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I practised mindfulness for April, somewhat unsuccessfully. It seems I didn’t even manage to make a blog post indicating that was my challenge for the month. This month my challenge will be to unplug by 9pm everyday. My hubby will be very happy to hear this one. Hopefully it will help me get my sleep [...]  The themes of The Sisters Brothers story mirrored the response of our book club. There was a real contrast in the characters and the story they were living. A couple of murderers at odds with one another and the motivation behind their work, one seeking a more meaningful life that might even allow love to [...] I am a little late reporting on this, but this month’s12 in 12 challenge is: to read at least 60 minutes/day. I usually do, but to elaborate, this means specifically to read something offline. A novel, non-fiction book, even an e-book/manifesto, magazine will count. I have two books in particular I want to read [...] Today I completed book number 5 of the 50 book pledge! Our book club is reading The Virgin Cure by Ami McKay this month. I downloaded it to my e-reader on my tablet for the ability to read on the bus, at the dr.’s office, etc. It was a surprisingly light read for the topic. [...] This year I have taken on a few challenges to help me meet a few of my goals, as I posted previously one of them is the 2012 To Be Read challenge. I am reading 12 books this year that have been on my to be read shelf(ves) for more than a year. I completed [...] I thought about mom so much today. And yet, I felt I had very little time to think of her at all. I screwed up my baking and knew mom would have a good laugh with me about it. Reminding me that I usually prove to her that I did not get my [...] Posting this purely to help meet my #50bookpledge. This week I read a trashy novel to distract my mind a bit: I don’t really have anything worth writing about it other than to say it did the trick: Slow Hands 
Book 2 of the #50BookPledge You Don’t Need a Job! You Need Guts Click here to view more details by Ashley Ambirge ~Founder, The Middle Finger Project I have been following Ashley’s e-newsletter for sometime now. When she announced the launch of this book I jumped at the chance to pre-purchase it at the discounted [...] 50BookPledge/Book1: “Knit the Season” – Kate Jacobs ~a review As part of the #50bookpledge I am going to review every book I read in 2012 with BIG hopes of reading and reviewing 50 books this year. This is the first of the print books I have finished, however I do have a couple of ebooks [...] I have decided to seek another challenge or two to help me meet some of my 12in12 commitments, one being: the 2012 To Be Read (TBR) Challenge (as I heard about via a friend’s book review blog). Some of these books have been on one of my shelves for more than ten years. The to-be-read pile [...] |
 
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