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#BookADay: Great Women’s Travel Anthology

The Best Women's Travel Writing

I stumbled upon The Best Women’s Travel Writing anthologies many years ago. As a single parent, thoughts of being a solo woman traveler seemed foreign to me, something that I wasn’t sure when I’d be able to experience. In the …

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#BookADay: A Book To Film Adaptation That Didn’t Work

Under the Skin by Michael Faber

When I lived in England, a dear friend of mine in London strongly encouraged me to read Under the Skin by Michael Faber. She was vague regarding the genre and provided very little information about the book to me. The …

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#BookADay: Started to Read, Haven’t Finished Yet

Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy

By the time I’m an older adult, I want to be the kind of person who will have read all of the books on The Big Read list from the BBC. I started Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy many years ago, have …

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#BookADay: Helpful Book for Understanding the Human Body

Anatomy of Movement by Blandine Calais-Germain

Anatomy of Movement by Blandine Calais-Germain is a great resource for occupational therapy (OT), physical therapy (PT), or any field that studies movement.  As an OT student, the book helped the visual learner in me to understand the human body.  The beauty, art, …

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#BookADay: A Book That Made Me Cry

Tuesday With Morrie by Mitch Albom

Tuesdays with Morrie by Mitch Albom A professor with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) meets with his former student. Together they reflect and share thoughts, insights on life. #BookADay Tweet

#BookADay: Books That Made Me Laugh

Bossypants by Tina Fey

Which books do you immediately think of that made you laugh out loud?  Without giving it too much thought the following had that effect on me: Tina Fey Bossypants David Sedaris Me Talk Pretty One Day Stephen King On Writing …

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#BookADay: First Book to Stir My Imagination

Green Eggs and Ham

The first books I was given as a little girl were Little Golden Books. My first Dr. Seuss book was Green Eggs and Ham. It really caught my eye and I treasured it. The picture of green ham disgusted me, but …

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#BookADay: Let’s Talk About Sex

"Where Did I Come From?"

A great book to teach children about sex is Where Did I Come From? by Peter Mayle. As a teenage mother, I was motivated to do everything I could to educate my daughter, Jennifer. She’s always been smart. At four …

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#BookADay: A Thought-Provoking Book

The Things They Carried

A couple of years ago, my personal trainer at the time and I talked about favorite reads.  We shared a similar history and subsequent outlook on life.  I liked her, too, so I trusted her judgment.  One of the books …

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#BookADay: Favorite Travel Guides

Time Out London

When I decided to leave England and return to the US in 2010, one of the last possessions that I parted with were my travel guides. My goal was to completely empty my one bedroom flat in the city centre …

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