My 12 Favorite Books This Month | January 2019
I read 23 books this month, half of which I would recommend. Below are the 12 books that I gave 4 or 5 stars.
5 stars: The book was extraordinary. It was either brilliantly written, well researched or life changing.
4 stars: It was a book that I really enjoyed reading and discussing with others and would encourage others to read
[NF – Non-Fiction] [F – Fiction]
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FIVE STAR BOOKS
“What would happen if, instead of studying the brain as if it were an isolated island, we did it differently? What if we tried to study it as if it were an island that is connected by a hundred bridges to the outside world.”
“More kids stood up, rattling off the likes and dislikes of their peers. And it all started to blend into a big goulash of sports and obviousness”
FOUR STAR BOOKS
This Is Me: Loving the Person You Are Today – Chrissy Metz [NF]
“Don’t let people talk you out of your success, because many people are conditioned to have lowered expectations about what life can offer.”
The Geography of Bliss: One Grump’s Search for the Happiest Places in the World – Eric Weiner [NF]
Wishtree – Katherine Applegate, Charles Santoso [F]
Just One Day – Gayle Forman [F]
Goodbye Things: The New Japanese Minimalism – Fumio Sasaki [NF]
“Why do we own so may things when we don’t need them? What is their purpose? I think the answer is quite clear: We’re desperate to convey out own worth, our own value to others. We use objects to tell people just how valuable we are.”
The Wife Between Us – Greer Hendricks, Sarah Pekkanen [F]
The Noel Diary – Richard Paul Evans [F]
Along Came a Spider – James Patterson [F]
“His face looked like a wedding cake left out in the rain”
Because of Winn-Dixie – Kate DiCamillo [F]
Five Feet Apart – Rachael Lippincott [F]
“‘So, while we’re in the womb, we’re living that existence, right? We have no idea that our next existence is just an inch away.’ She shrugs and looks at me. ‘Maybe death is the same. Maybe it’s just the next life. An inch away.'”
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