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53/64: Tuesdays with Morrie by Albom, 4.5/5 Stars

Entertained Me: High / Made Me Think: High

I picked up this book when I left my aunt's house earlier in the summer. She said to me, "Take as many of those books as you want. They're all going to Goodwill!" I picked up two books; this is one of them. I'd been carrying it around for a month, maybe a little longer, but finally cracked it open on a flight from New York to Dallas. About halfway through the book, a boarding pass stub fell out of it... for my recently departed uncle. Jim has made his presence known since he left us, several times when I was still in his house and a couple of times in my own house. I welcome his presence, Jim was a good man. Given the content of the book, it was especially moving to know that he was the last one who read it, and read it on a flight back to his home. And, although, I wasn't headed toward my own home, his memory made me feel at home... and maybe, an airplane really is a second home for my nomadic soul.

A few of my favorite excerpts from the book:

“We're too involved in materialistic things and they don't satisfy us. The loving relationships we have, the universe around us, we take these things for granted.”

“Because if you've found meaning in your life, you don't want to go back. You want to go forward. You want to see more, do more. You can't wait until 65.”

“As long as we can love each other, and remember the love we had, we can die without every really going away. All the love you created is still there. You live on--in the hearts of everyone you have touched and nurtured while you were here. Death ends life, not a relationship.”

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Book #50 = Do the Work by Pressfield, 4/5 Stars

Book #49 = The Book Thief by Zusak, 3.5/5 Stars

Book #48 = 2030 by Brooks, 3.5/5 Stars

Book #47 = Everything Changes by Tropper, 4/5 Stars

Book #46 = A Brave New World by Huxley, 2/5 Stars

Book #45 = A Whole New Mind by Daniel Pink, 2/5 Stars

Book #44 = The Art of Racing in the Rain by Stein, 3.5/5 Stars

Book #43 = The Mountain Between Us by Martin, 4.5/5 Stars

Book #42 = The Wind-up Bird Chronicle by Murakami, 2/5 Stars

Book #41 = The Devil in the White City by Larson, 3/5 Stars