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Got my Contsellation Stationery box from PaperQuir

Got my Contsellation Stationery box from PaperQuirks. Was fun to unwrap my first stationery box. Some good stuff in it! Loved the journal, the rulers, the stickies, the pencils. Not so happy with the quality of the brush pen and the clips.
This is not a sponsored post.

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I've just started to read a beautiful Sunday Times bestseller on learning to love ourselves, from the author of the internationally bestselling The Things You Can See Only When You Slow Down⠀
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Many of us respond to the pressures of life by turning inwards and ignoring problems, sometimes resulting in anxiety or depression. Others react by working harder at work, at school or at home, hoping that this will make ourselves and the people we love happier.⠀
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But what if being yourself is enough? Just as we are advised on airplanes to take our own oxygen first before helping others, we must first be at peace with ourselves before we can be at peace with the world around us.⠀
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In this beautiful follow-up to his international bestseller The Things You Can See Only When You Slow Down, Buddhist monk Haemin Sunim turns his trademark wisdom and kindness to self-care, arguing that only by accepting yourself - and the flaws which make you who you are - can you have compassionate and fulfilling relationships with your partner, family and friends.⠀
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Haemin Sunim is one of the most influential Zen Buddhist teachers and writers in the world. Born in South Korea and educated at Berkeley, Harvard and Princeton, he received formal monastic training in Korea and taught Buddhism at Hampshire College in Massachusetts. In Korea, The Things You Can See sold more than three million copies and spent 41 weeks at Number One. Love For Imperfect Things was Sunday Times Top 10 Bestseller.

R ad my review on the @everyday_gyaan blog.

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change is the natural order of things, why do so many people struggle with the milestones of life – from first jobs and first loves to children leaving home and retirement?

We live in a culture of limitless choice – and life is now more complex than ever. In This Too Shall Pass: Stories of Change, Crisis and Hopeful Beginnings, acclaimed psychotherapist Julia Samuel draws on hours of conversations with her patients to show how we can learn to adapt and thrive during our most difficult and transformative experiences. Illuminated by the latest social and psychological research, this book unflinchingly deals with the hard times in family, love, work, health and identity.

Read my review of the book on the @everyday_gyaan blog.

Although I’ve been reading for years, this year

Although I’ve been reading for years, this year is the first time I came across something called Quick Reads 2020 on Amazon.⠀
According to Wikipedia Quick Reads are a series of short books by bestselling authors and celebrities. With no more than 128 pages, they are designed to encourage adults who do not read often, or find reading difficult, to discover the joy of books.⠀
Go grab these books today. Read more on the blog. Link in bio.

Nothing compares to a book to spend your time with

Nothing compares to a book to spend your time with. A good book can refresh you, can sustain you and transport you to another place and time.
Agree?

She's back in his life... and this time he’s not

She's back in his life... and this time he’s not letting go.
Gage Granger knew back in high school that his friend and secret crush was desperate to get out of Last Stand, Texas. But with his roots running deep into the Hill Country soil of his family's ranch, he couldn’t leave and so made the tough decision to let her go.
When Faith Stone runs into Gage in a San Antonio bar, she's had just enough to drink to act on feelings that haven't cooled in six years. And enough sense to flee the morning after. Yet almost twelve weeks later she’s back in her hometown and despite her life-altering news, her plan's the same—leave Last Stand and its painful memories behind. Faith will never be anyone’s burden or responsibility again.

For Gage, Faith has always been the one. But he'll have an uphill battle to convince her his heart is true.
Read my review on the blog. Link in the bio

Ashley Hughes would love to cancel Christmas this

Ashley Hughes would love to cancel Christmas this year. Instead of holiday plans, she’s back in her Texas hometown planning her twin sister’s wedding — to her ex! Nothing like small town speculation to make her life cheery and bright. No one believes that she’s over the groom, until a certain cowboy secret crush steps in to be her plus one. Ashley’s tried to friend zone Jennings since high school, because she’s always known kissing the casual charmer would lead to a love she’d never forget.

Jennings Hill would be the first to admit that his feelings for his ex-best friend are more likely to land him on the naughty list. When he sees Ashley again, he only wants to help but then a rumor links them romantically and that’s when their lives get complicated.
The more time they spend together, the more Jennings worries she's not over her ex, but Ashley starts wishing Jennings was her present wrapped under the Christmas tree.

A sweet romance. Short review on the blog. Link in bio.

Reading Dog Crazy right now and enjoying it.

Reading Dog Crazy right now and enjoying it.

Currently reading The Painted Castle by Kristy Cam

Currently reading The Painted Castle by Kristy Cambron and I couldn't resist sharing this quote. “Books are a completely personal kind of journey. On the first page they ask us not only to be willing, but to be moved, changed, persuaded, even made new by the time we reach the end."

How many books did you read last year? What's your

How many books did you read last year? What's your target for 2020?
I actually read more than 112, turns out I didn't record some ARCs. But that doesn't matter. I aimed low last year and went past my target of 100.
2020 is the year of no challenges for me so I'm not undertaking the @goodreads challenge after many years. But that's not going to stop me from reading!

Last year, I got hooked on Amanda Prowse's books.

Last year, I got hooked on Amanda Prowse's books. So it seemed right for one of her books to be my first read of 2020.

When Nick’s wife Kerry falls ill and dies, he realises for the first time how fragile his happiness has always been, and how much he’s been taking his good life and wonderful family for granted. Now, he suddenly finds himself navigating parenthood alone, unsure how to deal with his own grief, let alone that of his teenage son, Olly.

In the depths of his heartbreak, Nick must find a way to navigate life that pleases his son, his in-laws, his family and his friends—while honouring what Kerry meant to them all. But when it comes to his own emotions, Nick doesn’t know where to begin. Kerry was his childhood sweetheart—but was she really the only one who could ever make him happy?

And in the aftermath of tragedy, can Nick and his son find themselves again?

#Repost @onlinebookclub ・・・ Jane knows best.

#Repost @onlinebookclub
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On my TBR #Repost @walkingbookfairs ・・・ Wha

On my TBR
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What does it mean to be Muslim in India? What does it mean to look like one's religion? Does one's faith determine how one is perceived? Is there a secular ideal one is supposed to live up to? Can people of different faiths have a shared culture, a shared identity?
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India has, since time immemorial, been plural, multi-cultural, multi-ethnic and multi-lingual, where various streams have fed into and strengthened each other, and where dissimilarities have always been a cause for rejoicing rather than strife.
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These writings, on and about being Muslim in India, by Rakhshanda Jalil - one of the country's foremost literary historians and cultural commentators - excavate memories, interrogate dilemmas, and rediscover and celebrate a nation and its syncretic culture. But You Don't Look Like a Muslim is a book that every thinking Indian must read.
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Visit our bookstore to buy your copies. .
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She's home now. My library girl book sleeve! Thank

She's home now. My library girl book sleeve! Thank you @readingowlcreations

#Repost @muffytales ・・・ My little heart leap

Just arrived yesterday. I'm fascinated with @melro

Just arrived yesterday. I'm fascinated with @melrobbins teaching and am so looking forward to reading and learning from this.

The most magical time of the year… Josie Donnel

The most magical time of the year…

Josie Donnelly spends most years pretending that Christmas doesn’t even happen! So, she hopes that the sleepy village of Sunnycombe will be the perfect place to escape the festivities…

Or so she thought! Spending time with (far too handsome) bakery owner Callan Stewart and his young daughter, Mia, makes her long for the family Christmas she’s missed out on.

Could the little bakery on the hill be her own recipe for a happy ever after this year…?

Michele is a middle-aged mother of two. Her world

#Repost @thefrangipanicreative ・・・ A review

#Repost @thefrangipanicreative
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A review of Julia Cameron's The Right to Right is up on the blog ( link in bio of @thefrangipanicreative )

Thankfully, I switched to e-books!!

Thankfully, I switched to e-books!!

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