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Book Review: The Five Things We Cannot Change by David Richo

April 4, 2021 by Matilda London

One of my absolute favorite shows is Fringe. There is a scene in the episode ‘Conentrate and Ask Again’ in which Dr. Walter Bishop comes face-to-face with one of his child experimental cortexiphan subjects—now an adult—Simon Phillips. Simon has the ability to read people’s minds so-much-so he has removed himself from society and sequestered himself in an isolated cabin in the woods so as to not be continuously bombarded with the intrusive thoughts of others. Peter, Olivia and Walter search […]

Categories: On Books, Reviews • Tags: All Things Books, Anne Lamott, Bird by Bird, Book Review, David Richo, Eckhart Tolle, Emily Temple, Fringe, Hamilton Revolution, How to be an Adult in Relationships, How to Think Like Leonardo da Vinci, Julia Cameron, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Meditation on Sale, Michael Gelb, Natalie Goldberg, People Skills, Review, Roger Bolton, The Art of Thinking, The Artist's Way, The Five Things We Cannot Change, The Power of Now, The Right to Write, Vincent Ruggiero, Writing Down the Bones

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Book Review: Wild by Cheryl Strayed

March 21, 2021 by Matilda London

I’m going to stay with the grieving theme since it still needs a somewhat broader brushstroke than what When He Was Wicked provided; and, while it is an entertaining romance that examines grief briefly, Ms. Strayed’s book plunges the reader in it till you’re gasping for peace and begging for relief, then she smacks you over the head and across the face with understanding and self-reflection. She takes your gut, heart, and head and beats them black and blue with […]

Categories: On Books, Reviews • Tags: All Things Books, Book Review, Cheryl Strayed, Review, Wild

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Book Review: When He Was Wicked by Julia Quinn (Updated)

March 16, 2021 by Matilda London

This is my favorite Bridgerton novel of the eight in the series. Skeptical on whether or not I would like it after I realized in the first couple of paragraphs that it was a guy falling for his best friend/cousin’s wife—that can get really creepy and awkward if not handled correctly—I finally decided to read the synopsis; which I had not done so prior to reading any of the novels. It was in a series and I was on a […]

Categories: On Books, Reviews • Tags: All Things Books, Book Review, Bridgerton, Julia Quinn, Netflix, Review, When He Was Wicked

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Book Review: A Memory Called Empire by Arkady Martine

March 6, 2021 by Pamela Mullins

When I began devising A Mirror of Me, I wanted a character that erupted occasionally to the world around her with a rhymed poem. I did not want her to be that poetically skilled, but authentically awkward and passionate—though brilliant at most everything else, her poetry is meant to be an aberration to all her scientific-techno genius that comes off quite clumsy at times, but endearing. I dunno if I succeeded since I’m not finished with the story yet—we’ll see. […]

Categories: On Books, Reviews • Tags: A Memory Called Empire, All Things Books, Arkady Martine, Book Review, Review

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Book-TV Tie-In Review: The Last Kingdom by Bernard Cornwell

March 3, 2021 by Matilda London

Oof. My eyes glazed over at about 75% in and I had to speed read through the rest. There’s only so much ancient battle campaigns and strategies, shield walls, brutality, piety, Destiny is all and great Alfred and Britain one can take before I get dizzy from my eyes endlessly rolling, my lids get heavy with sleep, or inevitably, my mind starts taking certain characters or situations and sends them down other directions—I plead the fifth on whence and what—rendering […]

Categories: On Books, Reviews • Tags: All Things Books, All Things TV, Bernard Cornwell, Book Review, Netflix, Review, The Last Kingdom

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Book Review: The Bride by Julie Garwood

February 21, 2021 by Matilda London

I don’t think I’ve ever read Julie Garwood till this book. When I was younger, I usually stayed away from books where there was an attempt to write heavy dialect, especially Scottish, because many tries by authors—especially by white American authors—were just plain bad. It came off as inauthentic and offensive to the culture in question. I dunno how said cultures feel about those attempts. I would be curious to learn. That would be an interesting perspective and essay to […]

Categories: On Books, Reviews • Tags: A Gentle Feuding, All Things Books, Bernard Cornwell, Book Review, Captive Bride, Crowns Spies Series, Diana Gabaldon, Guardian Angel, Highlands Lairds Series, Johanna Lindsey, Julie Garwood, Malory-Anderson Family Series, Outlander Series, Ransom, Review, Saving Grace, Tender Rebel, The Bride, The Gift, The Last Kingdom, The Prize, The Secret, The Wedding

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