Monday Recommendations

Monday Recommendation List

Random list of 10 books Monday! I have read and enjoyed each of these enough to flag for a potential personal library purchase.

Be bold and just choose randomly, stick to your normal genre...or step outside of your normal reading zone and try something you usually wouldn’t. You can look up the descriptions at Amazon.com, or search my blog for old posts by entering the title in the little search box in the top left-hand corner and clicking the magnifying glass.

This week-- 10 recommendations (in no particular order):

1. Captive Queen by Alison Weir
2. The Power of Now by Eckhart Tolle
3. The Art of Racing in the Rain by Garth Stein
4. The Metamorphisis by Franz Kafka
5. Walden by Henry David Thoreau
6. The Power of Less by Leo Babauta
7. The Book of Joe by Jonathan Tropper
8. For Laci by Sharon Rocha
9. Love Your Life by Victoria Osteen
10. The Boy Next Door by Meg Cabot

Monday Recommendations!

Monday Recommendation List

Random list of 10 books Monday! I have read and enjoyed each of these enough to flag for a potential personal library purchase.

Be bold and just choose randomly, stick to your normal genre...or step outside of your normal reading zone and try something you usually wouldn’t. You can look up the descriptions at Amazon.com, or search my blog for old posts by entering the title in the little search box in the top left-hand corner and clicking the magnifying glass.

This week-- 10 recommendations (in no particular order):

1. The Green Mile by Stephen King
2. Every Last One by Anna Quindlen
3. Heaven, Texas by Susan Elizabeth Phillips
4. In Death Series (first is Naked in Death) by J.D. Robb
5. The Five People You Meet in Heaven by Mitch Albom
6. The Complete Poems and Stories of Edgar Allan Poe
7. The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank
8. The Power of Now by Eckhart Tolle
9. The New York Times Guide to Essential Knowledge by John Leonard
10. The Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk Kidd

Monday Recommendation List

Monday Recommendation List

Random list of 10 books Monday! I have read and enjoyed each of these enough to flag for a potential personal library purchase.

Be bold and just choose randomly, stick to your normal genre...or step outside of your normal reading zone and try something you usually wouldn’t. You can look up the descriptions at Amazon.com, or search my blog for old posts by entering the title in the little search box in the top left-hand corner and clicking the magnifying glass.

This weeks 10 recommendations (in no particular order):

1. History Lovers: Captive Queen by Alison Weir
2. Deep Thinking Required: The Power of Now  by Eckhart Tolle
3. Dramatic Story: The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini
4. Suspenseful, but Quick: Sail by James Patterson
5. Simple Life (Original): Walden by Henry David Thoreau
6. Simple Life (ala modern times): The Power of Less by Leo Babauta
7. Vampire Madness: The Twilight Series by Stephanie Meyer
8. Mom Humor: Life Laughs by Jenny McCarthy
9. Beautiful Classic: Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte
10. Sweet Romance: Just One of the Guys by Kristan Higgins

Practicing the Power of Now

 “Practicing the Power of Now” by Eckhart Tolle is a follow-up to his inspiring “Power of Now.” It is a workbook/condensed version of the original.

If you loved the "The Power of Now", definitely give this follow-up a try.

The Power of Now

What does spirituality mean to you? To me, spirituality is the harmony of your inner self with the world around you. Spirituality is being content and peaceful. Throughout my life I have been pulled toward many great thinkers. One of these is Eckhart Tolle.

“The Power of Now” was a book that truly moved me and opened doors of thought that had previously been closed to me. I had to read this book twice to get some valuable insight and I think with further reading I could glean much more.

Often people want to force you into a box of religion. Either you believe in “this” God, or you are wrong. I have chosen a more brood minded approach to my spiritual growth. I think “religion” should be lived and not discussed. All of the rules in typical organized religion miss the point of spirituality completely, in my opinion. To me, religion is the strongest, most private thing a person can experience.

That is one of the reasons this book spoke to me so strongly. I believe that feeding your inner self and living your life in such a way to improve the lives of others is the highest purpose of a life. Also, living in the Now--there is only this moment. Your past is gone and your future is not promised. Eckhart calls this “the joy of Being.”

This book is absolutely not for leisure reading, nor is it for reading by those that are not interested in self-development and/or spirituality. If that is not important to you, reading this book is useless.