Book updates

I finally finished A New Earth! Just in time for Oprah's class, beginning tonight at 9 pm. I don't really know how to review a book of this genre, other than to express my liking. It opened my eyes a little, and I think there are so many important points to the book. He also wrote The Power of Now, which I never read, but which he alluded to several times. I won't say much else about this book other than my random thoughts that may come as I participate in the online class.

I also finished Garden Spells by Sarah Addison Allen - very good book! I get what all the fuss was about for those of you who said good things about it. It's the story of Claire Waverly are her family - a strange older cousin who feels the need to give random gifts, a half-sister whom I understood way better than I did Claire, and a very innocent niece, oh and the men in their lives. There were several very predictable parts, but all in all it was a great read. I can't wait to get to her next book!

News

I've been busy with various projects lately and haven't updated - but I'm still plugging away at A New Earth. I must say, while I wasn't sure what to expect since this is the first book I've read in this genre, it takes me awhile to process what I read. I've been using my new favorite book accessory - Post It highlighter pens - so that has helped. Is anyone else reading this?! I need to talk about it before Oprah's live web event starts on March 3.

One of the projects I've been working on is my business journey (if you've never checked out my business blog, click here) because a business blog I regularly read featured my start-up story on their blog. How exciting, right? Click here to read it. :)

Oprah's book club

I'm almost halfway through Crow Lake by Mary Lawson; and so far I'm liking it. It was a book club pick on the Today Show, but I've heard very conflicting reviews of the book.

If you noticed on my list of 101 books, I do have a few older and more recent picks from Oprah's book club on my list. I'm a faithful viewer of her show, and when she announced her new pick on the January 30th episode - A New Earth: Awakening to Your Life's Purpose by Eckhart Tolle - I wasn't sure if I wanted to read it. Then I thought well, I really wanted to challenge myself this year, so I picked up the book today, and I already joined the online class that she and the book's author, Eckhart Tolle, will be teaching on Mondays beginning March 3. I must say, her choices are getting more and more eclectic, but that's okay. I really think people should step outside of their normal genre every now and then and really challenge themselves. Will anyone else be reading this pick and joining the online class?