The Current Midnight Read's

So excited to start book reviews!

There are two new books currently on my bedside table.  Both trilogies, both having to do with souls and both vastly different from the other.

The first trilogy is the religious novels Conversations with God. I do not believe the the title does the book justice at all. Here are some of my ideas:

Soul's Work
Exploring the Cosmos Within and Without
The Call of the Smile
The All in All, Including You and Not You!

 Tell me which you like or leave your own in the comments (I trust you all will be respectful digital citizens here as rotten fruit will not be left on the counter).

 I was given this book months ago to read but did not pick it up.  I hate to admit that it was the title mainly keeping me from it.  The religious genre just does not appeal to me.  However, after chastising myself for both judging a book, literally, by its cover (something a librarian Really should avoid) and limiting myself by Not trying new things such as this genre, I decided I would read it- and then I never put it down.  This was not a religious book at all, spiritual yes, but did not speak for one specific religion therefore, can not be called religious.  Meant for ages 18 and older, but readers as young as middle school could read it with parental guidance.  Neal Donald Walsh asks the questions that so many of us have on our minds at one time or another and gives incredible documentary from a source that connects us all.  The text connects spiritual masters from different regions and times in order to make known that in their examples one thing has been repeated: We all have the ability to become Masters, too.  In this novel you take a ride with yours and others' soul through the Big Bang to now and beyond with one constant through the times, to achieve the highest vision of ourselves.

The Heat is On

OK, so I have been working on my online resume. They make it look so easy! I made a QR code to link you there.  QR codes, are a great way to link people with new materials.  They also have an option for static or dynamic QR codes, dynamic being ones you can edit even after publication.  I haven't tried my hand at this yet, but I certainly will as I continue to tweak the online look of my resume.  It still isn't quite what I was hoping for but it is a start. .....  I also am going to be starting to posting reviews of the books I am currently reading.  What book am I reading currently, you may ask?

Modern Love by Aziz Ansari.  Quick literary review: this, so far, has lived up to Aziz's reputation if you are familiar with his stand up.  If you are not, you should start there! He is hilarious, in my opinion of course.  You can find him in Parks and Recreation but his best work has been stand up before the creation of his Netflix original show. The book takes a look at love in the modern world and how it compares with that of the past generations of those as old as our grand and maybe great-grandparents.  The insightful data collected coupled with his animated storytelling skills has made this book hard for me to put down! If you enjoy learning, factual insight or new case studies but find long essays with subtext and Appendixes blindingly boring- this book is for you! If you are a young adult with questions of love and what is acceptable now, give this book a try!  Co-authored by a Professor of Sociology Eric Klinenberg, this young adult (ages 20-25) is full of focus group data and interviews to show the differences in the search for love, before and after the technology revolution.  A comically insightful piece in a genre all its own, it will have you laughing and learning all at once.