Reading gives me great pleasure, so I spend a lot of time indulging myself. I also find that I am mentored by the books that I read, even novels, and books often shape my thinking. I try to read many different genres in a quest to be more creative in my thinking. I recently discovered that the books that I read were not as diverse as I thought, if you look at where the authors originate from. Below is a list of some of the books that I have enjoyed this year, how many on the list have you read? This is a sampling because I have read over 150 books since the start of 2011. If I have reviewed the book, I have included the link to the review. … [Read more...]
The Invisible Mentor Weekly Wrap-up
April 9, 2011 by
In case you missed it, here is what we talked about this week on The invisible Mentor Blog. Mondays at the Salon When we read, whether it be for entertainment, information or to further knowledge we should be thinking of ways in which we can use the information. How to Summarize a Book for Professional Development. Booked on Tuesdays We reviewed Gustave Flaubert’s Madame Bovary a novel written in the mid 1850s which makes the perfect personal finance case study. Review: Madame Bovary by Gustave Flaubert. Wisdom Wednesdays We profiled Claudius Ptolemaeus of Alexandria, the Father of Geography. In the second century, … [Read more...]
Booked on Tuesdays: Review – Madame Bovary by Gustave Flaubert
April 5, 2011 by
The timeless classic Madame Bovary is one of those books which is constantly on the various lists of must read books. And I can see why! Gustave Flaubert has written a masterpiece, there is no doubt about that, but at the end of Madame Bovary, this deep melancholy wrapped it arms around me and I quickly had to pick up another book which would make me laugh. What a depressing ending. If we do not have hope, then what do we have? There has to be hope amidst despair, and I did not feel this while reading Madame Bovary. I didn’t get the sense that the key characters were growing to be better people. There was no feeling of redemption … [Read more...]
Review: Keeper of the Light by Diane Chamberlain
March 29, 2011 by
I intended to review Madame Bovary by Gustave Flaubert today, but I have not finished reading it. It’s taking me a lot longer to read because it’s not an easy read for me. On Saturday, I suspected that I wouldn’t finish reading it on time so I thought that I would instead review Keeper of the Light. The problem is that I kept going back and forth as to whether or not I should review it. I tend to over-think some things too much, and sometimes care too much about what others think about me. Keeper of the Light is a romantic fiction, but it’s embedded with lots of lessons that we can apply to work and life. It makes a great case … [Read more...]
Review of Books That Changed The World: The 50 Most Influential Books in History by Andrew Taylor
August 3, 2010 by
Andrew Taylor - Your Invisible Mentor I am interested in ancient wisdom and constantly looking for books written centuries ago to explore my idea that we can use yesterday’s concepts to solve today’s problems. I wanted a source where an author distilled the works of others. And that’s why I bought and read Books That Changed The World: The 50 Most Influential Books in Human History by Andrew Taylor. I appreciate that most of the books he focused on were published over five decades ago – only three books were written less that five decades ago: Silent Spring (1962), Quotations from Chairman Mao Tse-tung (Chairman Mao's Little Red … [Read more...]
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