This, honestly, was probably one of the most personally and professionally useful books I have read in a very long time. It is a quick read with so many useful vignettes as well as checklists that are easy to digest. It makes the material so much easier to apply to yourself. I have not read [...]
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The Drama of the Gifted Child: The Search for the True Self [Review]
This book has a wealth of helpful information for therapists and for people learning to gain self-insight, independently. Awesome. 5/5 stars for sure. If you grew up in stressful circumstances, this may not be a light read for you. I certainly found that to be the case. Though having a lot of things laid bare [...]
The Smell of Breath Review
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 [...]
Secret Garden Book Review and Words of Hope
One of the new things people began to find out in the last century was that thoughts—just mere thoughts—are as powerful as electric batteries—as good for one as sunlight is, or as bad for one as poison. To let a sad thought or a bad one get into your mind is as dangerous as letting [...]
Soar! T. D. Jakes
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 [...]
Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance – Robert M. Pirsig
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 [...]
The Fault in our Stars – John Green
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 [...]
After You – Jojo Moyes
3/5 Stars So, sequels are hard. I get it. I was pretty disappointed with this up until maybe the last fifth of the book. Specific, I know. Anyway, my first major grievance was that I didn't think Lou would just take Lily in. Sure, yes, she is Will's daughter, but I feel like Lou wouldn't [...]
Me Before You – Jojo Moyes
4/5, my grievances with this book were minor, and I read through it quickly, completely engrossed. I have some uncanny ability to select books to read at a time when they will help me in some way. Books call to me at "right" or "relevant" times in my life... For example, I am usually about [...]
The Lost Boy – Dave Pelzer
5/5 I read A Child Called It, I think, while either in college or high school and this next book in the trilogy has been on my shelf for a while. I am not quite sure what exactly made me reach for it, during this Winter break from classes of my doctorate program, but I [...]
Eternal Ocean of Words 