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Deadly Spin: An I...

Nikki Nikki said: "In adding this to my goodreads shelf, I was tempted to place it in categories like "dystopia" or "horror." My husband and I heard Mr Potter speak tonight, and it's truly frightening how much power big corporations like private insurance have over our...more "

 
Made to Stick: Wh...

Nikki Nikki said: "Very applicable as a teacher. Excited to read the whole thing."

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"Loving this book so far. Great examples throughout." Jan 16, 2011 08:59am

 

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Nikki rated a book 5 of 5 stars
The Biology of Belief by Bruce H. Lipton
Fantastic introduction to science of subtle energy, which was exactly what I wanted: to understand how our thoughts, etc, impact our health and our lives. The cell-biology perspective, along with his analogies to quantum physics and fractal geometry,...more
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Midnight in Austenland by Shannon Hale
Midnight in Austenland (Austenland, #2)
by Shannon Hale (Goodreads Author)
read in April, 2012
Nikki rated a book 5 of 5 stars
The Fault in Our Stars by John Green
The Fault in Our Stars
by John Green (Goodreads Author)
read in April, 2012
Nikki rated a book 5 of 5 stars
How to Save a Life by Sara Zarr
Amazing. So real and beautiful. As Jill says as one point, I felt raw and vulnerable and exposed reading this, not even realizing all the emotions that had come to the surface until they spilled out over something that wouldn't normally make me cry....more
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The Happiness Project by Gretchen Rubin
Nikki is on page 152 of 277 of Midnight in Austenland: So delightful! I hate putting it down. I'm enjoying every line.
Midnight in Austenland
Midnight in Austenland (Austenland, #2)
by Shannon Hale (Goodreads Author)
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Nikki rated a book 4 of 5 stars
Gut and Psychology Syndrome by Natasha Campbell-McBride
Despite everything else I've read about food and nutrition in the last year, I couldn't put this book down. It filled in so many of the gaps (pun intended) in my research, finally explaining the connections I'd suspected between gut flora and all our...more
Gut and Psychology Syndrome by Natasha Campbell-McBride
" Listed everything we are going through digestion/gut wise. Plan on implementing this full force when we return from vacation to get rid of yeast and allergy issues once and for ALL! Love that this is Weston A Price based/friendly too. "
Gut and Psychology Syndrome by Natasha Campbell-McBride
" The information in the book is fascinating and intuitively sensible. I'm going to do the diet to try to clear autoimmune symptoms. The writing is fairly clear but surprisingly technical in some places and I feel the book is poorly organized and ki... " Read more of this review »
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Goliath by Scott Westerfeld
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Oscar Wilde
“If one cannot enjoy reading a book over and over again, there is no use in reading it at all.”
Oscar Wilde

Groucho Marx
“I find television very educating. Every time somebody turns on the set, I go into the other room and read a book.”
Groucho Marx

Madeleine L'Engle
“You have to write the book that wants to be written. And if the book will be too difficult for grown-ups, then you write it for children.”
Madeleine L'Engle

Pablo Picasso
“Everything you can imagine is real.”
Pablo Picasso

Mark Twain
“The difference between the right word and the almost right word is the difference between lightning and a lightning bug.”
Mark Twain, The Wit and Wisdom of Mark Twain

She (Poetry)
1 chapters   —   updated Mar 29, 2010 04:32pm
Description: a poem I wrote for a contest, inspired by the image of lacy snow on the mountains and the idea of a Mother God
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What is it that transforms a page of words into something that moves us and leaves us changed? From February 13, 2011 to March 15, 2011, Livia Blackbu...more

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