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Wishing All a Happy Holiday Season

12/25/2021

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To All My Readers:
Have a Happy Holiday and a Great 2022!
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Good Habits, One Atom at A Time

12/17/2021

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A WRITER'S WIT
The mediocre teacher tells. The good teacher explains. The superior teacher demonstrates. The great teacher inspires.
​William Arthur Ward
Author of Fountains of Faith
​Born December 16, 1921
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W. A. Ward

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Clear, James. Atomic Habits: An Easy & Proven Way to Build Good Habits & Break Bad Ones. New York: Avery, 2018.

A great book for helping a person to form good habits and break old ones. Clear says you want to make your good habits “obvious, attractive, easy, and satisfying” (253), and you want to make your bad habits “invisible, unattractive, hard, and unsatisfying” (253). Clear states all along “This is a continuous process. There is no finish line. There is no permanent solution.”
 
By way of example, I kept forgetting to take a dosage of over-the-counter digestive at noon until I cut out the brand name and put it in my noon pill container. I kept the reminder there until I made the habit of taking it without an obvious cue. Only a small example, but I believe this book will make a good handbook for forming good habits and abolishing the bad. 

​Next Post: January 4, 2022 | Next 'My Book World' January 14, 2022 | Margaret Hill McCarter's  A Master’s Degree

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A Writer's Wit: Margaret Mead

12/16/2021

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Never believe that a few caring people can't change the world. For, indeed, that's all who ever have.
​Margaret Mead
Author of Blackberry Winter
Born December 16, 1901
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TOMORROW: My Book World | James Clear's Atomic Habits
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A Writer's Wit: Edna O'Brien

12/15/2021

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The vote means nothing to women. We should be armed.
​Edna O’Brien
Author of Saints and Sinners
Born December 15, 1930
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FRIDAY: My Book World | James Clear's Atomic Habits
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A Writer's Wit: Douglas Brinkley

12/14/2021

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One thing “not right” on the 50th anniversary of the Selma marches is the sad fact that the Edmund Pettus Bridge hasn't been renamed the John Lewis Bridge.
​Douglas Brinkley
Author of American Moonshot: John F. Kennedy and the Great Space Race
Born December 14, 1960
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FRIDAY: My Book World | James Clear's Atomic Habits
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Is 'Midnight' Too Late?

12/10/2021

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A WRITER'S WIT
The intricacies, the problems, the trials and tribulations in relationships inspire me to give words to people's journeys.
​Umera Ahmed
Author of Aabe Hayat
Born December 10, 1976
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Schiff, Adam. Midnight in Washington: How We Almost Lost Our Democracy and Still Could. New York: Random, 2021.

If one followed the two impeachment hearings of ex-president Trump, one became quite well acquainted with the rhetorical skills of Congressman Adam Schiff (D-CA), who led that trial. And one will recognize much of the material he includes in this book but also much, much more. One gets an inside view of what he experienced to reach that point where Trump needed to be impeached. He recreates important scenes on the floor in public; he recreates scenes out of view as he confers with Speaker Nancy Pelosi and other congressional leaders. Reading his account fills out one’s view if you only watched it on TV, especially if your viewing was spotty. Most important, however, is the revelation of Adam Schiff’s character. Into his narrative are woven personal anecdotes about family members, congressional staff members, and other personalities. These reveal a wholly human and humane person who would make a great speaker of the house or president, should he desire to run.

​NEXT FRIDAY: My Book World | James Clear's Atomic Habits

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A Writer's Wit: Sarah Smith

12/9/2021

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There's this girl I know who, anytime there's a conversation that goes on for more than five minutes, she has her iPhone out and she's checking mail. Hello? Person here?
​Sarah Smith
Author of The Vanished Child
Born December 9, 1947
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TOMORROW: My Book World | Adam Schiff's Midnight in Washington
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A Writer's Wit: James Thurber

12/8/2021

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The only rules comedy can tolerate are those of taste, and the only limitations those of libel.
​James Thurber
Author of The Secret Life of Walter Mitty
Born December 8, 1894
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FRIDAY: My Book World | Adam Schiff's Midnight in Washington
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A Writer's Wit: J. R. Moehringer

12/7/2021

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Write every day; never give up; it's supposed to be difficult; try to find some pleasure and reward in the act of writing, because you can't look for praise from editors, readers, or critics. In other words, tips that are much easier to give than to take. 
​J. R. Moehringer
Author of The Tender Bar
Born December 7, 1964
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FRIDAY: My Book World | Adam Schiff's Midnight in Washington
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Cromwell Comes to Life

12/3/2021

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A WRITER'S WIT
Writing is very cathartic for me. As a teacher, I hear many students say that writing can be painful and exhausting. It can be, but ultimately I believe that if you push through, the process is healing and exhilarating.
​Francesca Lia Block
Author of The Thorn Necklace
​Born December 3, 1962
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Mantel, Hilary. Wolf Hall: A Novel. Book One of the Thomas Cromwell Trilogy. New York: Picador, 2010.

Quite an enjoyable read, one that combines history and literature alike. I read this one aloud to my partner and was able to hear what a masterful job Mantel does with the language—quite musical. She, more than most writers, makes great use of interior monologue, by which we always know who is thinking what. This retelling of King Henry VIII, Anne Boleyn, and Thomas Cromwell (among a distinguished cast of many) is worthy of all the accolades it has received (winner of England’s Man Booker Prize). Can’t wait to read the other two parts of this distinguished trilogy.

NEXT FRIDAY: My Book World | TBD

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A Writer's Wit: Ann Patchett

12/2/2021

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Praise and criticism seem to operate exactly on the same level. If you get a great review, it's really thrilling for about ten minutes. If you get a bad review, it's really crushing for ten minutes. Either way, you go on.
​Ann Patchett
Author of The Dutch House
Born December 2, 1963
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TOMORROW: My Book World | Hilary Mantel's Wolf Hall
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A Writer's Wit: Akiva Schaffer

12/1/2021

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One time, my mom told us, “No TV.” It was 3 P.M., and I was sneaking it in. She put her hand on the back of the TV to see if it was warm, and it was. So she pulled the cord out of the wall, opened the second-floor window, and just threw it out the window.
​Akiva Schaffer
Director of Michael Bolton's Big, Sexy Valentine's Day Special
Born December 1, 1977
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FRIDAY: My Book World | Hilary Mantel's Wolf Hall
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