Successful Reads

I love to blog.  And I love to read.  So why do I find it so hard to peck out a book review on this blog? I've been asking myself that for some time. During the past few years I've devoured book after book.  I have a stack here of success oriented sitting here on the shelf books waiting to be reviewed.  But those blog posts are something I so easily put off. The reason, I believe is this... I believe to much in "Perfection." I'm not sure why, but I tend to look at a book review a little differently that the other ...

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“Nothing links man to man like the frequent passage from hand to hand of a good book.” ~ Walter Sickers People are fond of passing objects from one person to another. Perhaps you've heard of... Flat Stanley ~ A paper doll that travels with a journal from school to school where other students treat him as a guest and journal about his experiences there. This has led to others in the paper arts world creating paper doll versions of themselves to travel from one place to another. Travel Bug ~ A travel bug is a trackable item that moves from place to place. ...

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“The book to read is not the one which thinks for you, but the one which makes you think.” ~ James McCosh I hunger for knowledge and thirst for stimulating thought. I suppose that is why I like reading personal development, business, educational and inspirational books. They usually contain immediate life lessons you can put to use right away. Naturally, there are many novels which would qualify as stimulating thought as well. Sure I like to read the occasional book purely for the joy of it, but I prefer a good novel that not that not only entertains, but one that teaches ...

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"A good book has no ending." ~R.D. Cumming A good book has no ending because it is either a catalyst for change, an inspiration for life, or a starting point in a journey. Books change lives. I remember just a couple of things about my life is sixth grade. One was the daily writing assignments our teacher gave us. She said we could write on any topic we wanted. While most children wrote about something different every day, I chose to write a book. As a 12 year old child I was inspired by the book Stuart Little by E. B. White ...

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Image Courtesy of Roger Smith “A wonderful thing about a book, in contrast to a computer screen, is that you can take it to bed with you.” ~ Daniel J. Boorstein There isn’t quite anything like curling up with a good book. One of my favorite things to do, but haven’t done for a long time is to curl up with a good book, in bed, on a rainy day. It is something I used to do constantly as a teenager. Now that I’m a very busy mom with young children that never seems to happen. I catch my reading while ...

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“A library of wisdom, is more precious than all wealth, and all things that are desirable cannot be compared to it. Whoever therefore claims to be zealous of truth, of happiness, of wisdom or knowledge, must become a lover of books.” ~ Unknown There is definitely some truth to this quote when one considers the vast amount of knowledge one can acquire from books. One can truly have a library of wisdom. Naturally, that library of books doesn’t do a man much good if they sit on the shelf unread, and it's true that one could acquire knowledge by talking to people, ...

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His mom grew more and more impatient and tried pulling him away several times. Finally she grabbed his arm and successfully pulled him away. The child was pleading for a book. “Please mom, just one book,” he said.

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“Books are the carriers of civilization. Without books, history is silent, literature dumb, science crippled, thought and speculation at a standstill. They are engines of change, windows on the world, lighthouses erected in the sea of time.” ~ Barbara W. Tuchman Books not only carry a civilization - they alter a civilization.  Take a look at how Uncle Tom's Cabin altered a civilization. In fact, it may be safe to say that few other novels have altered a civilization as much. Henry James said that Uncle Tom's Cabin was  "much less a book than a state of vision, of feeling and of ...

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“A house is no home unless it contain food and fire for the mind as well as for the body.” ~ Margaret Fuller I can’t imagine a home without books. Books were such a part of my child hood. They took me on journey’s I couldn’t go on myself. The took me through the heart of people I would never know. Books feed my thirst for knowledge. They help satisfy the curiosity within me. Books stir my soul. At times, they cause me to mourn and cause me to question myself and my judgment. Other times, they lift me up and linger within my ...

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There isn’t quite anything like curling up with a good book. One of my favorite things to do, but haven’t done for a long time is to curl up with a good book, in bed, on a rainy day.

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“A library, to modify the famous metaphor of Socrates, should be the delivery room for the birth of ideas—a place where history comes to life.” ~ Norman Cousin Isn’t that the beauty of books? The ability to not only deliver us to different cultures, different places, and different times, but also the ability to give birth to new ideas. How often have you read a book and thought of  that great organization tip for the home, a way you could communicate more effectively with your spouse, or thought of  a great marketing idea. Then perhaps, if you are like me, the idea leaves ...

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