Nine Powers to Transform Your Life - by Nicolas Nobile - This might be the only book you need if you've been thinking about reading Gary Zukov, Eckhart Tolle or any of the other wonderful authors who are teaching the ways toward a fulfilled and true and happy life. It condenses to the essence those important choices that one can make to live pure and well. I believe that the power is within each one of us, we just have to find it and use it. This book helps one to define the powers. There is something to read and quote on each of the pages of this inspiring book.
I Capture the Castle: This movie was recommended by my friend Susan while perusing the library shelves of movies that begin with the letter I. Surprisingly, there are a number of wonderful films beginning with I. But I digress. If you love Jane Austin, the Bronte sisters and other authors of that ilk, and if you love a quirky story that takes place in another time and in another country, here's one you'll love too. Cassandra, her sister Rose, and their family live on no money in a broken down drafty castle outside of London in the 1930s. There is seemingly no chance for a romance with a substantial young man until two Americans show up one day. Mmmm, this is a lovely story.
Garden Spells - by Sarah Addison Allen - Here's a fun summer read about two sisters and their life in Bascom, North Carolina. It's a magical rather old fashioned tale set in modern times. Everyone knows about everyone else in town, and the families have a history together that seems to repeat itself generation after generation. Just delightful. Take it to the beach and indulge.
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly - by Jean Dominique Bauby - I'd been wanting to read this one for ages, and there it was in front of me on a shelf in the library one day. I've always wondered about the meaning of the title, since this is an autobiography about a man with "locked in" syndrome. That mystery was cleared up very quickly, and there followed a true and poignant story, not unbearable to read, but not quickly forgotten. Maybe not ever forgotten. Yes, read this book.
Outlander - Diana Gabaldon - Recommended by my friend Sue, and unenthusiastically received by my friend Susan B when she saw me checking it out at the library, this is essentially a historical fiction romance. It's about a 1940s British post war bride named Claire who time travels to 1700s Scotland and finds adventure and another love. She's a practical sort who adapts quickly to her circumstances. I love the Gaelic dialect that the author employs to give personality and resonance to her characters. It's charming if this is your genre. I may not read the rest of the series. As much because I don't love a series in general unless it is on TV. And even then, I miss it, but don't have huge regrets about it when it wraps up. (Sopranos, John From Cincinnati, Seinfeld etc.) Something new always comes along that I like just as well.
I Capture the Castle: This movie was recommended by my friend Susan while perusing the library shelves of movies that begin with the letter I. Surprisingly, there are a number of wonderful films beginning with I. But I digress. If you love Jane Austin, the Bronte sisters and other authors of that ilk, and if you love a quirky story that takes place in another time and in another country, here's one you'll love too. Cassandra, her sister Rose, and their family live on no money in a broken down drafty castle outside of London in the 1930s. There is seemingly no chance for a romance with a substantial young man until two Americans show up one day. Mmmm, this is a lovely story.
Garden Spells - by Sarah Addison Allen - Here's a fun summer read about two sisters and their life in Bascom, North Carolina. It's a magical rather old fashioned tale set in modern times. Everyone knows about everyone else in town, and the families have a history together that seems to repeat itself generation after generation. Just delightful. Take it to the beach and indulge.
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly - by Jean Dominique Bauby - I'd been wanting to read this one for ages, and there it was in front of me on a shelf in the library one day. I've always wondered about the meaning of the title, since this is an autobiography about a man with "locked in" syndrome. That mystery was cleared up very quickly, and there followed a true and poignant story, not unbearable to read, but not quickly forgotten. Maybe not ever forgotten. Yes, read this book.
Outlander - Diana Gabaldon - Recommended by my friend Sue, and unenthusiastically received by my friend Susan B when she saw me checking it out at the library, this is essentially a historical fiction romance. It's about a 1940s British post war bride named Claire who time travels to 1700s Scotland and finds adventure and another love. She's a practical sort who adapts quickly to her circumstances. I love the Gaelic dialect that the author employs to give personality and resonance to her characters. It's charming if this is your genre. I may not read the rest of the series. As much because I don't love a series in general unless it is on TV. And even then, I miss it, but don't have huge regrets about it when it wraps up. (Sopranos, John From Cincinnati, Seinfeld etc.) Something new always comes along that I like just as well.
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