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June Short Book Reviews (Part Two)

Lean Stone Book Club kindly requested these short book reviews. Etiquette: A Guide to the Most Common Etiquette Rules and Social Situations where Etiquette Matters by Niel Schreiber Etiquette is a wonderful book written about how you should behave and interact in social situations.… Continue Reading “June Short Book Reviews (Part Two)”

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)”

The Versatile Blogger Award! #2

Hello, Book Lovers, Authors, Friends & Family! I have been humbly nominated by PhilSoukoulis, for the Versatile Blogger Award! His blog is called Life Plan If you wish to follow him. Thank you so much for the nomination. It was very unexpected.   The Rules:  1) Display… Continue Reading “The Versatile Blogger Award! #2”

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 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.”  

Powerful Literary Quotes (Day 23)

The Scarlet Letter Author: Nathaniel Hawthorne Year: 1850 “No man, for any considerable period, can wear one face to himself and another to the multitude, without finally getting bewildered as to which may be the true.”  

Powerful Literary Quotes (Day 21)

The Children Of Men Author: P.D. James Year: 1992 “We can experience nothing but the present moment, live in no other second of time, and to understand this is as close as we can get to eternal life.”  

Powerful Literary Quotes (Day 10)

Breakfast at tiffany’s Author: Truman Capote Year: 1958 “Anyone who ever gave you confidence, you owe them a lot.”