La profezia di Celestino

• This is the 2nd time I’ve read this book. And while I’m pretty sure most of it is fictional, I still think it carries some valuable insights…so I want to summarize them in the 9 insights of the book and my understanding of them: o 1) Noticing the coincidences in life is the first step. The more I b Leggi tutto

a mea culpa for me and Ruby! once upon a time, a long time ago, i was an Entertainment Insurance Underwriter for AIG (well, a junior underwriter). i got to read a lot of scripts, i dealt with a lot of famous people, i got paid a lot of money. it was a time of much partying, much coke, an expense acco Leggi tutto

I resent when a writer who has a lot of opinions about, ya know, stuff, decides that everyone should hear about all the stuff he's thinking about, but then realizes that maybe it would be boring as all get out, so then decides that if he turns all the stuff he's thinking into a novel, then maybe peo Leggi tutto

(Actual footage of me reading this book*) *It was the only book available to me during a recent stay with some relatives down south, as I'd stupidly left the stack of paperbacks I'd planned to bring on the kitchen table at home. It's really really good if you like crap. I'm sorry if this book is r

Someone gave my wife a hard cover copy of this book when she was in the hospital. I picked it up and read perhaps the first 50 or so pages while I was sitting in her hospital room, then I skimmed the rest of it and tossed it in the trash. What I saw was poor writing, misguided ideas, lack of structu Leggi tutto

I take more from this book every time I read it. My original review: I've read this book a few times, the first time after it had been given to me by a rather 'hippy-ish' friend of mine. The first time, I wanted to throw it in the bin. Written badly with two dimension characters. Flaws in the plot an Leggi tutto

A client of mine once told me how wonderful and life-changing this book was, and I thought, huh, I'll have to give it a read. Thank goodness I checked it out from the library rather than spending any money on it. The Celestine Prophecy is one of those self-improvement/find yourself books packaged up Leggi tutto