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How I Read 68 Books in a Year
Hello Earthlings! If you haven’t noticed already… I read by the cartload. I consume books like people binge Netflix. You will find it hard to believe that just three years ago, I was struggling to finish seven books in one entire year. In a society where everyone and everything is vying for your attention, it…
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The Body Keeps the Score – Bessel A. van der Kolk
Rating: 4.8/5 Wow! This was borderline textbook but the care and in-depth research from van der Kolk made it intriguing, nonetheless. As the founder and medical director of the Trauma Center in Brookline, Massachusetts, the author meticulously selects pertinent case studies that help the reader understand the neurological, spiritual, developmental, psychological underpinnings of trauma and offers…
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The Promised Land – Barack Obama
Rating: 4.2/5 Obama’s humour and detailed life sketch transports readers from humble beginnings in Hawaii with his single mom and grandparents, to raising his own family and becoming the first black president of the United States. The 44th president, often characterized by his cheeky smile, charm and good looks, exhibited tremendous composure, wisdom and knowledge in tackling…
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The is Water – David Foster Wallace
Rating: 4.6/5 First read by the Wallace…his legacy did not disappoint! This “book” is the author’s commencement speech to the graduating class of 2005 at Kenyon College. Wallace integrates a series of parables and doles out wisdom on living a compassionate life and exercising agency in our everyday interactions. I admire brevity and purposeful writing/stories especially…
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Why We Swim – Bonnie Tsui
Rating: 1.5/5 This was not what I expected…in an unfortunate way☹ The author waxed poetic but, in my opinion, lacked the prose and tact to inform and/or inspire. The stories are a hodgepodge of personal swimming anecdotes, empirical facts about water and the benefits of swimming, and references to famous swimmers. The book felt disconnected without any…
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20 Lessons from 2020
Hello Earthlings! For 2021, I will attempt to publish one article every week on Sunday. If I follow through with this feverous streak, I’ll have collected 52 articles by the end of the year! My challenge last year was to publish 20 articles on Medium – you can check it out here. Organizing my thoughts into essays…
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2020: A Year in Book Quotes
2020 has been a trying year but books have been my stalwart companions; they taught me lessons beyond the print on the page. I started with an ambitious reading goal of forty books and ended up reading 68 by the end of 2020! Who would’ve thought lil’ ol’ me, barely able to finish eight books…
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