I follow Conor and his partner(s) on Instagram and Youtube, so it's always a treat to read something written by someone I feel like I ... sort of know? I'll start with saying that I absolutely loved what Conor prefaced this work with: This is not fiction. But I'm also not sure if it happened [...]
This book had been on my shelf for a while, untouched. It's not that I was scared of it, I just never got around to it. I would consider myself a spiritual, not religious person, and Christian. That being said, I do not believe that being a Christian is the only way to live on [...]
I was sorely underwhelmed by this book, no pun intended. Yak yak yak... well, ok, intended. Maybe my disappointment stems from my expectations for the book, I anticipated it to be not solely about entrepreneurship, but also about building a vision for your life and some spiritual tidbits. I am not ready to open my [...]
5/5 Stars. Though I found the book to be a bit cliche and corny at certain points, I will say that a book hasn't moved me like this one has in a long time. It actually made me feel something aside from just interest in seeing what happens next. The work tackles some very deep [...]
5/5 Stars I remember having followed the proceedings carefully when they were airing and thinking how brilliant and clever Martinez was. I really enjoyed this and was happy to have some insight into his strategy and mindset. I loved seeing his tenacity in the courtroom and how hard he worked to not let Arias [...]
4/5 Stars I have to admit that I was skeptical before reading this book, as I always am with such works, even given my own experiences, connections, and abilities with the spirit world. However, overall, I was pleasantly surprised and did find a lot of useful information here. Mostly, I had it reinforced that my [...]
3/5 Stars Overall, I think this book was entertaining, and I do love a good philosophical read... however, it was slow to start and while I don't mind meandering around across the US as well as in the main character's mind, it became a bit excessive for me. After perusing some reviews on Goodreads I [...]
3/5 Stars. Overall, I found this to be a fast and entertaining read. I liked how John Green captured the essence of teenage angst and attitude. This comes through despite Hazel and Gus being sick and made the characters more realistic to me, but in some other ways they seemed sort of unrealistic and [...]
3/5 Stars As a mental health professional, this was an easy and quick read. I could see myself assignment sections of this book to clients as well as the exercises in the back because it breaks down trauma in an easy to understand way, using simple language. I also appreciated the brief sections about dissociation. [...]
4/5 Stars. Pretty quick read. As usual with my experience of Hesse's work, the plot lines and actual "action" seem relatively simple (as with Demian), but there is profound self-discovery, an internal "action," which I think Hesse has a wonderful ability to describe. Very beautiful writing, but also complex. "When someone seeks," Siddhartha said, "it [...]
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