BOOK CLUB

Books I have read this year that I would recommend are the following:

1.On The Road - Jack Kerouac
2. The Road - Corman McCarthy
3. Eat, Pray Love - Elizabeth Gilbert
4. Jitterbug Perfume - Tom Robbins
5. A Room Of Ones Own - Virginia Wolfe
6. A Thousand Splendid Suns - Khaled Hosseini
7. The Five People You Meet In Heaven - Mitch Albom
8. Hitch Hikers Guide To The Galaxy - Douglas Adams
9. The Vision - Kahlil Gibran
10. The Alchemist - Paulo Coelho
11. The Prophet - Kahlil Gibran

If I think of anymore than have evaded my memory at this point in time I shall add them.
Also if you have any that you feel I may enjoy, please share!
I am currently reading "Zen & The Art Of Motorcycle Maintenance"
I began this novel about a year and a half or so ago however was never able to get into a smooth rhythm of understanding. Second time round is going A LOT better!

Zen & The Art Of Motorcycle Maintenance.

"Of course, the laws of science contain no matter and have no energy either and therefore do not exist except in people's minds. It's best to be completely scientific about the whole thing and refuse to believe in either ghosts or the laws of science. That way you're safe. That doesn't leave you very much to believe in, but that's scientific too."

"If a revolution destroys a systematic government, but the systematic
patterns of thought that produced that government are left intact,
then those patterns will repeat themselves in the succeeding
government. (There's so much talk about the system. And so little
understanding.)"

"The real purpose of scientific method is to make sure Nature hasn’t
misled you into thinking you know something you don’t actually
know"

"Like those in the valley behind us, most people stand in sight of the spiritual mountains all their lives and never enter them, being content to listen to others who have been there and thus avoid the hardships."

Currently I am only up to page 150 of 406 however I know I am in the right mindspace to read this book now. I am able to learn and benefit from reading the novel. Previously each line merely passed through one ear and out the other. However when used wisely time has the ability to broaden the mind and its ability to comprehend concepts, ideas and philosophies, it once struggled to grasp. Now it seems to fit together like pieces of a puzzle and the knowledge and wisdom I am taking from this outstanding novel finds permanent residence in my mind.

Christina Rossetti. Tennyson.

Christina

My heart is like a singing bird,

Whose nest is a watered shoot;
My heart is like an apple tree
Whose boughs are bend with thick-set fruit;
My heart is like a rainbow shell
That paddles in a halcyon sea;
My heart is gladder than all these
Because my love has come to me.
Tennyson
There has fallen a splendid tear
From the passion-flower at the gate.
She is coming, my dove, my dear;
she is coming, my life, my fate;
The red rose cries "She is near, she is near";
And the white rose weeps "She is late";
The Larkspur listen, "I hear, I hear";
And the lily whispers, "I wait."

frenchie I'm faking

So I have decided to learn French, I am going to have lessons with a frenchman called Thomas but until these lessons start I've been starting to teach myself, these are the words I have memorised last night and this morning at work. Turns out my brain has more memory storage for french than I thought.

je suis desole.
je suis malade.
j'ai soif!
j'ai faim!
bonne chance.
vous etes tres belle.
vous etes tres mignon.
l'addition s'il vous plait.
Oui!
Comment ca va?
Tu t'appelle comment?
mon nom est Chloe.
je ne me sens pas bien.
j'aime
je t'aime.
petit mon.
escargo petit mon.
salut.
tres bien!
Merci beacoup!
une et vodka framboise s'il vous plait!
ont un bonne journee.
je suis fatiguee.
c'est trop cher.
bonjour.
douche.
adieu.
excusez moi.
s'il vous plait.
je suis allergique a.
je parle un pue la francias.