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Why I Stopped Apologizing for Taking Care of Myself
Why I Stopped Apologizing for Taking Care of Myself Choosing rest, boundaries, and peace — without guilt. There was a time in my life when “yes” rolled off my tongue before I even considered how I felt. I didn’t want to upset anyone. I didn’t want to seem lazy, selfish, or unavailable. I thought being constantly available was a form of love — or at least, acceptance.
By Nonhlanhla Emogene Mbokane6 months ago in BookClub
Reclaiming the Truth:
It’s amusing how topics seem to align themselves in our lives when we need them most. Today, I found myself once again circling back to a subject I’ve often discussed, spirituality, spellcasting, and the relationship between esoterics and God. Despite misconceptions that persist in mainstream religious doctrine, the truth is far more nuanced than the condemnation many are quick to espouse.
By Sai Marie Johnson6 months ago in BookClub
Literary Secrets of Sylvia Plath
“Wherever I sat, on the deck of a ship or at a street café in Paris or Bangkok—I would be sitting under the same glass bell jar, stewing in my own sour air.”
By Natasha Collazo6 months ago in BookClub
The Library of Lost Voices
Chapter 1: The Girl Who Didn’t Speak I haven’t uttered a word since the accident five years ago. Not when my parents divorced. Not when my best friend moved away. The doctors called it "selective mutism," but I knew the truth—my voice hadn’t been lost. It had been taken.
By Farzad6 months ago in BookClub
The Novel That Read Me Back: How One Book Changed Everything
Introduction Have you ever read a book that felt like it knew you? As if the characters had lived your life, and the words were whispering truths you hadn’t yet found the courage to say out loud? For many of us, reading is an escape — a break from the pressures and routines of daily life. But every now and then, a novel comes along that doesn't just entertain or inform. It sees you. It reads you back. This is the story of how one such book changed the way I saw myself, my past, and the world around me.
By Idea hive6 months ago in BookClub
Why Atomic Habits Became the Most Loved Self-Help Book on Earth
You do not rise to the level of your goals. You fall to the level of your systems.” With that single sentence, James Clear didn’t just open a book — he cracked open a truth that millions were desperate to hear. In a world obsessed with overnight success and big, flashy transformations, Atomic Habits dared to whisper something different:
By Dani khan6 months ago in BookClub
The Mystery of Nietzsche’s Thus Spoke Zarathustra
Friedrich Nietzsche’s Thus Spake Zarathustra (which is known as Sprach Zarathustra, in original German) is one of the most compelling and enigmatic works in modern philosophy / art. Written by Nietzsche between 1884 and 1885, this literary-philosophical masterpiece is centered around a prophet-like figure known as Zarathustra.
By sasha jai6 months ago in BookClub
Re-Evaluating My View on eBooks
For most of my life, I haven’t enjoyed eBooks. I was always the kid that had a physical book in my hands: during lunch and recess, in the middle of the night, on long car rides. I would go to the library on a near weekly basis during the summer and check out a tall stack of books that I would get through in only a few days.
By caito6 months ago in BookClub
Romance in the Trenches
So, I used to work at my local branch of Half Price Books (a.k.a real happiest place on Earth). And while I was there, I was surprised by the exploding popularity of one book in particular. While the number of inquiries about Kristin Hannah’s The Women (2024) genuinely impressed me, it didn’t intrigue me enough at the time to want to read it. The only thing I knew for sure about the author is that she's a well-seasoned female-writer. That was it. But backed up by good reviews, from both critics and readers, it was a title I thought would be worth filing away for later - if I ever got the chance to really enjoy reading again.
By Taylor Rigsby6 months ago in BookClub
More Than a Business Book: A Conversation with a Mentor You Haven't Met Yet
Reading Dr. Amer Fawaz AlTekrali's "Business with Sustainability" feels less like studying a business manual and more like having a candid conversation with a seasoned mentor. It's a book you underline, dog-ear, and return to, not just for its practical advice, but for its profound humanity. Dr. AlTekrali invites you into his journey, from his formative years in his father's industrial tools business in the UAE to the helm of his own eco-conscious brands.
By Hasu Mia6 months ago in BookClub
I Wrote a Book and Forgot Half of It
I Keep Forgetting The Way I’ve forgotten what colour the door is. Again. This is the third time I’ve scrolled back through eighty‑odd thousand words looking for a single description, like a literary version of Where’s Wally, except Wally is a sentence I swear I wrote about six months ago at 1 a.m. while eating Mini Cheddars. Spoiler: I can’t find it.
By Ben Etchells-Rimmer6 months ago in BookClub
Book Review
#BookReview: "War Within" Elif Mustafa is a 50-year-old woman who lives alone in her big mansion. She is a victim of depression and she has turned it into a fearsome imaginary character named Lahb. Lahb lives with her in that lonely mansion terrorizing her constantly. A maid named Shazma works in her house but she keeps to herself in the beginning, just doing house chores and then leaving. Elif tells us the story of her past and starts from the time at which she was twenty years old and how it all started, the very first instance which caused the state in which she resides today. The story of 20-year-old Elif and 50 year old Elif move side by side. 50-year-old Elif, being the narrator, continuously introduces us to unique and deep descriptions of depression. As she is narrating instances of her past, she provides her own thoughts comprised of 50 years of wisdom and experience, to counter the thoughts she had when she was twenty years old. The character of Elif transforms through multiple tragedies which occur in her life and it all starts with the foolish idea of “Love at first sight”.
By La Professor6 months ago in BookClub