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My Life Monday: Of Babies and Books

For some reason, this didn’t post on Jan. 22 when it was scheduled. Ah, technology. My second week back in…

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My Life Monday: 1% Better Every Day, by James Clear

James Clear is one of my favorite bloggers. He writes a lot about habit formation, and he does the research…

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My last minute review for work: The Soul’s Code — In Search of Character & Calling by James Hillman

Let me say, first off, that I have been reading this book for some time. I haven’t felt as intimidated…

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Finding Flow: The Psychology of Engagement with Everyday Life by Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi

Each year for my job, I set a goal to read one book per quarter on a particular topic. This…

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The Greatest Generation by Tom Brokaw, copyright 1998

When I got down to the last two books in my FOLP series, I couldn’t choose between them, so I…

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FOLP #7: The Zookeeper’s Wife, by Diane Ackerman, copyright 2007

In a city torn apart by war and German occupation, a nearly destroyed zoo became a “Noah’s ark” to a…

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FOLP #6: The Thirteenth Tale by Diane Setterfield, copyright 2006

Don’t you love falling into a well-crafted story, losing track of time and place, of everything but the book in…

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FOLP #5: Being Dead is No Excuse — The Official Southern Ladies Guide to Hosting the Perfect Funeral, by Gayden Metcalfe and Charlotte Hays, copyright 2005

I read this humorous, recipe-filled guide about a month before we dealt with two family deaths within 36 hours. Not…

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FOLP #4: The Last Lecture, by Randy Pausch

If you need a bit of inspiration or encouragement coupled with a kick in the pants, The Last Lecture by…

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FOLP: Financial Peace Revisited by Dave Ramsey, copyright 2003

I finished my second “Friends of the Library Project” book June 28. It would be easy to say a lot…

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