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Quote ‘Perhaps all humans are lonely. At least potentially.’ My Thoughts It’s been a long time since I last read a book by Ishiguro – 17 years ago to be exact and the book was  ‘Never Let Me Go’ and is still one of the best dystopian novels I have ever read. In ‘Klara and […]

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Book quote “To free yourself, to be more authentic, to be less addicted, to be less manipulated, to be less paranoid … for all these marvellous reasons, delete your accounts.” My Thoughts The irony is not lost on me that this book makes a very good case about deleting the social media apps that I […]

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Book quote “Once, men and women were able to turn themselves into eagles and fly immense distances. They communed with rivers and mountains and received wisdom from them. They felt the turning of the stars inside their own minds. My contemporaries did not understand this. They were all enamoured with the idea of progress and […]

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Book quote ´Consistency of effort over the long run is everything´ My Thoughts An inspiring and very well written book! Human beings love magic, the idea of a gift such as a natural talent. They love to be swept off their feet by a stunning piece of music or witnessing a person doing something no […]

The post #BookReview for Grit: Why passion and resilience are the secrets to success by Angela Duckworth #booklove #bookrecommendation #bookblogger #helenesbooknook #bookboost #grit #inspiration #throwback appeared first on H.A. LEUSCHEL.

Book quote ‘Dandelions remind me of the way I close myself off from so much of the world, either because it’s too painful to see of feel, or because when I am open to people the ridicule comes. The bullying. The foul-mouthed insults directed at the intense joy I feel, directed at my excitement, at […]

The post #BookReview for #Diaryofanaturalist by Dara McAnulty #naturalistdara #booklove #bookrecommendation #bookblogger #helenesbooknook #bookboost #naturalist #savetheplanet #wainwrightprize appeared first on H.A. LEUSCHEL.

Book quote ‘A person’s life isn’t orderly… it runs about all over the place, in and out through time. The present’s hardly there; the future doesn’t exist. Only love matters in the bits and pieces of a person’s life.’ My Thoughts How to review a collection of short stories when most readers will inevitably prefer […]

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Book quote ‘To read is to be with people who, unlike those around one, do not notice one’s existence.’ My Thoughts What a revelation to have discovered this unique author. She has such a sensitive pen, honest and vulnerable, and because of those two elements her narrative shows strength and resilience. First and foremost it […]

The post #BookReview for Dear Friend, From My Life I Write to You in Your Life by Yiyun Li #booklove #bookrecommendation #bookblogger #helenesbooknook #bookboost appeared first on H.A. LEUSCHEL.

Book quote “Isn’t it odd,” Maryam said. “Just like that, a completely unknown person is a part of their family forever. Well, of course that’s true of a birth child, too, but … I don’t know, this seems more astonishing.” “To me, both are astonishing,” Dave said. “I remember before Bitsy was born, I used to worry […]

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Book quote  ‘It was more than she had even thought to fantasize her entire family, gathered in one room, hearing for the first time that somebody thought she was lovely.’ My Thoughts Anne Tyler’s books have come into my reading life at the perfect time. I read my first Tyler novel, The Amateur Marriage, a […]

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Book quote  “Nothing is what you imagine. Her mind hovered above this simple and alarming thought. The variables were too great, the particularities too distinct, life a flood of translations from the shadow-edged yearnings of the heart to the immutable aspects of the physical world.” My Thoughts The Burgess Boys is the last of all […]

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