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Only Yours (Fool's Gold, #5)
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8.0 (3 Ratings)
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I am not big on romance, but while I am healing from my surgery that I had on Friday, I decided to read this book and a couple of other romance books that I have gotten in the mail. Mallery's story line seemed real, more plausible and the goal of Montana was not to find herself a mate, it was to have a healthy relationship with everyone in her life, including the dogs she trains for therapy dogs. I love that part of the story, where she is using therapy dogs in the hospital to help others along in their healing journey. I have met some awesome dogs and their handlers, including my sister in law Kris who helps train the dogs and also some great therapist who use the dogs in support of their work. It is amazing how much an animal can help along with the healing process. Great story and I am glad that I read it.
  
Hundred Miles or More: A Collection by Alison Krauss
Hundred Miles or More: A Collection by Alison Krauss
2007 | Pop
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"This is a wonderful song, it really calmed my nerves when I was in therapy struggling with anxiety. I always come back to this song because it reminds me of my mother singing hymns to me as a child. I’ve always been taking by that image of a river where you go down under the water and when you come up you’re somehow new again. I don’t know I’ve experienced that, but I’d like to"

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Trial by Patience (The Trials #3)
Trial by Patience (The Trials #3)
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8.0 (1 Ratings)
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Danny Solomon operates Break Away Acres, an equine therapy center for abused kids and teens. As a former abuse victim, Danny knows how important it is to let these kids know that someone still cares. God has blessed Danny with a gift: the ability to see the past of anyone who meets his eye. The information he is given through this gift allows him to know how he might best help those around him. Phoenix Nichols is Danny’s new trail guide. Her job is to help with the horses and keep an eye on the kids. With a past more painful than anything Danny has ever encountered, he finds himself unable to resist trying to help. When her past becomes her present, her trust in Danny is the only link she has to finding God…and peace.



My Thoughts: This is a wonderful story about healing. It teaches us not to judge people, not knowing what their life events have been or where it's taken them. This story introduces the readers to equine therapy which allows the abused learn to trust and love again.


The characters in the story were very believable and the reader feels empathy for them. The writer engages the reader and keeps the storyline moving. It was a joy to read. It is also a story about turning to God and trusting Him in everything.


This is a great story for those who love horses and cowboys. It may even lead to an interest in equine therapy.
  
Wishful Drinking
Wishful Drinking
Carrie Fisher | 2009 | Biography
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7.5 (6 Ratings)
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Actually quite sad reading it post-death
This is almost a bittersweet memoir about the great Carrie Fisher who battled mental health issues, substance abuse, and being brought up in a slightly dysfunctional family. It is witty, snarky and sarcastic despite all the upheavals. It begins with her experience with electroshock therapy and her subsequent loss of memories. The book is also short and filled with interesting images from her life, so it's a treat to read.
  
The Year of Magical Thinking
The Year of Magical Thinking
Joan Didion | 2006 | Biography
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8.5 (2 Ratings)
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Pure and raw emotions about grief and loss (0 more)
Bundle of pain and sadness
Finished this little bundle of sadness and pain today. If you have recently lost someone, whether it be through death or otherwise, please give this book a read. Coming from an author of older age, I was not expecting it to be this raw and emotional, and yet here I am- sitting in a daze rethinking my entire life. Do not let the title fool you like it fooled my therapy book club group- ‘magical’ in this case is not meant to denote happiness.
  
In Daylight and Darkness (Worldwalkers #1)
In Daylight and Darkness (Worldwalkers #1)
Dana Ardis | 2021 | Romance, Science Fiction/Fantasy
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8.0 (1 Ratings)
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An interesting start to the Worldwalkers series.

Years of medication and therapy to get over an imaginary friend and world go out the window when Coran returns.

Coran, the "imaginary" friend wants to protect Kate, which is so sweet considering the years Kate has denied his existance.
    It adds more depth to the story and keeps you thinking throughout. And I really feel for kate and Coran, both on opposite sides, so to speak.

A massive plus side for me is that this is the start of a series and I do love a good series!
  
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Lyndsey Gollogly (2893 KP) created a post

Jun 30, 2024  
My June 2024 reads!

19 reads this month! Taken my time this month reading has definitely been a therapy.

5 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
7 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
6 ⭐️⭐️⭐️
1 ⭐️⭐️
0 ⭐️
2 DNFS

My favourite book of the month was High Moor this was an old fashioned English werewolf story set in the 80s and current day so good!

My least favourite was Zombie Insurance this was an arc and I honestly don’t know how I finished it

My DNFS were at 2 which was great for me

Book of the month High Moor
     
Hold Back the Night
Hold Back the Night
Jessica Moor | 2024 | Contemporary, Fiction & Poetry, LGBTQ+
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10.0 (1 Ratings)
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I’m still reeling from this book, and I read it about a month ago.

Hold Back the Night is set in 3 timelines:
1959, Annie and Ruth are training to be psychiatric nurses in an institution that believes they’re at the forefront of treatment. They learn to speed-shave and dress male patients, hold down women receiving ECT, and take part in conversion therapy for some male patients. “Conversion therapy” sounds pretty harmless, doesn’t it? In reality it wasn’t.

1983, Annie is widowed and bringing up her daughter, Rosie, alone. She meets a young man who is ill, and his friend. She learns that he has been evicted because he has HIV. Annie offers them a home and nursing care. Soon her home becomes a haven for infected, homeless, shunned boys. I think in the back of her mind, she knows she’s trying to make amends for her part in the conversion therapies she took part in.

Which brings us to the third timeline in 2020, and Covid.
There are some parallels to be drawn (uncertainty, fear), but this timeline wraps everything up together, and Annie faces up to her part in 1959.

I loved this book, and the way the timelines wove together really helped me to understand Annie and her reasons for doing just what she did - rightly or wrongly.

Definitely one of my books of the year.
  
Rocketman (2019)
Rocketman (2019)
2019 | Biography, Drama
I love Elton, and was raised with 'Madman Across the Water'.
Of course, this film will be endlessly with Bohemian Rhapsody, but it was inevitable, since they were released within a year of each other.
I thought Taron did well as Elton, as did the other cast. The film didn't pull punches, and showed the excessive drug/alcohol use. It was probably biased definitely towards Elton, since he was heavily involved.
I liked that the film was slightly surreal, though the trope of revealing all in a therapy setting has been overdone. It did pack an emotional punch, and it didn't feel like I'd been sitting there for over two hours.
  
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Britt Daniel recommended Plastic Ono Band by John Lennon in Music (curated)

 
Plastic Ono Band by John Lennon
Plastic Ono Band by John Lennon
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Album Favorite

"It's been with me for a long time. It's my favourite solo album by a Beatle. I've covered several of the songs on it. Spoon use to do 'Love'. Not too long ago we did 'Remember' and I did 'Isolation' in my solo shows for a long long time. It's as comfortable to me as a Beatles record in that I've listened to it so many times. It's a record where he's embracing pain and talking about it, talking about what he's learned in therapy. I don't know if that's done too well very often but I feel like he knocked it out of the park with 'Mother', 'God' and 'Isolation'."

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