This week's reviews on the theme of Health and Well-Being explore mindfulness in very different ways. Kerrie dipped into a short, snappy handbook with tips and tricks to improve your quality of life by living in the moment. Brenda took a little longer to read about a character whose mindful approach to life brought joy and love in the face of betrayal and impending tragedy. Whichever title you choose to peruse, we hope you savour each moment.
Kerrie Borger read Mindfulness pocketbook: Little exercises for a calmer life by Gill Hasson
Every semester at the same time, mental health becomes impacted throughout the university as the business end of the semester kicks in for students and staff alike. But students and staff don’t need to feel alone and isolated anymore. The handy little ebook, Mindfulness pocketbook: Little exercises for a calmer life, offers you a way to learn how to deal with your fast-paced lifestyle and stresses, whilst discovering a new way to experience and appreciate the life you are living in a calmer way.
Downloadable to either a phone or laptop for quick easy reading, the reader can open the book at any time and be inspired by one of the five different themes, including mindfulness qualities, work, body and mind, relationships and eating. The author provides practical ideas, tips, techniques and suggestions in how to be mindful.
This little book of wisdom is useful for either beginners or those experienced in mindfulness, due to its easy to read language and simple format for each section containing inspirational quotes and theoretical and practical applications. Ultimately, the book helps the reader to learn how to stop, slow down and become inspired as they develop a simple way to manage the complications of modern life.
As one of my favourite quotes from the book says, “There is more to life than increasing its speed” (p. 24), so do yourself a favour - whether you have five minutes spare or an afternoon, download this amazing little book. It can help change your world to a calmer one where you have control in the moment and the moments in your life.
Non-fiction, An author I haven't read before, ebook
As an avid reader of crime novels, I have found that the main motive is often either love or money.
While The Wings of the Dove is an early 20th century drama rather than a crime novel, love and money are at the heart of this story about Milly, a young American heiress dying of a terminal illness. Henry James based Milly’s character on his cousin who died from tuberculosis.
The story reflects the challenges of the increasingly cash-poor upper class in England as they attempt to retain a sense of social superiority. Kate Croy is secretly engaged to but forbidden to marry penniless journalist, Merton Densher. When Kate befriends the artless Milly who is already an admirer of Densher, Kate persuades her fiancée to woo and wed Milly in order to inherit her fortune, thus securing their own future union. Love (or lust?), practicality, ruthlessness, betrayal, uncertainty and sympathy blend to create a complex tale of love and loss.
The plot’s outcome has a poignant twist which forces the protagonists (and the reader) to consider what is truly guiding their life choices. Is a life well lived just about being alive? How important are love, money, integrity, helping others, and making the most of every moment?
Like all Henry James novels, The Wings of the Dove is not a quick read, but it’s a very satisfying one if you enjoy English literature.
Fiction, 810 JAM 1C WIN/PEN 1986
Kerrie Borger read Mindfulness pocketbook: Little exercises for a calmer life by Gill Hasson
Every semester at the same time, mental health becomes impacted throughout the university as the business end of the semester kicks in for students and staff alike. But students and staff don’t need to feel alone and isolated anymore. The handy little ebook, Mindfulness pocketbook: Little exercises for a calmer life, offers you a way to learn how to deal with your fast-paced lifestyle and stresses, whilst discovering a new way to experience and appreciate the life you are living in a calmer way. Downloadable to either a phone or laptop for quick easy reading, the reader can open the book at any time and be inspired by one of the five different themes, including mindfulness qualities, work, body and mind, relationships and eating. The author provides practical ideas, tips, techniques and suggestions in how to be mindful.
This little book of wisdom is useful for either beginners or those experienced in mindfulness, due to its easy to read language and simple format for each section containing inspirational quotes and theoretical and practical applications. Ultimately, the book helps the reader to learn how to stop, slow down and become inspired as they develop a simple way to manage the complications of modern life.
As one of my favourite quotes from the book says, “There is more to life than increasing its speed” (p. 24), so do yourself a favour - whether you have five minutes spare or an afternoon, download this amazing little book. It can help change your world to a calmer one where you have control in the moment and the moments in your life.
Non-fiction, An author I haven't read before, ebook
As an avid reader of crime novels, I have found that the main motive is often either love or money. While The Wings of the Dove is an early 20th century drama rather than a crime novel, love and money are at the heart of this story about Milly, a young American heiress dying of a terminal illness. Henry James based Milly’s character on his cousin who died from tuberculosis.
The story reflects the challenges of the increasingly cash-poor upper class in England as they attempt to retain a sense of social superiority. Kate Croy is secretly engaged to but forbidden to marry penniless journalist, Merton Densher. When Kate befriends the artless Milly who is already an admirer of Densher, Kate persuades her fiancée to woo and wed Milly in order to inherit her fortune, thus securing their own future union. Love (or lust?), practicality, ruthlessness, betrayal, uncertainty and sympathy blend to create a complex tale of love and loss.
The plot’s outcome has a poignant twist which forces the protagonists (and the reader) to consider what is truly guiding their life choices. Is a life well lived just about being alive? How important are love, money, integrity, helping others, and making the most of every moment?
Like all Henry James novels, The Wings of the Dove is not a quick read, but it’s a very satisfying one if you enjoy English literature.
Fiction, 810 JAM 1C WIN/PEN 1986
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