrestles with in this profoundly moving, exquisitely observed memoir.
Paul Kalanithi died in March 2015, while working on this book, yet his words live on as a guide and a gift to us all. “I began to realize that coming face to face with my own mortality, in a sense, had changed nothing and everything,” he wrote. “Seven words from Samuel Beckett began to repeat in my head: ‘I can’t go on. I’ll go on.’” When Breath Becomes Air is an unforgettable, life-affirming reflection on the challenge of facing death and on the relationship between doctor and patient, from a brilliant writer who became both.
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Post by mariel on Jan 22, 2017 22:11:21 GMT
I so enjoy reading this thread! I just finished "A Man Called Ove" and really liked it - went into it with no expectations and was very pleasantly surprised. I just checked out "Nora Watson" by the author of "Brooklyn" - I am not writing the authors because I don't have my list by me and of course I can't come up with either  . Love all Louise Penney mystery novels along with Susan Hill. I too love the "Brit talk" even more so now that my granddaughter lives near London and has dual citizenship. Marie |
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Post by jamescat1 on Jan 22, 2017 22:45:41 GMT
I am reading Hidden Figures to see how much Hollywood glamorized the movie.
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Post by keshet51 on Jan 23, 2017 0:10:31 GMT
Just finished Yellow Crocus for my book club. The story of the relationship between a slave and a white woman. Pretty good read although I find it almost intolerably painful to even read about slavery.
Am reading a non-fiction book right now I'm really enjoying - by Michael Lewis and called The Undoing Project. It's about two Israelis who completely changed the way we understand decision making. It's also about them as people and I'm finding that part very engaging.
Alias, I loved the book by Paul Kalanithi. What a loss, right?
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Post by sullicat1 on Jan 23, 2017 0:39:03 GMT
More fluff. I'm reading Cell by Robin Cook. An interesting premise wherein the smart phone becomes one's primary physician with the ability to diagnose, treat, perform tests, etc. Perhaps the wave of the future?
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Post by alias123 on Jan 23, 2017 3:25:13 GMT
Just finished Yellow Crocus for my book club. The story of the relationship between a slave and a white woman. Pretty good read although I find it almost intolerably painful to even read about slavery. Am reading a non-fiction book right now I'm really enjoying - by Michael Lewis and called The Undoing Project. It's about two Israelis who completely changed the way we understand decision making. It's also about them as people and I'm finding that part very engaging. Alias, I loved the book by Paul Kalanithi. What a loss, right?
Yes, the loss of Dr. Kalanithi at such a young age for his family and also for medicine is great. |
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