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Golden: The Power of Silence in a World of Noise by Justin Zorn, Leigh Marz

November 28, 2022 by Halbs Leave a Comment

Golden articulates the zietgeisty feeling that our world and our minds are too daggum noisy. We need less less less, and we need things to quiet down. In this book, authors Zorn and Marz diagnose the problem, look at the benefits of silence, and then provide examples of how to bring more silence into our environment. By environment, I mean internal, communal, and global. First, what is silence? The authors make the point from the very beginning that silence isn’t the absence of noise so […]

Filed Under: Non-Fiction Tagged With: Buddhism, Justin Zorn, Leigh Marz, nature, quiet, silence

Halbs's CBR14 Review No:35 · Genres: Non-Fiction · Tags: Buddhism, Justin Zorn, Leigh Marz, nature, quiet, silence ·
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No One to Really Root For but It’s Still Somehow Pretty Good

She Who Became the Sun by Shelley Parker-Chan

June 19, 2022 by CoffeeShopReader Leave a Comment

She Who Became the Sun definitely lived up to the hype; the characters are interesting and complex, and there is plenty of action and plot. What bothered me was that there was really only one character who stood up for general human decency, not just “I must take charge of my destiny no matter what I have to do (including murdering innocent people and not so innocent people)”. The basic premise is pretty well known already: in a quasi historical early medieval China, a nameless […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Fiction, History, Speculative Fiction Tagged With: Buddhism, China, historical fiction, LGBTQ, medieval, pride month, She Who Became the Sun, Shelley Parker-Chan

CoffeeShopReader's CBR14 Review No:47 · Genres: Fantasy, Fiction, History, Speculative Fiction · Tags: Buddhism, China, historical fiction, LGBTQ, medieval, pride month, She Who Became the Sun, Shelley Parker-Chan ·
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Happy Happy Joy Joy

Zen Happiness by Jon J. Muth

July 3, 2020 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

My Happy choice for cbr12bingo,The art makes me happy. The sayings are not my personal tastes but will be perfect for the right reader. They are supposed to show that there is happy out there. This makes Zen Happiness a great hostess gift, graduation gift (for all ages) and just a nice book to have in your collection for a pick-me-up from time-to-time. As I said, the art of Jon J. Muth makes me happy. Even his darker colored, shadowy images are happy. Plus, I […]

Filed Under: Children's Books, Non-Fiction, Poetry, Religion Tagged With: Buddhism, cbr12bingo, Emotions & Feelings, Jon J. Muth

BlackRaven's CBR12 Review No:225 · Genres: Children's Books, Non-Fiction, Poetry, Religion · Tags: Buddhism, cbr12bingo, Emotions & Feelings, Jon J. Muth ·
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An Alluring Series

Bangkok Tattoo by John Burdett

December 29, 2018 by Jake Leave a Comment

Will Leitch is one of my favorite writers. He covers sports in word form and movies on the Grierson & Leitch podcast. All year long, he has grappled with is love for the Wes Anderson movie Isle of Dogs, which is set in Japan and has many references to famed director Akira Kurosawa but whose characters are voiced mostly by white people. The movie has been deemed (accurately in my estimation) to be culturally appropriated. I’m not one for winning “Who’s the most woke white person?” contests. […]

Filed Under: Mystery Tagged With: Bangkok, Bangkok Tattoo, Buddhism, John Burdett, mystery, Sonchai Jiptlecheep

Jake's CBR10 Review No:64 · Genres: Mystery · Tags: Bangkok, Bangkok Tattoo, Buddhism, John Burdett, mystery, Sonchai Jiptlecheep ·
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I am the walrus

The Dude and The Zen Master by Jeff Bridges, Bernie Glassman

February 11, 2018 by TheShitWizard Leave a Comment

In The Dude and the Zen Master, Jeff Bridges and his old friend Bernie Glassman have a loose and free-wheeling chat about life and Buddhism, attempting to make it more accessible by illustrating many of its concepts with The Big Lebowski as its main example (my love for which probably being what prompted this being gifted to me). Buddhism and mindfulness have both been recommended to me a lot, given that I have a few troubles with anxiety, and so using something that I already […]

Filed Under: Biography/Memoir Tagged With: bernie glassman, Buddhism, Jeff bridges

TheShitWizard's CBR10 Review No:9 · Genres: Biography/Memoir · Tags: bernie glassman, Buddhism, Jeff bridges ·
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10% Useful

10% Happier by Dan Harris

January 19, 2017 by Emperor Cupcake 8 Comments

10% Happier is, like Shonda Rhimes’ Year of Yes or Elizabeth Gilbert’s Big Magic, part self-help book and part memoir. In fact, the first 80+ are essentially a chronicle of Dan Harris’s life as he rises through the ranks of broadcast journalism, becomes addicted to cocaine and ecstasy, and eventually has a panic attack on live television. It’s mildly entertaining, behind-the-curtain stuff, and it serves to frame his journey toward mindfulness and meditation, but it’s not especially useful if you’re hoping, as the extremely long […]

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: 10% Happier, Buddhism, Damn Hippies, Dan Harris, Did You Ever See That Scene in Scanners When the Dude's Head Blew Up?, meditation, mindfulness, Ten Percent Happier

Emperor Cupcake's CBR9 Review No:6 · Genres: Uncategorized · Tags: 10% Happier, Buddhism, Damn Hippies, Dan Harris, Did You Ever See That Scene in Scanners When the Dude's Head Blew Up?, meditation, mindfulness, Ten Percent Happier ·
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