Library Junkie

Read, read, read.  I love books.  It’s been an eclectic mix these past few weeks.  I like to switch it up from new to old, spiritual, historical and light drama. 

Journalistic Writing – Building the Skills, Honing the Craft, by Robert M. Knight.

Yes, it’s as boring as it sounds.  It brought me back to my college journalism classes.  It was proven to be a good refresher book prior to my submittal of the article to the local newspaper.  Outcome to be determined.

 

The Winter Palace – A Novel of Catherine the Great, by Eva Stachniak.

Fiction based on real-life stories of Duchess Catherine, Empress Elizabeth and Prince Peter of Russia, seen through the eyes of their friend, spy, and maid-in-waiting, Barbara of Prussia.  This tale is full of drama, love, jealousy, power struggles, birth and death.  It took me awhile to finish this book.  Not that it wasn’t well-written, but wasn’t quite a page-turner either. 

Another Piece of my Heart, by Jane Green.

Green is a familiar author in the ‘chick lit’ genre – lighthearted, womanhood, love issues. Usually I eat up this sort of stuff, but I found the story annoying and predictable.  I finished it in hopes that it would just be over. 

Be Love Now: The Path of the Heart, by Ram Dass.

For some reason I was skeptical of this book when I picked it up, but actually really enjoyed it.  You have to read it with an open-mind and without judgment.  It focuses on heart-mind alignment, a loving Indian Guru and Hindu Gods.  Dass puts in order steps to take when traveling the path of the heart and enlightenment:

• ·         Reading. Learning. Expanding your mind.
• ·         Doing. Helping others. Teaching.
• ·         Being.

The Seven Spiritual Laws of Success: A Practical Guide to the Fulfillment of your Dreams, by Deepak Chopra.

He is the author of sixty-four books, with nineteen bestsellers. I decided to read his most well-known and popular book.  It was easy to read, easy to understand….and hopefully easy to put into action.

                You are what your deep, driving desire is.

                As your desire is, so is your will.

                As your will is, so is your deed.

                As your deed is, so is your destiny.

--Brihadaranyaka Upanishad  IV 4.5

And, yes, I really do read this much.  It’s not hard to do when you don’t have a job.  Back to the library for me!

Big UP to my Dad who shot his first hole in one yesterday!  Love you Mom & Dad.