![]() ![]() It touches on the very real notion that sometimes, as humans, we feel like we are just living every day the same. I think this book, similarly to Tuesdays with Morrie, has endless amounts of potential to teach people how to find their place in the world. Every person he meets in heaven has a lesson to teach him. Set in the afterlife of Eddie, an eighty three year old war veteran, his seemingly unimportant life is explained by five people who were in it, from loved ones to strangers, each one unravelling a deeper meaning. The Five People You Meet in Heaven was no exception. ![]() It keeps me philosophising and thinking and feeling in new ways, and that’s one of my favourite things to do. I find myself viewing my life through a different lens and finding meaning I didn’t realise was there. ![]() What I love about Mitch Albom’s writing is that, although it’s very simple, it encourages a lot of inner reflection. I knew straight away that I wanted to read more of Albom’s books, and so that’s how I stumbled upon The Five People You Meet in Heaven. During lockdown, I read the book Tuesdays with Morrie by Mitch Albom and was blown away by how inspiring and emotional it was. ![]()
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![]() ![]() ![]() The Truth ends with the "funeral" of a toy elephant, the elephant in the room of Strauss' infidelity. The newly-mature, self aware Strauss concludes of this swinging scene that "if you build it, they will cum." You can imagine Strauss giggling as he typed that, before possibly staring down at what he imagines to be his dick bone. He claims to be surprised by this, as if the advertising for a conference for Polyamourists would be shy about the intended purpose of attendance, or hint at a formal dress code. ![]() In another sign that Strauss is definitely doing all of this because he's a reformed character and not a cynical journalist with an eye for a lurid story, Strauss registers for the World Polyamory Conference and as a man with a self-confessed sex problem finds himself at a resort called Harbin Hot Springs surrounded by naked people. ![]() ![]() Meanwhile, the unexpected death of Josie's long-absent mother forces her to return to her Midwestern hometown where she must confront the demons from her past-and the lies on which she has staked her future. When investigative reporter Poppy Parnell sets off a media firestorm with a megahit podcast that reopens the long-closed case of Josie's father's murder, questioning whether the wrong person may be behind bars, Josie's world begins to unravel. ![]() The only problem is that she has lied to Caleb about every detail of her past-starting with her last name. Now, Josie has finally put down roots in New York, settling into domestic life with her partner Caleb, and that's where she intends to stay. ![]() After her father's murder thirteen years prior, her mother ran away to join a cult and her twin sister Lanie, once Josie's closest friend and confidant, betrayed her in an unimaginable way. Josie Buhrman has spent the last ten years trying to escape her family and with good reason. ![]() The only thing more dangerous than a lie.is the truth. Are You Sleeping by Kathleen BarberExcerpt Excerpt from transcript of Reconsidered: The Chuck Buhrman Murder, Episode 1: An Introduction to the Chuck Buhrman Murder, SeptemCharles Chuck Buhrman had no enemies. ![]() Serial meets Ruth Ware's In A Dark, Dark Wood in this inventive and twisty psychological thriller about a mega-hit podcast that reopens a murder case and threatens to unravel the carefully constructed life of the victim's daughter. Now a major Apple TV+ series starring Octavia Spencer and Aaron Paul-produced by Reese Witherspoon's Hello Sunshine! ![]() ![]() ![]() Is all the data accurate?-I’ve no idea, his sources at the back are good, and I’ve no reason to doubt his research, but hell, this man could tell me anything, and I’d believe him. It doesn’t just make sense, it’s well thought out and put across in such a way that makes it entertaining and informative-and if you don’t learn something you didn’t already know, I’d be amazed. It’s a controversial book and not for the easily offended. This book is anything but boring-even the facts and figures interest me because of the delivery and the wow factor of Really? That’s incredible. It’s well written and on subjects that would tend to bore the pants off me-but don’t let that put you off for a second. The sheer hundreds (thousands?) of hours of research that went into the book surpasses anything that I’ve EVER seen before. This is the best book I’ve read this year, and possibly most of last year too. I don’t tend to laugh while reading, but the picking up sticks on the Sabbath (working) and Adsa trolley guy literally made me laugh out loud. The chapter on biblical interpretation is beyond BRILLIANT, and I could see it as a stand-up routine. I thought this was brilliant-but still cringed my way through it. The author is outspoken, and if you don’t like his opinions, I very much doubt he’d care. ![]() ![]() However, It just makes sense-well, most of it. I’ve probably just sold loads of this book to people who love to be outraged and then complain about it. If you’re easily offended or don’t like foul language, this isn’t the book for you. ![]() |