Reading Lately – Five on Friday
Happy Friday! Today I’m sharing a little of what I’ve been reading lately for five on Friday. Not sure if it’s the times we are in, but my selections have been a little more self help instead of escape but that’s not a bad thing.
Amazon: Bob Goff, the New York Times bestselling author of Love Does and Everybody, Always, is on a mission to help people recapture the version of their lives they dreamed about before fear started calling the shots. He wants them to dream big.
In his revelatory yet utterly practical new book, Bob takes you on a life-proven journey to rediscover your dreams and turn them into reality. Dream Big is the only book you need to uncover the wild and exciting dream for your life you’ve hidden from yourself–and help you take the steps necessary to achieve it.
My thougths: I was offerred Dream Big in exchange for a review and I jumped at the opportunity. Bob Goff is good human and he’s spent his life trying to help the rest of us be good humans too. Dreaming big is hard for some of us and this book shows you how to learn to define your dreams by yourself, identifyt he obstacles holding you back, come up with a specific plan for reaching your goals, and develop the tools that will help you act. All of this in a writing style that is clear and easy to understand with a few good laughs along the way.
Amazon: Lifestyle journalist Ella Skye remembers every celebrity she interviewed, every politician she charmed between the sheets, and every socialite who eyed her with envy. The chance meeting with her husband, Damien; their rapid free fall into love; and their low-key, intimate wedding are all locked in her memory. But what she can’t remember is the tragic car accident that ripped her unborn child from her. Ella can’t even recall being pregnant.
Hoping to find the memories of a lost pregnancy that’s left her husband devastated and their home empty, Ella begins delving into her past when she’s assigned an exclusive story about Nathan Donovan, a retired celebrity adventurer who seems to know more about her than she does him. To unravel the mystery of her selective memory loss, Ella follows Nathan from the snowcapped Sierra Nevada to the frozen slopes of southeast Alaska. There she discovers the people she trusts most aren’t the only ones keeping secrets from her—she’s hiding them from herself. Ella quickly learns that some truths are best left forgotten.
My thoughts: I’m a pretty big fan of Kerry Lionsdale books after I couldn’t put down the everything series so when I saw this read as a kindle unlimited freebie it was a no brainer. She has written another page turner with a twist I did not see coming. Loved every page!
If you are into learning more about the Enneagram, I highly recommend this book. There were so many things I didn’t quite understand correctly and have a much deeper understanding now. Understanding how and why we respond the way we do definitely helps us grow and better relate to others.
The book reads, you learn more about yourself, but you will also start to see the world through other people’s eyes, understanding how and why people think, feel, and act the way they do. Beginning with changes you can start making today, the wisdom of the Enneagram can help take you further along into who you really are―leading you into places of spiritual discovery you would never have found on your own, and paving the way to the wiser, more compassionate person you want to become.
Amazon: One day, Lori Gottlieb is a therapist who helps patients in her Los Angeles practice. The next, a crisis causes her world to come crashing down. Enter Wendell, the quirky but seasoned therapist in whose office she suddenly lands. With his balding head, cardigan, and khakis, he seems to have come straight from Therapist Central Casting. Yet he will turn out to be anything but. With startling wisdom and humor, Gottlieb invites us into her world as both clinician and patient, examining the truths and fictions we tell ourselves and others as we teeter on the tightrope between love and desire, meaning and mortality, guilt and redemption, terror and courage, hope and change.
My thoughts: I actually chose to listen to this one instead of read it and it was so good! It was really, really long but I could not stop listening. There were some aha moments, some laughs and even some tears. I loved this book to pieces and didn’t know until I was looking it up for this post that it is being made into a television series!
If you have someone in your life you believe is suffering from the onset of some sort of dementia, I highly recommend this book. This book will lead you through what it looks like from inside the persons head as well as what the best course of action is to finding care. I have not shared much about this journey here because we have been so overwhelmed thus far. Finding The 36 Hour Day long ago would have really given me a deeper perspective as well as helped to ask the right questions, push for the right tests, and find the best doctor.
Now I’m on the hunt for some light summer reads. Please share your faves!