Hero

From Rhonda Byrne, creator of the international bestselling movie and book, The Secret, comes Hero, her latest world-changing project and the most important to date.

FROM ZERO TO HERO...YOUR SECRET MAP TO A RICH LIFE

What is your true calling and why aren't you already living it?

Imagine if there was a map that showed you step by step how to get from where you are now to your true calling and the life you were born to live—the most brilliant, rich, fulfilling, and dazzling life you could ever dream of. You are holding in your hands such a map. Hero is the map for your life.

By following the journeys of twelve of the most successful people on the planet today, you’ll learn how to use your inner powers to overcome obstacles and to make impossible dreams come true. You'll be inspired to find your own calling and start taking the steps toward making the life of your dreams an everyday reality.

Be the hero you are meant to be.

Mindset by Carol S. Dweck, Ph.D.

Still diving in, but love the practical approach and application of the author's ideas.

I recently finished Ancillary Sword, after loving Ancillary Justice, by Ann Leckie. In this series, the culture the main character is part of doesn't recognize gender and uses female pronouns for everybody. And the author won't tell in interviews which gender the characters are. She says the characters and relationships are like rorshach tests. Sure enough, I thought the main love relationship in the first book was butch-femme. There are other complicated themes in the book too - about artificial intelligence, what makes a person and colonization.

Mrs. Lincoln: A Life by Catherine Clinton

A thus far enjoyable biography about Mary Todd Lincoln...

books
 

finally going to be able to finish my vagabond kitty kill book. Then, I'm not sure where I'm going to venture to. Possibly Fault in our stars.

Gilead.

by .... Marilynne Robinson.


Robinson's book won the 2005 Pulitzer prize for fiction and im only 21 pages into the story, but it's about a black preacher man who writes his own narrative as a telling of his life and times to his son ( or maybe his grandson).

But when he talks about relatives in his family or the life and times of his own world, it has kindled a smile deep in my heart. I've even quietly burst out in laughter. And ive even become teary....the story is incredibly touching.

I highly recommend this book.

I may even go buy my own copy.
But someone loaned it to me.

★★★★★★★★★★★
(Awesomeness rating)

Manuscript Found in Accra

Paulo Coelho

I finally finished my kitty vagabond killer book. Sadly, her next book won't be out til august of 2015. eek!!!!

I've held onto my cousins' copy of The Alchemist for probably 20 years. Maybe I should finally read it. (inspired by post above)

Recommended reading for Transgendered persons and all those who love them. Recommended for anyone who enjoys a compelling read.
 

Jamison Green Becoming a Visible Man

Joyland by Stephen King & Sycamore Row & Gray Mountain by John Grisham

Dragons Love Tacos (by Adam Rubin)

While I bake gingerbread men, I am flipping through...
 

The Onion Magazine The Iconic Covers That Transformed An Undeserving World Just published, it may make a nice little gift for someone who enjoys The Onion's style of humour.

A sampling:


Actually, the funniest ones I didn't post as some might find them offensive...and I really don't want to start a whole thing. ;)

Reopened this, maybe I'll finish it this time...

We Are Water ~ Wally Lamb

...back to Annie Oh's approaching wedding. :)

Mind of a Chef
 

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I absolutely love Mind of a Chef, it's on Netflix. Got this awesome book from one of the performing chefs Sean Brock!! :D It's super.

Also, I'm reading..

Snow Falling on Cedars

Missing Reels........
 

Just started this and I think it's going to be a good read.

I just finished two lesbian books: Running Back and Blue Hydrangea . I'm irritated when authors feel the need to put a evil male, lurking about, and causing mayhem in their books! I buy these books for pure escapism, evil men are the last thing I want to read about!

Moving to Alaska--Everything You Need To Know

Because, someday.......

Beautiful...
 

All the Light We Cannot See
by Anthony Doerr

The arc of this novel has tethered me to a long sweet wave that I cannot resist riding. Ok, enough poetic mush, but it's true...this book is damn good.

:)

The Shadow of Sirius
by W. S. Merwin