book review
Books reviews on workplace, corporate, and business driven books.
My Next Book To Be Published - "Plague Invasion - Creative Writing Responses To Covid-19"
Back in April last year, I felt I had to do something, something about this awful virus that had invaded our lives, killing people, and forcing us to huddle up at home, keeping away from family who didn't live in the same home, and from our friends, as well as our work, for a great many people.
By Carolyn Cordon5 years ago in Journal
How to achieve financial freedom by reading 5 books
Hi there, You are here. That means you finally decided to take control of your finances. Maybe it’s after a long list of financial failures, maybe a few in wrong investments or in impulse buying. There can be many reasons why we fail to manage our finances while our friends and acquaintances are having time of their life, with the same salary(if you are doing a job).
By Akshay Singh5 years ago in Journal
The Psychology of Selling by Brian Tracy (Book Summary)
I recently read "The Psychology of Selling" by Brian Tracy. This book summary will give you a brief description of the skills that every sales professional needs to know. If you want to beat your competitors at work and increase your commission, then follow the ideas given in this video, So Lets Begins :
By sanjuofficial075 years ago in Journal
I Found A Black-Owned Bookstore:
In a new but familiar town I set sail on a quest for literary adventure. I was not disappointed. Google guided me to the treasure I sought, a black owned bookstore named Pyramid Art, Books and Custom Framing. I sat outside for 15 minutes before they opened as I concluded my phone therapy session, said a quick prayer, and set an intention for the day’s endeavor. This is for the bookstagram, I whispered to myself. I raised my iPhone to capture the scene before walking up the platform to the entrance. Three members of the staff grinned widely behind their masks. I could not see the mouths that greeted me, but the warm vibrations embraced me all the same. The lady who held the door for me introduced herself as Garbo. She was minute in stature with butterscotch colored skin and a cloud hued afro like a younger Nikki Giovanni. Garbo introduced the other employees and then began a soft inquiry about who sent me. I returned the banter like an Osaka serve—swift and on target. I let her know I wasn’t one of the infamous ‘them’ taking pictures to report to Big Brother.
By Jymyaka Braden5 years ago in Journal
Bad Romance
In the Spring term of 2020 at community college, I took a Shakespeare course where our final essay compared his plays to modern media. While reading Romeo and Juliet, I realized many media forms echo similar themes. I compared it to the Twilight Saga, focusing on the concepts of lust at first sight and love triangles. Years later, this essay made me reflect on romance tropes in young adult media that I find the most uneasy. This overarching theme, often coupled with an irresistible pull of forbidden love, often present a suffocating, toxic idea of love. It feels as if the media has prescribed a certain kind of love, a certain kind of passion that ought to exist between two individuals. With little romantic experience myself, I found it difficult to align these idealized versions with real-life interactions. But before I get into this tangent, I have little to no experience in relationships of any kind and this is my blind and bias opinion on most of the popular books, shows and movies that I have either skimmed through or never brought myself to indulge in during my informative teen years.
By Asia Nichelle McCurdy5 years ago in Journal
The "Stranger" who remains unknown
Thousands of pages have been written about "The Stranger," the novel by the French writer and Nobelist Albert Camus, published in France in 1942. The book has been translated into 68 languages and sold more than six million copies.
By George Karouzakis 5 years ago in Journal
Wish Hunter by Hero Bowen & Jordan Riley Swan
This is the last book from my first lot of book review requests from Goodreads. I was quite flattered with this one because I was approached by the publisher who really liked my review of Fingersmith by Sarah Waters. So I was more than happy to have a look at this one and check it out because it sounded interesting. The cover looked amazing and when I put on my Goodreads that I was currently reading it, I had quite a few notifications to say that other readers liked the fact I was reading this. The book is set to be published and available for sale in June 2021 according to Goodreads.
By Chloe Gilholy5 years ago in Journal
Why Real Madrid is better than this Season
Real Madrid won 2 trophies last season one was Supercopa de España and another one was the league title (La Liga). This season they lost in the semi-final of Supercopa de España against Atletico Bilbao, Lost in the semi-final against Chelsea, lost the title on the last day!
By Ankit Bahukhandi5 years ago in Journal
What I Would Give
Try for a moment to imagine you are an awkward 13 year old in that time in your life when nothing makes sense. Your friends are changing, your home life is changing, and everything feels unhinged. You end up having one of the worst days in awhile and you just want to escape, to be anywhere but where you are... So you pick up a book. It does not look like much at first but it is written in such a way that one moment you are opening to the first page and then all of a sudden its over. You've finished it and without really knowing how, it helped you work through that bad day. You read it again, and find something new hiding between the lines that helps you resolve something that was weighing heavily on your heart. Suddenly it becomes your safe place, you check it out from the library every other week because you know that even though you have read it a million times you will still find something new that helps you. It helps you to realize that there is a light at the end of the tunnel, that change can actually be a good thing. Even if it is scary at first. It inspires you, to be you. It inspires you into believing maybe, just maybe someday you can write like that too. I did so many chores and saved money for weeks so that I could buy my own copy of Beauty by Robin McKinley. To some it is considered "just" another retelling of Beauty and the Beast, which is one of my favorite storries anyway. Now it is the most loved in my collection. If you looked at my shelf it would not take you long to find it. Her book, her WORDS were the spark that lit my passion, and I have been writing ever since. I did everything I could to get my hands on books, finding all the ways the authors used words to express the world inside of them. I took every elective class in high school that had anything to do with writing. I joined the creative writing club to fill the void when I ran iut of classes to take. I have tried writing everything under the sun to have an outlet for the words in my heart. Poetry (I actually suck at it), songs, articles (I hated all the rules). I finally settled on the freedom of writing fiction and novels. I have written piece after piece trying to finish, trying to reach the point where my words would inspire someone else. That someday my words would help anchor someone else to the world. I want my book to be that worn out copy on the shelf. That is my passion, writing with the belief that someday in the future my words will build someone up, the same way my favorite book had. I want other people to feel the way that I do when I connect with the words on the page. I want them to find pieces of themselves between the lines like I do. When I found this platform I was unsure, but being able to post here has been a brand new experience. Now that I can see how many people have read what I have written it gives me hope for that future. It is still a small percentage of people but it makes me feel as if I am right on the edge of reaching my goal. Reaching someone with my words that needs them. I can not imagine a better feeling, knowing that I can get there. Even if it is small steps every once in a while it is still a step!
By Allison Cain5 years ago in Journal
