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Happiness Project Or Why I Spent a Year Trying to Sing in the Morning Clean My Closets Fight Right Read Aristotle & Generally Have More Fun
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Gretchen Rubin
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, October 21, 2014
I just finished reading The Happiness Project with my book club. First of all, what a great choice for a book club! Each chapter focuses on a different area of the author's life in which she was attempting to increase her happiness including her marriage, her work, her relationship with her children, etc. Every person in our book club found something that they could relate directly to their own life. Personally, I felt like reading Rubin's book had the effect of reading a self-help digest. She invested tons of time and energy into researching happiness and ways to improve in 11 different categories, and I got to benefit from the best lessons she learned. She relays her experiences in an easy, anecdotal way that I really appreciated and she was willing to admit that not every technique or strategy she tried worked for her. It was a quick, interesting and beneficial read for me and it made for a fantastic and entertaining book club discussion!
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Fault in Our Stars
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John Green
bll1010
, January 01, 2013
It's difficult to explain to people why a book about two teenagers with cancer is a favorite of mine, but this is one of the best books I have read all year. John Green's writing is equal parts humorous and heart-breaking. His two teen characters, while wise and witty beyond their years, are completely relateable and keep you rooting for them as you read. If you can handle a story with moments of sadness, this book is a great choice for teens and adults alike.
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Room
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Emma Donoghue
bll1010
, January 01, 2013
While the premise of this book is legitimately disturbing, it was incredibly thought-provoking and well-written. I continued to think about the characters and their situation when I was not reading, and for weeks after finishing the novel. I would highly recommend it to any reader with an interest in psychology or with a preference for a child narrator.
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One Day
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David Nicholls
bll1010
, April 24, 2012
I loved the way that this book captured a snapshot of each person on the same day each year. In a strange way, it made the book more relateable. While stories normally focus on the big events (weddings, birthday, major struggles) this book simply focused on the day to day of life surrounding those events. One Day is an excellent character study. To spend twenty years with Dexter and Emma makes you feel as if you know them by the time the book is over.
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Rules of Civility
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Amor Towles
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, January 04, 2012
I loved the way that Towles drew his characters in The Rules of Civility. There were all very real - mostly likealble, but decidedly flawed. I could see them so clearly. The setting of 1938 New York added to the very captivating quality of this book as well. I wanted to jump back in time.
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