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The Unique Blogger Award! #1

I would like to send a big thank you to Sam’s life in books for nominating me! I feel very blessed and appreciate to be chosen for this wonderful award! As part of the rules for the award, Sam has asked me these questions: 1.What (or who)… Continue Reading “The Unique Blogger Award! #1”

June Short Book Reviews (Part One)

These short book reviews were kindly requested by Lean Stone Book Club. Fasting by Jonathan Clear This is a book written about the benefits of practicing Fasting. As we all may know, fasting has been best known for its religious connections, however; this book… Continue Reading “June Short Book Reviews (Part One)”

One Lovely Blog Award #1

I would like to firstly thank PETER ADEWUMI for graciously nominating me for this lovely award. One Lovely Blog Award I’m always told that I work really hard and that I need to take a break. Having people that recognize that, and nominate me for awards like… Continue Reading “One Lovely Blog Award #1”

Powerful Literary Quotes (Day 30)

The Road Author: Cormac McCarthy Year: 2006 “You forget what you want to remember, and you remember what you want to forget.”  

Powerful Literary Quotes (Day 29)

American Psycho Author: Bret Easton Ellis Year: 1991 “There is an idea of a Patrick Bateman, some kind of abstraction, but there is no real me, only an entity, something illusory, and though I can hide my cold gaze and you can shake my… Continue Reading “Powerful Literary Quotes (Day 29)”

Powerful Literary Quotes (Day 28)

Don Quixote Author: Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra Year: 1605 “Finally, from so little sleeping and so much reading, his brain dried up and he went completely out of his mind.”

Powerful Literary Quotes (Day 27)

A Room With A View Author:  E.M. Forster Year: 1908 “We cast a shadow on something wherever we stand, and it is no good moving from place to place to save things; because the shadow always follows. Choose a place where you won’t do harm… Continue Reading “Powerful Literary Quotes (Day 27)”

Powerful Literary Quotes (Day 26)

Kafka on the Shore Author: Haruki Murakami Year: 2002 “Memories warm you up from the inside. But they also tear you apart.”  

Powerful Literary Quotes (Day 25)

Ulysses Author: James Joyce Year: 1922 “History, Stephen said, is a nightmare from which I am trying to awake.”