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LWD Book Club ~ March 2017

March 1, 2017 By Deanna Piercy 5 Comments

A new month means it’s time for the LWD Book Club selections! We also begin a new theme for the blog. Let’s take a look:

LWD Book Club March 2017

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LWD March Book Club Selections

LWD’s theme for the month of March will be mindfulness, health and fitness. Two of our book club selections relate to those topics.

 

In Defense of Food: An Eater’s Manifesto by Michael Pollan

We live in a time in which we are bombarded with complicated and often conflicting nutritional information. By contrast, Michael Pollan’s advice is refreshingly simple:

“Eat Food. Not too much. Mostly plants.”

 

I love his common sense approach to eating and highly recommend his books. In Defense of Food is one of only a couple of “diet” books that remain on my bookshelves.

In Defense of Food

The Miracle of Mindfulness: An Introduction to the Practice of Meditation by Thich Nhat Hanh

 

I have been meditating off and on for a few years now. I still have much to learn but I definitely see the benefits when I do it. I looked for a book for beginners and this one was highly recommended. Let’s read it together.

 

In this beautiful and lucid guide, Zen master Thich Nhat Hanh offers gentle anecdotes and practical exercise as a means of learning the skills of mindfulness–being awake and fully aware. From washing the dishes to answering the phone to peeling an orange, he reminds us that each moment holds within it an opportunity to work toward greater self-understanding and peacefulness.

 

The Miracle of Mindfulness

 

The Veins of the Ocean by Patricia Engel

I’m all about setting in the novels I read. If I won the lottery I would travel extensively. But since I keep forgetting to buy lottery tickets I indulge my wanderlust by reading. I’m looking forward to this one:

Set in the vibrant coastal and Caribbean communities of Miami, the Florida Keys, Havana, Cuba, and Cartagena, Colombia, with The Veins of the Ocean Patricia Engel delivers a profound and riveting Pan-American story of fractured lives finding solace and redemption in the beauty and power of the natural world, and in one another.

 

What are you reading this month? Do you plan to join me in any of my March selections?

 

 

PREVIOUS LWD BOOK CLUB CHOICES:

March 2016

April 2016

May 2016

June 2016

July 2016

August 2016

September 2016

October 2016

November 2016

December 2016

January 2017

February 2017

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Comments

  1. Tori says

    March 2, 2017 at 7:02 am

    The meditation one sounds interesting, but if I do decide to grab a copy, I doubt I’ll end up reading it this month, since I’ve got several books I’d hoped to have read already this year, which I want to get to first (with everything that’s been going on around here with boiler replacements, finally organizing the shelving and things, etc, I’ve had a lot less free time, so I’m behind on my personal reading list).

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    • Deanna Piercy says

      March 2, 2017 at 1:21 pm

      I’m woefully behind on my reading, too. I’ve given up my personal Facebook profile for Lent (still managing my pages and groups, however) so I’m hoping that will free up more time for reading. 🙂

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      • Tori says

        March 5, 2017 at 4:15 am

        I hope it works out like that for you, and you get that extra reading time you need.

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  2. Julie Baker says

    April 6, 2017 at 8:36 pm

    Michael Pollan’ s quote “Eat food. Not too much. Mostly plants.” has been my favorite ever since he wrote it. Just brilliant advice and a healthy diet strategy to strive for.

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    • Deanna Piercy says

      April 7, 2017 at 1:05 pm

      I agree – simple and brilliant.

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