I love books that are not only a great read but actually give me practical ways to apply their principles. In my latest blog entry, I talk about "The Intimate Life" and "The Path of the Yoga Sutras", both from Sounds True Publications. To learn more, check out my blog.
A hard question to answer, I know! But let’s get a collection going, I am eagerly anticipating to hear yours, and I think that this could make for a really amazing and original project - not your average " classic famous quotes collection", but an expression of our uniqueness as writers and readers. If you’ve got a tie (or two, or three…) feel free to post them all! If it's a success, other fabulous collections of lines from poetry or song lyrics could come next, on your blog or mine.
This isn’t about book sales or publicity; it’s a legitimate concern—one I’ve had for quite some time. What happened to the days when you looked forward to the book fair coming to your school? What happened to the days when a library card was protected like a credit card?
An inquiry to writers about inspiration, the thought processes that go along with it, what drives me and/or causes me to write and a little of what I know, thus far.
My new favorite book of the moment is by Philippa Gregory, and is "The Boleyn Inheritance". Correlations are made to Gregory's other novel, "The Other Boleyn Girl", with characters reappearing from the first novel. It's a walk back into time where one person holds the power of life and death over not just a set group of people, but all subjects of England. This is definitely a story that is better as a read than as a movie shrunk into two or two and a half movies (much like "The Other Boleyn Girl")
Blackstone Audio is offering free downloads of Lewis Carroll's Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (unabridged & read by Michael York) now and until March 16, 2010! Pick your format (mp3 or mp4 - there's an explanation of the difference at the bottom of the page) and download to your computer or iPod/mp3 player.
The great scholar, Charles W. Eliot once said “Books are the quietest and most constant of friends; they are the most accessible and wisest of counselors, and the most patient of teachers.”
I love this quote because in so many ways it is true. I think of all the books I have fallen in love with, that have transported me to another time, another place. For the sake of not sounding too sappy books quench my soul. They really do.
How do you feel about the new e-readers? Are they the bane of the reading existence? Or are they the only way to read?
Now there are so many more distractions, mainly of the digital kind. A love of reading seems to be limited to the old--or those like myself who are becoming middle aged--and some of the studious young.
Perhaps I'm just old. Too old to appreciate the new-fangled electronic reading devices. Will I adapt? Most certainly. But I'm hoping that print books stick around just a little longer.
It’s not gawdy and colourful. It didn’t come in a beautiful box with attractive illustrations, but it’s one of the best tools I have at my disposal to keep me on track and make me aware of my connection to my subconscious mind. When I need a quick reminder to stay on my path, or when I need to touch base with my mind at a deeper level or set an intention for the day, I pull out my trusty little plastic container of cue cards, and inevitably pull a card that is apt for that moment in time.
Recently a friend mentioned something to me that made me firm up my decision to do this on my own. She pointed out that the sample of the manuscript I sent her was in the wrong font and spacing for agents to read and that they would likely just throw it out without giving it a chance. She was being kind in pointing it out but the thing that struck me is, fuck that! I like the font I write in. I use it because I like to read it and how it looks. I really don't care if someone doesn't like it. That's a stupid reason not to read something.
Last Sunday night after finishing up a family dinner at my parents’ home I was handed a pile of books from my mum. What are these, I wondered. My face instantly lit up when I saw the titles I was holding in my hand. There were Roald Dahl collectors Charlie and the Chocoloate Factory, The Witches and James and the Giant Peach along with classics Oliver Twist, The Adventures of Tom Sawyer and my all time favourite Little Women!
A blog about books, movies, and real life. Stories about parenting, author interviews, blog book tours and movie reviews. A blog for women of all races, ages and faiths.
Come read my post on http://sensitvity101.blogspot.com about perceptions and how different upbringings or age contributes to what we see or read about and how we react to it.
Cancer has a characteristic that we teach our children. Share. Unfortunately, its sharing causes heartache, financial strain and often death. In a period of less than ten years, I lost my sister to colon cancer, prayed for the recovery of two of my sisters-in-law to survive breast cancer and nearly lost my husband to esophageal cancer. A classmate of mine from my writing class has cancer. It just happened. One day, she had a cough and the next day she was down for the count. She’s is waging a brave battle against her demon.
I am looking for feed back on the topic of Reality Blogging. I currently produce a blog that has several writers submitting to. We blog about our restaurant, recipes, personal interests, co-worker dramas, struggles we are experiencing in the industry. We seem to have a good following with a wide variety of readers. Some go for the recipes, others return for the drama.
I was just wondering what other peoples thoughts on this type of blogging and whether they are aware of other blogging sites similar.
For intuitives and sensitives, Paranormal Day is everyday. The thing is, we don't often get to talk about this way of being, so the fact that real people are out there having extraordinary experiences round the clock is unmeted. Maybe fear is part of that omission. Maybe.......
The 6th Annual Online Auction for Diabetes Research begins today May 1st. There are 2,000 fabulous items, many of which you can’t get anywhere else, it’s going to be a blast. Last year we managed to raise over $280,000, which brings us to over three-quarters of a million so far. In 2010, we should break the $1 million mark!
How should Mary Ann Evans' marriage to John Cross be read? Her various biographers offer a range of interpretations. Haight interprets it straightforwardly, as an act of sincere affection. Bodenheimer reads her marriage to Cross as a pragmatic, but also essentially conservative, step. Redlinger proposes that she married from “a fear of losing her power to love”. . .
Don't you love it when a novel's narrator has that certain something that just invites you into his/her interior world from the very first sentence? These narrating characters make me want to read slower because I don't want the narrative to end! I aspire to that kind of transparency in my characters when I'm writing. I hope someday I achieve that fluidity and authenticity of voice.
My confession is this. I love books, I love to read books, but I have not actually lost myself in a book since…well…the last Harry Potter Book—Deathly Hallows. I know, I know, it is truly awful isn’t it?
