One goal, one passion-reading
There is one series in my library that has been the most influential in my life and is the one that got me into fantasy in the first place. The Sword of Truth by Terry Goodkind. This series is packed full of adventure, monsters and magic and will forever hold a special place on my …
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This post is a little off base from my previous posts, but it has been sticking in my mind all afternoon while I have been thinking about what to write about. How can we use our strengths and passions to assist us in all the other work that we do? I work with parents and …
“Do you not think that there are things which you cannot understand, and yet which are; that some people see things that others cannot? But there are things old and new which must not be contemplate by men´s eyes, because they know -or think they know- some things which other men have told them. Ah, …
Does anyone else have a huge stack of books that they haven't read? You promise yourself that you won't buy any more until you read at least one from the ever growing pile of unread books... and then you come home with 5 new ones to add to the pile? Every time I see my …
“I often hear people say that they read to escape reality, but I believe that what they’re really doing is reading to find reason for hope, to find strength. While a bad book leaves readers with a sense of hopelessness and despair, a good novel, through stories of values realized, of wrongs righted, can bring …
I remember sitting in my old bedroom at my parents house when I was young. My room was in the basement so it was always freezing. I was wrapped in a warm blanket in bed, reading a James Rollins book. Amazonia. This book reeled me in from the first word and I still love it …
Old books smell of dust and the literary smoke of history, of writer-soul and the ink of eternity. ~Terri Guillemets The smell hits you as you walk through the doorway, musty, old… the smell of history. My favorite smell. There are floor to ceiling bookshelves on every wall, books lining every square inch of the …
"She had understood before she had ever dreamed of a city such as this, where every texture, every color, leapt out at you, where every fragrance was a drug, and the air itself was something alive and breathing "-Anne Rice, The Witching Hour https://images.app.goo.gl/FoiEMhm88AhcapNa7 Even though I love horror movies, I had never really read …
Every Book and Cranny 