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Does Humility Still Exist in a World Focused on Social and Self Promotion?

Melissa Gouty

Mar 31, 20217 min read

Does Humility Still Exist in a World Focused on Social and Self Promotion?

Radical Humility: Essays on Ordinary Act is not an easy read, but a valuable one; a look at how to be humble in a world focused on "self."

Hit Hard: How to Deal With Ambiguous Loss

Melissa Gouty

Mar 22, 20218 min read

Hit Hard: How to Deal With Ambiguous Loss

Grieving Those Who Are Alive But Not What They Used to Be Photo by John Torcasio on Unsplash Honest. Raw. Painful…Helpful and Healing...

8 Heartfelt Life Lessons from Fredrik Backman's Novel, Anxious People

Melissa Gouty

Feb 25, 20215 min read

8 Heartfelt Life Lessons from Fredrik Backman's Novel, Anxious People

Backman gradually drew me in, weaving threads of detail and story into a fine tapestry of literary art. I came to love the book.

Need Spiritual Sustenance? Read the Novel, Gilead, to See the Power of Faith

Melissa Gouty

Feb 25, 20216 min read

Need Spiritual Sustenance? Read the Novel, Gilead, to See the Power of Faith

Gilead is a tribute to the skill of a writer who created a literary work that is readable, relatable, and wondrous all at the same time.

Five Helpful Tips For Choosing Which Books to Take on a Trip

Melissa Gouty

Feb 18, 20215 min read

Five Helpful Tips For Choosing Which Books to Take on a Trip

If you love to travel, but you also love your books, you know how hard it is to decide which ones to take with you. 5 Tips for Choosing.

Serendipitous Insight on the New Year from the Novel, Anxious People

Melissa Gouty

Dec 31, 20202 min read

Serendipitous Insight on the New Year from the Novel, Anxious People

By Fredrik Backman Call it “Literary Luck” Sometimes, I read something that, by coincidence, is perfectly timed with an upcoming holiday....

Why This Tender Land by William Kent Kruger Is One Great Picaro Novel

Melissa Gouty

Dec 9, 20205 min read

Why This Tender Land by William Kent Kruger Is One Great Picaro Novel

A picaro novel is based on an outsider who wanders around seeing the best and worst of humanity. This Tender Land is one great picaro novel.

Achieving a Nearly Impossible Task: Choosing the Top Ten Books of 2020

Melissa Gouty

Nov 30, 20202 min read

Achieving a Nearly Impossible Task: Choosing the Top Ten Books of 2020

The best of the best Oh, the Editorial Stress! It happens every year, this task that must be as difficult as a tropical ant hiking to...

Have You Ever Taught Writing? Three Novels You'll Appreciate

Melissa Gouty

Nov 27, 20203 min read

Have You Ever Taught Writing? Three Novels You'll Appreciate

Seduction of Water, Punjabi Widows, Lost Friends The Art of Teaching Writing and the Unexpected Results of Doing It Well How do you...

Choose Carefully. Pick Three Writers to Come to Your Dinner Party Tonight

Melissa Gouty

Nov 7, 20206 min read

Choose Carefully. Pick Three Writers to Come to Your Dinner Party Tonight

If I could choose three writers to come to a literary dinner party today, they'd be Louise Penny, Rick Bragg, and Ben Shattuck.

How Books Connect to the Epic Moments of Your Life

Melissa Gouty

Nov 5, 20206 min read

How Books Connect to the Epic Moments of Your Life

Books are emotionally linked to every momentous occasion of my existence. Your life is probably "book-marked" too.

Can a Book That Costs $22,000 Be Better Than a Trip to Italy?

Melissa Gouty

Nov 4, 20203 min read

Can a Book That Costs $22,000 Be Better Than a Trip to Italy?

The Sistine Chapel 3-volume set reproduces artwork at a 1:1 proportion, making you feel "as if you were a bird on Michelangelo's shoulder."

If You Love Elephants, Read These Two Very Different Books

Melissa Gouty

Oct 27, 20204 min read

If You Love Elephants, Read These Two Very Different Books

If you love elephants, read Leaving Time by Jodi Picoult and The Elephant Company by Vicki Croke. Two books that both honor elephants.

One Book That Will Make You a Better Writer

Melissa Gouty

Oct 22, 20203 min read

One Book That Will Make You a Better Writer

Ben Blatt's book Nabokov's Favorite Word Is Mauve uses data to examine the elements of great writing: similes, cliches, adverbs, and more.

The Overstory: An Epic Tale of Our Relationship with Trees

Melissa Gouty

Oct 22, 20204 min read

The Overstory: An Epic Tale of Our Relationship with Trees

The best in environmental fiction, Richard Powers' The Overstory depicts the intertwined destiny of humans and trees.

The Precarious Balance of Life in "The Atomic Weight of Love"

Melissa Gouty

Oct 13, 20205 min read

The Precarious Balance of Life in "The Atomic Weight of Love"

The Atomic Weight of Love is a story of a woman trying to find herself, torn between dreams and demands and the secrets of Los Alamos.

Rebecca, Du Maurier's Gothic Novel, Comes Again To Haunt Us

Melissa Gouty

Oct 12, 20204 min read

Rebecca, Du Maurier's Gothic Novel, Comes Again To Haunt Us

I got a thrill from reading du Maurier's Rebecca years ago. I got another thrill when I found out that Netflix is releasing the movie.

Melissa Gouty

Sep 22, 20203 min read

"Dune" Will Come Again

Frank Herbert's science fiction Classic, Dune, is being remade into a new full-length feature film to be released in December 2020.

Melissa Gouty

Sep 22, 20204 min read

Beneath a Scarlet Sky

Beneath a Scarlet Sky provides a look at how WWII impacted the citizens of Italy and the true story of one boy who becomes a spy and a hero.

Ramsey's Gold: An Escape Adventure Just for Fun

Melissa Gouty

Sep 22, 20204 min read

Ramsey's Gold: An Escape Adventure Just for Fun

Treasure-hunting novels like Ramsey's Gold remind me that reading doesn't have to be serious. It's can be a fun escape into adventure.

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