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Ariel is on page 72 of 240 of How to Wake Up: A Buddhist-Inspired Guide to Navigating Joy and Sorrow

fuck I love this book

— Mar 07, 2016 03:51PM Add a comment

Ariel is on page 35 of 240 of How to Wake Up: A Buddhist-Inspired Guide to Navigating Joy and Sorrow

— Feb 18, 2016 11:51AM Add a comment

Ariel is on page 97 of 273 of The Mindful Way through Depression: Freeing Yourself from Chronic Unhappiness

— Feb 04, 2016 04:57PM Add a comment

Ariel is on page 81 of 273 of The Mindful Way through Depression: Freeing Yourself from Chronic Unhappiness

— Feb 03, 2016 09:06PM Add a comment

Ariel is on page 68 of 273 of The Mindful Way through Depression: Freeing Yourself from Chronic Unhappiness

such a great book

— Jan 25, 2016 09:40PM Add a comment

Ariel is on page 55 of 273 of The Mindful Way through Depression: Freeing Yourself from Chronic Unhappiness

Such a great book! I don't deal with chronic depression, but this book is filled with practical and powerful methods for using mindfulness and meditation to break out of many different kinds of self-destructive mental loops. HIGHLY recommended.

— Jan 23, 2016 07:36PM Add a comment

Ariel is 19% done with The Highest Tide

A little overwritten in pages, but overwritten in the most lovely ways. A great meditation on the stinky glory of puget sound's beach flats.

Galen Johnson would love this book!!

— Nov 20, 2015 10:20AM Add a comment

Ariel is 14% done with The Language of Emotions: What Your Feelings Are Trying to Tell You: Revised and Updated

— Oct 31, 2015 01:38PM Add a comment

Ariel is 8% done with The Language of Emotions: What Your Feelings Are Trying to Tell You: Revised and Updated

— Oct 24, 2015 07:49AM Add a comment

Ariel is 48% done with Your Brain on Love: The Neurobiology of Healthy Relationships

— Oct 24, 2015 07:43AM Add a comment

Ariel is on page 100 of 127 of Buddhism without Beliefs: A Contemporary Guide to Awakening

— Sep 24, 2015 08:53AM Add a comment

Ariel is 67% done with The Rocks

Waiting to see how this one pans out... tentatively unconvinced.

— Jul 25, 2015 04:08PM Add a comment

Ariel is 42% done with The Rocks

— Jul 20, 2015 09:18PM Add a comment

Ariel is 70% done with Island Beneath the Sea

— Apr 25, 2015 01:29PM Add a comment

Ariel is 48% done with Island Beneath the Sea

I was expecting this book to be horror (since any book about this era of history SHOULD BE horrifying) but it's beautiful. Heavy issues, but somehow a light touch? Hard to explain, but loving it.

— Apr 21, 2015 02:52PM Add a comment

Ariel is on page 58 of 304 of Ninety Percent of Everything: Inside Shipping, the Invisible Industry That Puts Clothes on Your Back, Gas in Your Car, and Food on Your Plate

— Apr 16, 2015 12:16PM Add a comment

Ninety Percent of Everything: Inside Shipping, the Invisible Industry That Puts Clothes on Your Back, Gas in Your Car, and Food on Your Plate

Ariel is on page 117 of 531 of All the Light We Cannot See

ominous

— Mar 17, 2015 05:05PM Add a comment

Ariel is 45% done with The Husband's Secret

No surprises with the plot (even as an inattentive reader, I've seen every development coming), but an enjoyable read about marriage, family, aging, grief, sex, etc. The usual middle aged lady lite lit stuff, but with enough humor and insight that it's not insulting.

— Feb 14, 2015 11:24AM Add a comment

Ariel is 32% done with Queenpin

Mehhh. I like the style, but I'm not into the trainwreck of watching the protagonist fuck up her mob life for an abusive gambler. The author doesn't fully explain why the protagonist loves him so much, so I find myself just being like WHY. WHYYYY. WHYYYY. Giving up.

— Feb 03, 2015 01:52PM Add a comment

Ariel is 30% done with The Wise Man's Fear (The Kingkiller Chronicle, #2)

Abandoned. Too much rambling and I find the protagonist insufferable.

— Feb 03, 2015 01:50PM Add a comment

Ariel is on page 28 of 994 of The Wise Man's Fear (The Kingkiller Chronicle, #2)

I think in abandoning this one. Too much rambling and I find the protagonist insufferable.

— Feb 01, 2015 05:03PM Add a comment

Ariel is 52% done with The Martian

— Nov 25, 2014 05:38AM Add a comment

Ariel is 34% done with The Martian

HA! This book is so nerdy, and yet also so very funny. It'd took me a while to get used to the fact that half the narrative is basically a protagonist doing calculations in his head... that would seem really boring, but the character is so funny and likable, and the pacing is good enough to keep it really compelling. I'm gobbling this one up.

— Nov 24, 2014 11:14AM Add a comment

Ariel is 26% done with Outlander (Outlander, #1)

Ok, this book is silly, but it's working for me.

— Oct 15, 2014 07:30AM Add a comment