This happened yesterday, but I fought against it and read anyway (slowly for short snippets of time).
It's a Melissa Hartwig Urban recommendation for a suspense book with a great ending. The Silent Patient -- Alex Michaelides. It's all about the ending. Anyone can write a suspense story and then end with something outrageous. If you can nail the
I'm ever so slowly (like one page a night - true story) reading Eckhard Tolle -- Power of Now. I loved A New Earth. I thought this would be the same. The writing is less clear (so far - I'm only a few chapters into it). It doesn't wow me, inspire or anything. It's kind of like a prequel to A New Earth, but doesn't have the same magic. Nothing quotable or worth marking the page so far. I'm not ready to give up on it yet. I might move to spot reading certain chapters to see if it's worth finishing.
Speaking of magic ... I read the dumbest book, yet I finished it in 2 nights. Silly, stupid and I kind of, sort of, liked it. Not enough to read the next in the series, but it was something lite and cheap on kindle. Witch is When It All Began -- Adele Abbott You guessed it -- she's a witch and doesn't know it, then she knows it, then she's super powerful. Typical cheesy magic book with holes in every direction. But, wouldn't it be fun to be a witch? Reminds me of fantasies as a little girl reading all those kind of books. One and done on this series, but it was a welcomed break to personal growth reading.
I thought I pre-ordered Gretchen Rubin's, Outer Order, Inner Calm -- I didn't. I hesitate to buy it now because I wonder if she's given away most of the information (like Rachel Hollis). I listen to her podcast, follow her on social media, do that yearly Happiness Project. After reading reviews of the book, I decided I was right and not worth the purchase price. Sorry GR. It seems good, but mostly a repeat of all the stuff she's said before. I love her tips on organizing, etc, but didn't need to read it in another format. She's hit and miss for me with her books. LOVE a couple of them (The Happiness Project and Better Than Before). Other ones, not so much.
Mindset -- Carol Dweck. This is one of those books that I'd never heard of and then it kept appearing EVERYWHERE. It's good (I'm a little over halfway), but now it's redundant. I think it's said what it intended to say and now it's filler. Example after example of the same idea - with study after study. A podcast on this subject would have been better. I'll probably skim the rest to see if there's anything new on the subject and call it READ.
I cleaned out an entire two book cases of books last weekend. Now, I need to edit down what I saved. I might wait until the new house to see where I put my books - see how much room I have to give them. We are working hard at not saving STUFF, but some things are harder than others to let go. These are either books I LOVED or books I haven't read yet -- all back from the day when I bought my fiction in ACTUAL books. Since I rarely do that now, I don't want to give them up. I can't imagine a house without books around. I'm allowed to save SOME stuff - right?!
P.S. I never watched any of those movies yesterday. Lots of TV shows recorded and I want to watch before we move (everything recorded will be lost). And I found some work to do in-between reading the new book and watching TV. Movies are on the back burner for now, but all saved so I can remember the names.
We are heading into another packed weekend of move related work. Not nearly as physical as last weekend though. My body HURT (still does - massage today). Only two big things to lift and take to dump (old area rugs), other stuff is packing pantry, files, clothes, etc. and errands.
Tomorrow, hubby is leaving later in the morning for a work event, so I possibly won't be writing until Monday (depends on when he leaves). Next week is our last week in this house. Wow. It's crazy to think about -- exciting and a little scary. Train has left the station - no stopping it now.
Later gators.
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