Check out my meme answers (to some very intriguing questions) after the jump!
Meme 1! Over at the Book Blogger Hop, this week's question is:
“What is the one ARC you would love to get your hands on right now?”
Does a beta account at Pottermore count? I'm itching to find out how J.K. Rowling spins more stories about Harry Potter!
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*Grab a book, any book.
*Turn to page 56.
*Find any sentence that grabs you. (I cheat sometimes and put a little more than a sentence!)
*Post it.
*Add your (url) post below in Freda's Voice Linky.
My book for this week's Friday 56 is John Le Carre's The Constant Gardener.
I did a review of this a little while back. Check it out here. This medical conspiracy's page 56 yields this eye-brow-raising passage:
Woodrow remembered Tessa telling him she had converted the dressing room into a workroom: It's not only men who have dens, Sandy. Us girls have them too, she had told him provocatively, as if she were instructing him in body parts.
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Meme 3! Over at Follow Friday, the question is:
Q. Talk about the book that most changed or influenced your life (was it a book that turned you from an average to avid reader, did it help you deal with a particularly difficult situation, does it bring you comfort every time you read it?).
This may seem trite, or even a cliche. A self-help book that actually works? I have to say that this book is a treasure trove. Each time I open it, I get something new, something exciting!
Stephen R. Covey's book, The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People, has been a top-seller for the simple reason that it ignores trends and pop psychology for proven principles of fairness, integrity, honesty, and human dignity. {Via.}While it did become a trend in its own right, the principles Covey discusses are timeless. And depending on what I am going through, I find that this book always has some small nugget of truth to reveal to me. This book has helped me reexamine my life, what matters, my priorities, and what I can influence or change. It has helped keep me grounded and realistic. And that's saying a lot about a self-help book!
I hope you all have a great weekend! Keep cool!