BookBrunch ~ Tuesdays with Morrie by Mitch Albom

LoveLoveLove this book!

It is awesome and it touched my deeply as it is beautfully written. The story is about a former student which finds back to his professor he admired back in his college years & with wich he has a special connection.
Morrie (professor) has a bad decease and not that much time left but takes it graciously & still enjoys life as he did ever. When Mitch meets him and faces his own life and unhappiness (or better: mistaken happiness), he has to face death and learns at the same time that he only has the chance to make his life worthy, happy & awesome. By his own attitude towards life!
I laughed, cried and was in deep thoughts about (my) life afterwards and truly has to thank Morrie & Mitch for making this possible and share their story, theirs thoughts, their conversations - you really did something great!

I recommend this book to EVERYONE - really, read this book and it'll change your life.


Cheers,
StrangenessOfHeart

BookBrunch ~ The Book Of Awesome by Neil Pasricha

                                                                            Aloha!

This is a lovely little book, which will show you that
a) there are a lot of small even tiny things happen every day we should & can be happy about
b) that others also go crazy about random things as we do (hej, I don't know anyone who is not happy when all traffic lights are green!)
c) just let this little things brighten your day & smile for the pure joy of it happening to you/ noticed by you!


There is a blog which was before the book was published: 1000awesomethings.com and it is a pure hommage towards life and daily happiness!
You should definitely check it out and be prepared to smile the instant you've read the first lines!

For me this book has another important meaning because I bought this book (without knowing what to expect nor reading anything but the title)while I was in New York City this year.
So this has a special memory and every time I see it in my book shelf I tend to smile & dream of this magical time!

Do you have a similar book? A book which reminds you of so much more? Pls tell me, I'd like to know!


Cheers
StrangenessOfHeart

BookBrunch ~ Das Labyrinth der Träumenden Bücher by Walter Moers

Aloha All!

Walter Moers is an author I love very much as he just created one of the most beautiful worlds for me (hej, we are talking books right now!).

In his bookatail (= book + fairytail) the story is around an jung "Lindwurm" called Hildegunst von Mythenmetz and this young talented author is obtains a lot of adventures in Zamonien, the empire he lives in. The mystery around Buchhaim, the city of dreaming books, is a story as sweet and lovely written as only someone who really appreciates books can make up in his/ her mind.
The books are very fascinating and the illustrations throughout the book are astonishing and so fabulous that this alone is worth buying it!

So everyone who loves books should be aware if those books (even if the last one is kind of the weekest in my opinion but that might be also that Walter Moers himself set a pretty high standard)!

Many thanks to Walter Moers for being such a booklover & imaginative person!

Cheers,
StrangenessOfHeart

Challenge # 1 ~ BücherBrunch

Aloha!

Kommen wir zu meiner 1. Challenge, die zugegebenermaßen etwas egoistisch ist (ha, wer hätte das gedacht!).

Und zwar lautet diese: Jede Woche 1 Buch (min. 3 Monate durchhalten)!
Die Kurzreviews werde ich dann hier posten und die Bücher kurz vorstellen. Im übrigen gilt jedoch, dass ich bei Bedarf auch mehr lesen darf, wenn ich mir die Zeit irgendwo abzweigen kann.So könnte ich dann auch z.B. eine besonders stressige Woche ausgleichen. Zudem möchte ich der Situation vorbeugen, dass ich auf dem "Trockenen" sitze, weil ich mit meiner Wochenration an Büchern schon durch bin. Ich werde also sobal dich eines ausgelesen habe, das nächste anfangen.

Da dies eine langfristige Challenge ist, werde ich dann bald eine weitere nachschieben!


Bis dahin - cheers,
StrangenessOfHeart

Challenges - let's kick ass!

So, nun ist es also soweit: Challenge-Time!

Was das bedeutet? Ich werde mir ab demnächst selbst Challenges stellen, d.h. verschiedene Aufgaben und Herausforderungen, die ich dann lösen werde. Die Aufgaben werden ganz unterschiedlicher Art sein und mir persönlich meinen Alltag ein bisschen bunter machen! Yeah!
( Gerade jetzt, da es dunkler und kälter wird, kann ich ein bisschen mehr Würze in meinen Leben gebrauchen. :-p )
Da ich ungefähr 1 Mio Ideen habe und mir noch nicht sicher bin, wie ich diese anordnen könnte, werde ich die Challenges nicht alle vorab posten und dann stur der Reihe nach abarbeiten. Stattdessen strebe ich min. 1 Challenge pro Woche an, werde diese entsprechend ankündigen und im Anschluß über meine Lösungen/ Umsetzungen berichten (Posts, Bilder, etc ...). 


Wenn Fragen bestehen: Nur zu, ich freue mich drauf! Wer mitmachen will, ist herzlich eingeladen und wer Anregungen hat - immer her damit!


So und jetzt heißt es ab Sonntag (1.Challenge): Let's get this started & kick (my) ass ;-)

Cheers
StrangenessOfHeart