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Re: June Reads
By: captainjack Date: June 12, 2018, 7:50 pm
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what was it about?
[quote author=Pattya925 link=topic=430.msg15581#msg15581
date=1528469020]
Read and finished Sunday Silence by Nicci French.
Psychological thriller def worth a read!
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Re: June Reads
By: captainjack Date: June 12, 2018, 7:51 pm
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what did you finish what was it about?
[quote author=KikaFleur link=topic=430.msg16663#msg16663
date=1528595436]
I finally finished the book I was reading and I am now reading a
mystery that is set in Florence, Italy: Death in Florence by
Marco Vichi.
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Re: June Reads
By: captainjack Date: June 12, 2018, 7:51 pm
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whats it about?
[quote author=Pattya925 link=topic=430.msg17112#msg17112
date=1528670029]
Reading The Astonishing Color of After by Emily X. R. Pan... I
haven't made much headway but it's good so far.
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Re: June Reads
By: captainjack Date: June 12, 2018, 7:52 pm
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They all sound great which one did you like the best?
[quote author=Jennifer link=topic=430.msg17109#msg17109
date=1528669926]
[font=georgia]Finished "Landline" by Rainbow Rowell, "Riptide"
by Catherine Coutler and "We're All Damaged" by Matthew Norman.
"Landline" is about Georgie McCool knows her marriage is in
trouble; it has been in trouble for a long time. She still loves
her husband, Neal, and Neal still loves her, deeply — but that
almost seems beside the point now.
"Riptide" is about political speechwriter Becca Matlock is at
the top of her professional game, working for the re-election
campaign of New York's popular governor, when she receives the
first phone call: "Stop sleeping with the governor or I'll kill
him." Though Becca isn't sleeping with the governor, the
menacing ultimatums persist. The police suddenly stop believing
her, even after the stalker murders an innocent person to prove
his point. When the governor is shot in the neck, Becca flees
for the safety of coastal Maine, choosing to hide not only from
the stalker but also from the authorities. For sanctuary, she
goes to Riptide, the home of a college friend--but soon finds
herself at even greater risk.
"We're All Damaged" begins after Andy has lost his job, ruined
his best friend’s wedding, and moved to New York City, where he
lives in a tiny apartment with an angry cat named Jeter that
isn’t technically his. But before long he needs to go back to
Omaha to say good-bye to his dying grandfather.
These are all good books.[/font]
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Re: June Reads
By: captainjack Date: June 12, 2018, 7:52 pm
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whats it about?
[quote author=Pattya925 link=topic=430.msg17112#msg17112
date=1528670029]
Reading The Astonishing Color of After by Emily X. R. Pan... I
haven't made much headway but it's good so far.
[/quote]
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Re: June Reads
By: captainjack Date: June 12, 2018, 7:53 pm
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what is the Search about?
[quote author=Wildcatgal link=topic=430.msg17483#msg17483
date=1528725744]
I just started Nora Roberts' "The Search" last week. I got a few
new books so I am trying to catch up on all my series before the
new book(s) come out from Jill Shalvis and Susan Mallery to name
a couple.
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Re: June Reads
By: captainjack Date: June 12, 2018, 7:56 pm
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I finished this book
Happy for No Reason
by Neutrino on March 10, 2012 in Blog, Featured, GoReviews!
0Save
Happy for No Reason
Happy for No Reason outlines a 7-step process for achieving
lasting happiness. Transformational expert Marci Shimoff puts
forth her theory that people can be happy for no reason.
Although certain events in life from a shopping spree to a
wedding can bring temporary happiness, these boosts in mood are
temporary. Chasing temporary methods for making oneself feel
good does not bring true happiness.
The Big Ideas!
People have a basic happiness set-point that defines their
general level of happiness
Although people’s happiness levels may raise and lower in
response to specific life events, people will return to their
set-point
Set-points can be raised through changing perspective and
practicing happiness
In a Nutshell
1. The Foundation – Take Ownership of Your Happiness
Shimoff searched for and interviewed 100 happy people and
discovered that these people did not get their happiness from
their external world. Many of them lacked things society says
make people happy, such as wealth, a loving spouse, health and
success. The “Happy 100” did not fit into any socioeconomic box
and did not share any commonalities besides qualities of inner
happiness. The y exuded vitality, compassion, purpose,
gratitude, acceptance, openness and an ability to be fully
present in the moment.
Building a foundation for happiness begins with understanding
that it is a personal choice whether someone experiences
happiness or negative emotional states. Being happy is not about
euphoria or denial of emotions. This section lets readers know
that there is a neurophysiological state of feeling calm, inner
peace that is not rocked by negative emotion derived from
external circumstances; this is true happiness. Through changing
habits and switching from dwelling on problems to focusing on
solutions, life lessons and empowerment people can build a
foundation for happiness.
2. The Pillar of the Mind – Don’t Believe Everything You Think
The second step to happiness is to question one’s thoughts.
People habitually think of failure, reasons to be sad, past
difficulties and painful memories. Research estimates that
people have 60,000 thoughts per day, and 95 percent of them are
negative. By questioning negative thoughts and turning them into
positive possibilities, people can create habits of positive
thinking.
3. The Pillar of the Heart – Let Love Lead
When people think of happy memories they feel warmth in their
hearts. The human heart has its own energy feel. Negative
thoughts make the energy field collapse and positive thoughts
make it expand. Practicing exercises that promote gratitude,
forgiveness and compassion creates a more open heart and
increases the flow of positive energy.
4. The Pillar of the Body – Make Your Cells Happy
The body can be conditioned to support happiness through how
people breathe, move, eat and even through facial expressions.
Happy for No Reason recommends physical activity, abdominal
breathing, eating fresh foods, drinking water and cutting out
stimulants like caffeine to promote a healthy body and balanced
hormones.
5. The Pillar of the Soul – Plug Yourself Into Spirit
No particular religion is recommended in this section, but the
benefits of having faith and connecting to a higher power are
explained. The book gives meditative and visualization exercises
to help people hear their inner voice, connect to a higher power
and feel more vitality. Shimoff says she discovered that happy
people do not always have to have everything figured out; they
trust that that things will work out and this gives them inner
peace.
6. The Roof – Live a Life Inspired by Purpose
People need to know their purpose in life to be happy. A
particular job or profession does not automatically give
purpose. The book gives exercises to help people to discover
their purpose. Keeping their purpose in mind gives meaning to
everything one does.
7. The Garden – Cultivate Nourishing Relationships
Some people are uplifting and supportive while other people drag
their friends down. This section deals with how to cultivate
positive friendships to promote happiness. It also discusses
mirror neurons, which are cells in the brain responsible for why
people often mimic the body language and even attitudes of the
people around them. An examples if how when a person smiles or
yawns, other people often do the same. It is important to
surround oneself with people who smile, laugh and exude positive
feelings.
Quotables
Other experts on happiness urge you to find the things in life
that make you happy, and do more of those things. There’s
nothing wrong with that, but it won’t bring you true and lasting
happiness. Happy for No Reason takes a radically different
approach, showing you breakthrough methods to consistently
experience the deep, inner happiness that’s at your core – a
happiness that’s beyond reasons and that’s here to stay.”
IMEO (In My Eudaimonian Opinion)
Happy for No Reason lives up to its promise of showing people
how to be happy “just because,” not because of something.
Although the book in no way speaks against doing things that
make you happy, it proves the point that happiness is not
dependent upon money, relationships, health or success. All of
those things can give people temporary happiness, even temporary
happiness on a consistent basis that mimics true happiness until
the source is taken away. Once the money, the person or the
situation is not there, happiness fades. That is not real
happiness.
Will this book work for everyone? No it won’t. It can work for
everyone, but many of the simple ideas take great effort to
implement. Forgiveness for one. How can anyone be happy when
they are carrying around hate for another person or themselves?
The book is very clear about how to let go of negative thoughts
and change patterns of negative thinking. It gives easy,
powerful exercises to do so.
Happy for No Reason is poignant, well-written, entertaining, and
based on solid research[quote author=captainjack
link=topic=430.msg8042#msg8042 date=1527641242]
I am listening to Happiness for no reason/Reading The Wife
Between us/ and the Feeling Good the New Mood Therapy. Come
share what your reading?[attachimg=1]
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Re: June Reads
By: guest25 Date: June 12, 2018, 8:48 pm
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[quote author=captainjack link=topic=430.msg18514#msg18514
date=1528851173]
whats it about?
[/quote]
A young girl who loses her mom to suicide goes to Taiwan to be
with her maternal grandparents and reconnect to her mother
emotionally. It’s YA but really good writing.
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Re: June Reads
By: guest25 Date: June 12, 2018, 8:50 pm
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[quote author=captainjack link=topic=430.msg18517#msg18517
date=1528851410]
I finished this book
Happy for No Reason
by Neutrino on March 10, 2012 in Blog, Featured, GoReviews!
0Save
Happy for No Reason
Happy for No Reason outlines a 7-step process for achieving
lasting happiness. Transformational expert Marci Shimoff puts
forth her theory that people can be happy for no reason.
Although certain events in life from a shopping spree to a
wedding can bring temporary happiness, these boosts in mood are
temporary. Chasing temporary methods for making oneself feel
good does not bring true happiness.
The Big Ideas!
People have a basic happiness set-point that defines their
general level of happiness
Although people’s happiness levels may raise and lower in
response to specific life events, people will return to their
set-point
Set-points can be raised through changing perspective and
practicing happiness
In a Nutshell
1. The Foundation – Take Ownership of Your Happiness
Shimoff searched for and interviewed 100 happy people and
discovered that these people did not get their happiness from
their external world. Many of them lacked things society says
make people happy, such as wealth, a loving spouse, health and
success. The “Happy 100” did not fit into any socioeconomic box
and did not share any commonalities besides qualities of inner
happiness. The y exuded vitality, compassion, purpose,
gratitude, acceptance, openness and an ability to be fully
present in the moment.
Building a foundation for happiness begins with understanding
that it is a personal choice whether someone experiences
happiness or negative emotional states. Being happy is not about
euphoria or denial of emotions. This section lets readers know
that there is a neurophysiological state of feeling calm, inner
peace that is not rocked by negative emotion derived from
external circumstances; this is true happiness. Through changing
habits and switching from dwelling on problems to focusing on
solutions, life lessons and empowerment people can build a
foundation for happiness.
2. The Pillar of the Mind – Don’t Believe Everything You Think
The second step to happiness is to question one’s thoughts.
People habitually think of failure, reasons to be sad, past
difficulties and painful memories. Research estimates that
people have 60,000 thoughts per day, and 95 percent of them are
negative. By questioning negative thoughts and turning them into
positive possibilities, people can create habits of positive
thinking.
3. The Pillar of the Heart – Let Love Lead
When people think of happy memories they feel warmth in their
hearts. The human heart has its own energy feel. Negative
thoughts make the energy field collapse and positive thoughts
make it expand. Practicing exercises that promote gratitude,
forgiveness and compassion creates a more open heart and
increases the flow of positive energy.
4. The Pillar of the Body – Make Your Cells Happy
The body can be conditioned to support happiness through how
people breathe, move, eat and even through facial expressions.
Happy for No Reason recommends physical activity, abdominal
breathing, eating fresh foods, drinking water and cutting out
stimulants like caffeine to promote a healthy body and balanced
hormones.
5. The Pillar of the Soul – Plug Yourself Into Spirit
No particular religion is recommended in this section, but the
benefits of having faith and connecting to a higher power are
explained. The book gives meditative and visualization exercises
to help people hear their inner voice, connect to a higher power
and feel more vitality. Shimoff says she discovered that happy
people do not always have to have everything figured out; they
trust that that things will work out and this gives them inner
peace.
6. The Roof – Live a Life Inspired by Purpose
People need to know their purpose in life to be happy. A
particular job or profession does not automatically give
purpose. The book gives exercises to help people to discover
their purpose. Keeping their purpose in mind gives meaning to
everything one does.
7. The Garden – Cultivate Nourishing Relationships
Some people are uplifting and supportive while other people drag
their friends down. This section deals with how to cultivate
positive friendships to promote happiness. It also discusses
mirror neurons, which are cells in the brain responsible for why
people often mimic the body language and even attitudes of the
people around them. An examples if how when a person smiles or
yawns, other people often do the same. It is important to
surround oneself with people who smile, laugh and exude positive
feelings.
Quotables
Other experts on happiness urge you to find the things in life
that make you happy, and do more of those things. There’s
nothing wrong with that, but it won’t bring you true and lasting
happiness. Happy for No Reason takes a radically different
approach, showing you breakthrough methods to consistently
experience the deep, inner happiness that’s at your core – a
happiness that’s beyond reasons and that’s here to stay.”
IMEO (In My Eudaimonian Opinion)
Happy for No Reason lives up to its promise of showing people
how to be happy “just because,” not because of something.
Although the book in no way speaks against doing things that
make you happy, it proves the point that happiness is not
dependent upon money, relationships, health or success. All of
those things can give people temporary happiness, even temporary
happiness on a consistent basis that mimics true happiness until
the source is taken away. Once the money, the person or the
situation is not there, happiness fades. That is not real
happiness.
Will this book work for everyone? No it won’t. It can work for
everyone, but many of the simple ideas take great effort to
implement. Forgiveness for one. How can anyone be happy when
they are carrying around hate for another person or themselves?
The book is very clear about how to let go of negative thoughts
and change patterns of negative thinking. It gives easy,
powerful exercises to do so.
Happy for No Reason is poignant, well-written, entertaining, and
based on solid research
[/quote]
Sounds really interesting!!
Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
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Re: June Reads
By: guest62 Date: June 14, 2018, 7:50 am
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I am reading a book called Dead Girl Running by Christina Dodd
[font=Arial]Girl running . . . from a year she can't remember,
from a husband she prays is dead, from homelessness and fear.
Tough, capable Kellen Adams takes a job as assistant manager of
a remote vacation resort on the North Pacific Coast, where she
hopes to find sanctuary. But when she discovers a woman's dead
and mutilated body, Kellen is soon trying to keep her own
secrets while investigating first one murder . . . then
another.[/font]
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