Still Missing Her

In fact, after reading Men are Stupid...and They Like Big Boobs, I miss Joan Rivers even more.  She was such a kind and smart woman.  I don't think everyone realizes that.  But if  you read this book, you will know it for sure. She really cared about people.  Really.  I know that might be hard for people to believe, especially as I am saying this about a book that is pretty much about plastic surgery, this is the perfect book for gaining insight into plastic surgery but also into the kind of woman that Joan Rivers was.  I listened to the audio which was read by Ms. Rivers herself.  She truly wanted everyone to live "their best life now" as Joel Osteen says.

Just turn your anger inside

anger turned inward is depression, of course!  And I have always turned my anger inward, thus, depression.  The Dance of Anger sounds like it is all about anger, but the subtitle is really what the book is about, which is, changing the patterns of intimate relationships.  I have seen this book many times and shelved it many times, but it wasn't until my very dear friend, Miss Christin encouraged me to read it that I did.  Once again, I felt much thankfulness for my dear friend!  This was an exceptional, yet really easy to understand for even someone like me.  I do want to read more by Harriet Lerner.  Good stuff here, for the day to day of realating to others and for those times when a relationship seems too overwhelming.

From Night Owl to Early Bird

Becoming a morning person was one of the best things I ever did.  It is unreal to me what a difference it makes.  I will never forget Joyce Meyer saying that we all have the same amount of time in a day, we just choose to spend it differently.  When I became a morning person I realized that I could get so much more done.  What the Most Successful People Do before Breakfast was a very good book, but most especially for people who are going to try become a morning person.  For me it just backed up what I have already learned to enjoy.

One of the Best Songs, EVER!

Oh man... the 90s had the best, best, best music!  I loved this song by Montel Jordan.  His whole album was incredible.  That piano!  His voice!!  Falling for You isn't anything like the song, but I did like it very much.  FFY is a story of a girl in a seriously bad situation.  Her mom's husband is an uber-abuser and she is headed down the same path.  Some of the book is in poetry, as Rae is a poet.  Great book, never expected the events that took place.  

Hard Habit to Break

The Power of Habit has a lot of great stories in it. It reminds me of Malcolm Gladwell's books in that regard. But it's also a self-help book. I don't read many self-help books, as you can see, since I have this whole blog thing. I'm just not much of a self-help reader. Plus I like to read books that I can recommend to others and I don't think feel drawn to recommended self-help books to folks unless they ask.  And when they have asked, which has been rare, I usually recommend The Power of Positive Thinking. An oldie but goodie. And also Positive Imaging. When I was young these books had a huge impact on my life. I remember reading them when I was in sixth grade. I was having a tough times because I was so overweight and was called on it by my classmates. My grandma had these books lying around (Imaging had just come out) and I just picked them up. It really helped a lot. I have reread them over the years and found them just as helpful.
The Power of Habit gives lots of helpful ways to break bad habits like over-eating, smoking, etc. I can't say I was moved to try them but maybe I will. The stories in the book, however are fascinating.
When I rated it on goodreads, I was between 3 and 4 stars but I went with the 4 because I think we always need to give folks the benefit of the doubt. Plus, the author is very cute.  Yeah, I am shallow. 
This is a book that we were required to read for work and again, it reaffirmed my newly discovered belief that just because it is required, it doesn't mean it will be horrible. 
Some of the stories are about how businesses manipulate us, which we all know is true.  Like how Target uses their customer cards to track what you buy.  I mean we all know it, so it wasn't a shock, but it was still pretty amazing to see how much businesses know about all of us.  All those folks who use the Giant Eagle gas cards...man, Giant Eagle can probably write a book about everyone who has a card!  I won't link to Giant Eagle.  Not a fan. 
Anyway, good book, lots of good stories!