I’m glad you looked more into “George” for yourself. It’s always an iffy thing to recommend books to others. Glad to hear about the British novel you recommend. Since you won’t be reading George, I’ll spoil the ending: it also ends with the boy wearing dresses and make-up and being accepted by his family and close friends as he is.

Dear Lisa

I’ve looked into it a bit more and I don’t think I shall read George: the author seems very rooted in this new medicalised paradigm that I don’t like 🙁

FWIW there’s a British novel for children that came out in 2008 called “The boy in the dress” by David Walliams. Not a good novel (derivative, trite), but presented the issues in a way more familiar to my experience: a boy wants to wear dresses and make-up — so let him!

Thank you for the prayer & meditation book pointers. I have ordered “Open Mind, Open Heart”. I am on the road again soon to visit Dad so I’l have an opportinity to read and practise.

David

I know, isn’t that such a great title by TNH? I’m guessing you would love his books as much as I do.

I originally bought The Lord of the Rings books for my daughters, but neither one of them were ever the least bit interested. So before I got rid of the collection, I thought I’d better give them one more try myself. I didn’t expect to really like them this much. ha. I hope to start the third one in a few weeks.

Yes, do recommend more books to me, Andrew. I’m always up for recommendations. I’ll look up both those books you mentioned! Sounds like you’ve got a diverse collection of books going on right now too. It’s the best kind of reading to me, something for whatever mood you’re in. Praying your weekend is a smooth one.

TNH’s books are new to me this year. How have I missed them before? ha. Glad to have discovered them now anyway. I love how you describe his writing: “tender and enlightening.” I totally agree.

Oh, yes, you must read A Wrinkle in Time. It’s so good on many levels, for the child as well as the adult. I listened to The Hobbit on audiobook and loved it. I imagine TLOTR is just as good!

You’re welcome, Pam. It helps me remember what I read when I go back and do these posts. 😉

Yeah, I don’t have even 1% of the patience that TNH has. I don’t think I want to go through the discipline to get there like he has though. ha. I’ve heard of The Apocalypse Code but never read it. Sounds intriguing!

Thanks for sharing the info about Amy Cuddy. I’ll go look up her TED talk. I haven’t heard of either Deep Work or Presence, but the titles sound like books I would enjoy too (and especially if you are enjoying them, ha).

I finished the second LOTR book this week, but don’t know when I’ll start the 3rd one. I’d love to soon, but I’ve got a couple books from the library that already have holds on them, so I’ve got to finish those first. But I don’t want to wait too long or I’ll forget what was in books 1 and 2. ha. As I was reading them, I’d read a little, then watch a little of the movie, read a little, watch a little. It helped me make sense of it all to SEE the characters as well as read about them. 🙂