I already read many books by David Baldacci, Eoin Colfer (the Artemis Fowl series), Jeff Kinney (the Diary of a Wimpy Kid series), Roald Dahl, Robin Cook, and many others which will actually complete this exhaustive list. They are not included here because I am just too lazy to add them. Sorry, lol! The list of books (sorted descending by date) I am currently reading (or read):
- The Art of Letting Go by Nick Trenton — –Present.
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The Hypnotist by Lars Kepler (reread) — –. The
fictional
novel is mostly real; only the hypnosis sessions revealing everyone's memories forcefully within the Karolinska Hospital's hypnosis group led by Dr. Bark, his treatment of Josef Ek, and the injection he gives Shulman that wakes him up from a vegetative state for a few seconds do not seem to be true. What I personally like about this novel is how it is advertised that only a single killer is at large according to the 2009 print's blurb, but there are actually two. On top of that, the brutal homicides occupy only the topmost layer of the crime iceberg. All in all, the Joona Linna series is just a thrill of a read. - Karma: A Yogi's Guide to Crafting Your Destiny by Sadhguru — –. [Review pending]
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The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck by Mark Manson — –. I like the fact that
Manson is just brutally honest about himself. He did almost all the things in his past
that his present self wrote in his book to not do. The book's pretty informal (hey,
literature nerds!).
- You are neither positively nor negatively (false victim behavior) entitled in any way.
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Neither expect to get something nor feel obliged to give something just because of love. Page 180:
Acts of love are valid only if they're performed without conditions or expectations.
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Death is the only thing that sits at the very last; it's hungrily waiting for some action to be executed so you die. Let go of the life's nitpicks because they aren't worth your time; try
achieving the enlightened state of nirvana
(page 204). Think of a greater good (for example, advance the society in the fields of science and philosophy). Your physical self will die someday. But you must preserve your conceptual self in the form of children, or by putting yournames on buildings, on statues, and on spines of books
(page 198). You must pass on your legacy. Page 205:Confronting the reality of our own mortality is important because it obliterates all the crappy, fragile, superficial values in life. While most people whittle their days chasing another buck, or a little bit more fame and attention, or a little bit more assurance that they're right or loved, death confronts all of us with a far more painful and important question: What is your legacy?
How will the world be different and better when you're gone? What mark will you have made? What influence will you have caused? They say that a butterfly flapping its wings in Africa can cause a hurricane in Florida; well, what hurricanes will you leave in your wake?