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How ‘The Rules’ Gave Me Better Self Esteem. Top Story - August 2023.
When I was younger I had problems getting dates. I kept watching everyone around me coupling up and it made me feel like there was something wrong with me. I’m kind of an open book when it comes to my feelings, so my friends and family would often see me moping about it. They’d dispense advice like that old Supremes song. You can’t hurry love…
By Leslie Writes2 years ago in BookClub
Tombs of the Kings
In the heart of the scorching Egyptian desert, the legendary tomb of King Tutankhamun lay hidden beneath layers of shifting sands. The air was thick with anticipation as a team of archaeologists and adventurers gathered at the entrance of the tomb, their faces a mixture of excitement and trepidation. The tale of King Tut's tomb had spread like wildfire, promising untold treasures and ancient mysteries waiting to be unraveled.
By mostafa ali2 years ago in BookClub
Compass Flame. Runner-Up in Book Club Challenge.
Fourth grade was a weird year for me. It led to other weird years, which have made up my life up to this point. For context, I have an older brother. When he aged into middle school, we had to switch our school campus. All of the people I knew and the halls I had spent hours and hours in were switched. I left my friends, got glasses, and attended class with a new group of 20ish kids who all knew each other since they were in kindergarten.
By Darby S. Fisher2 years ago in BookClub
Did you know that animals perceive the world differently than humans?
Did you know that animals perceive the world differently than humans? Consider pigeons, which have greater vision than humans. Isn't that insane? So, let us try to perceive the world through the eyes of an animal. Let's begin with snakes.
By Yanni Bulaba Diessa2 years ago in BookClub
The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists
'The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists' is a book I first came across way back in the mid-seventies when I started going to evening classes to study English Literature after a hard day at work. It was a book that made an immediate and lasting impression on me, not least of all due to the fact that it spoke to me about people in my position, ie, belonging to, or coming from, the impoverished working classes. That was me and my family in a nutshell.
By Liam Ireland2 years ago in BookClub
~The Book Club!~
August 11th, 2023! The Book Club! It never grows old and we never grow tireless of it! 🙂 The problem with today is that because we’ve changed into such a fast paced, let’s get everything done NOW world, it has displaced some of us people known as READERS and writers! So now it is much harder to find the time to keep up on the reading of the books we’d like to have accomplished within a certain amount of time! And with all the changes in technology it has brought us to a very difficult place and time in our lives, with the awkwardness of what to do about our options around our beloved, glorious habit of books?
By Jennifer Cooley2 years ago in BookClub
Rich Dad Poor Dad" by Robert Kiyosaki (Summary)
Certainly! "Rich Dad Poor Dad" by Robert Kiyosaki is a financial self-help book that contrasts the perspectives of two father figures on money and investing: the author's biological father (referred to as "Poor Dad") and his best friend's father (referred to as "Rich Dad"). The book is rich with insights into financial education, entrepreneurship, and wealth-building strategies. Here's a summary of some key chapters:
By Abbaty Sambo2 years ago in BookClub
Beautiful Child A Beautiful Book
"The inability to forget is far more devastating than the inability to remember", said Mark Twain. I believe this to be the case. The inability to forget is a memory that makes a home in you. It pulls the strings of your mind and heart for better or worse. When something pulls at both the heart and mind it becomes a part of your soul.
By simplicity2 years ago in BookClub
Book Club: A Tree Grows In Brooklyn
When I was fourteen, I read a book that forever stayed with me. The name of the book is, “A Tree Grows In Brooklyn” by Betty Smith. This novel was about a girl named Francis Nolan who grew up in a tenement house in Brooklyn in 1912.
By Kristen Ulrich2 years ago in BookClub
Savouring a Personal Feat With The Booker Prize Winners
To say I love reading probably sounds trite and clichéd. Who doesn’t? you might be tempted to ask. However, perhaps I am obsessed with books, both fiction and non-fiction, and so took a keen interest in the British Booker Prize award some years ago. It soon became obvious that only certain people became judges - the known literati - who then chose the books in their own image, likeness and opinions of what deserved to win. Often I gazed wistfully at the growing list of winners wondering when I would see someone like me as a Booker recipient. I just couldn’t imagine how long I would have to wait.
By Elaine Sihera2 years ago in BookClub
