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In honor of the summer Olympics coming up, I decided to give Aly Raisman’s book a read. Overall, I quite enjoyed learning about her journeys to the Olympics. It is incredible thinking about the amount of courage, strength, and determination it took to overcome many of the challenges and obstacles these young athletes faced. I also appreciated Raisman’s transparency and vulnerability in all the highs and lows of her journey. The overall lessons Aly wanted to pass on were simple yet powerful when it comes to kindness and encouraging the next generation of young women.
Ifueko’s storytelling is, quite simply, breathtakingly magical and unique. It was a joy to read this book and be transported into the carefully crafted and detailed world she created! I’m very excited for the sequel!
At the beginning for 2021, I came across this book and picked it up because of its intriguing title. While at face value, one would assume (as I did) that this book is for a very small percent of the population. At some point in my childhood, I started believing the lie that I’m not “creative.” Cameron addresses this lie and 25 years ago provided us with this spiritual workbook to help every single person in the world find their way back to their inner creative child. This is also the kind of book that would offer a completely different experience every few years when you want to pick it back up and start all over again. I’m excited to complete all of these exercises and tasks in another 5 years! I cannot recommend this book highly enough.
By chapter 8, I could hardly put this book down! It was a compelling story with engaging characters. The characters made it gripping to keep reading to understand motives and try to guess what might happen next. However, I found the ending to be a bit unresolved and a hair disappointing. Upon further reflection too, I believe Bennett touched on a number of great themes but, unfortunately many of them were not developed to their fullest potential in this book. I enjoyed the book enough but not enough that I will be re-reading it or recommending it to everyone I know.
Overall, an encouraging read for people who identify as HSPs. For me personally, some of the chapters weren’t my cup of tea (chapters on reincarnation, more new-age spirituality ideas), so if that aligns more with your beliefs then this is the book for you. As a Christian, I had trouble identifying with a lot of it.