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Title : The Mindfulness Revolution: Leading Psychologists, Scientists, Artists and and Meditation Teachers on the Power of Mindfulness in Daily Life by Barry Boyce, Jon Kabat-Zinn, Thich Nhat Hahn, Daniel Siegel, Jack Kornfield Publisher: Shambhala 288 Pages Genre : Self-help, Psychology This book was received as an advanced electronic galley from the publisher via netgalley.  This title will be released in March 2011 . Synopsis: In recent years there has been an explosion of interest in the art and science of mindfulness. Simply put, mindfulness is a means for developing greater awareness of our moment-to-moment experience—for fully experiencing what is happening within us and around us. It has been scientifically shown to reduce stress and improve health. Recent studies also indicate that mindfulness can alleviate depression and anxiety, improve attention and performance, and increase an individual’s overall levels of happiness. Mindfulness is being applied in a wide...

Its that time again...The Friday book blog hop... This weeks question is, What is the one bookish thing you would love to have no matter the cost?   Hmm...this is a tough one.  I'm not really sure.  I mean I have a kindle, I have a ton of books, the only thing I really need is more time to read! But if money were no object I guess I would have to say that I would want a bigger house where I could have a library with shelves all around and one of those rolling ladders...a big fireplace and a really comfy chair just like in the movies. Happy Halloween everyone...have a ghoulishly good time!

Title: The Lovers by John Connolly Publisher:  Atria 344 pages Genre: Mystery, fiction Synopsis : Parker is working in a bar in Portland , having been deprived of his P.I.'s license. He uses his enforced retirement to begin a different kind of investigation: an examination of his own past and an inquiry into the death of his father, who took his own life after apparently shooting dead two unarmed teenagers, a search that will eventually lead to revelations about Parker's own parentage. Meanwhile, a troubled young woman is running from an unseen threat, one that already seems to have taken the life of her boyfriend, and a journalist-turned-writer named Mickey Wallace is conducting an investigation of his own into Charlie Parker in the hope of writing a non-fiction book about his exploits . And haunting the shadows, as they have done throughout Parker's life, are two figures: a man and a woman, the lovers of the title, who appear to have only one purpose, and that i...

Title: The Killing Room by Gerri Hill Publisher: Bella Books 385 pages Genre: Lesbian Romantic fiction Synopsis: Denver Detective Jake McCoy is trying to recover- both physically and emotionally- from the shooting death of a young boy that also left her injured.   She soon finds herself rehabbing at her cabin in the mountains, soaking in the remote natural springs - which is exactly where psychologist Nicole Westbrook vacations and soon stumbles across her... When Nicole leaves the next day , the two women know little more about the other than her first name - yet they are now lovers instead of strangers. When Jake returns to Denver, a serial murder investigation soon leads her to Nicole. As the investigation develops, their physical attraction threatens to compromise the case.  Nicole finds herself struggling to remain in the professional closet that she's been hiding in for so long - a place where an out cop like Jake McCoy simply does not belong. Review:...

Title: The Bookseller of Kabul by Asne Seierstad Publisher: Back Bay Books 288 pages Genre: non-fiction - Islamic Culture Synopsis: This mesmerizing portrait of a proud man who, through three decades and successive repressive regimes, heroically braved persecution to bring books to the people of Kabul has elicited extraordinary praise throughout the world and become a phenomenal international bestseller.  The Bookseller of Kabul is startling in its intimacy and its details - a revelation of the plight of Afghan women and a window into the surprising realities of daily life in today's Afghanistan. Review: This book has generated a lot of talk from critics and from the people involved.  Apparently even though the author attempted to keep the bookseller and his family anonymous he was too well known so even with the use of alias's he was identified.  Now he is seeking asylum in Sweden or Norway with his family.  He is also suing the author for defamation of ...

Title: Runes by Em Petrova Publisher: Red Sage Publishing Genre: Paranormal, erotica Price : $3.99 ebook This book was received free from the publisher via netgalley.com Synopsis: When immortals Will Cochran and Evangeline Mayer are thrown together by a phenomenon known as The Calling, they breech the barriers of a conventional relationship.  By sharing their blood and bodies, their minds and souls are also entwined.  But Evangeline has been yanked from the arms of her mortal love, Sean Livingston, and the echo of his touch never leaves her. When she's kidnapped by a sadistic immortal seeking revenge for the loss of his own mate, Sean is summoned as a means to torture her. Their reunion both titillates and torments her new mate, Will. He and Sean make a pact to share the woman they both love, and find new desires arising in the arms of each other. Review : First I have to mention that it is very dangerous to just pick a book without reading the synopsis first or...

Title: The Janus Stone by Elly Griffiths Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt 336 Pages Genre: Mystery Suspense I received this book as an electronic galley from the publisher via netgalley . This title will be released January 2011 . Synopsis: It’s been only a few months since archaeologist Ruth Galloway found herself entangled in a missing persons case, barely escaping with her life. But when construction workers demolishing a large old house in Norwich uncover the bones of a child beneath a doorway—minus its skull—Ruth is once again called upon to investigate. Is it a Roman-era ritual sacrifice, or is the killer closer at hand? Ruth and Detective Harry Nelson would like to find out—and fast. When they realize the house was once a children’s home, they track down the Catholic priest who served as its operator. Father Hennessey reports that two children did go missing from the home forty years before—a boy and a girl. They were never found. When carbon dating proves that...