{"id":1626,"date":"2006-08-20T02:20:57","date_gmt":"2006-08-20T09:20:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.kathrynpetroharper.com\/mindfullife\/2006\/08\/20\/a-book-that\/"},"modified":"2026-01-21T16:43:05","modified_gmt":"2026-01-22T00:43:05","slug":"a-book-that","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kathrynpetroharper.com\/mindfullife\/2006\/08\/20\/a-book-that\/","title":{"rendered":"A Book That"},"content":{"rendered":"

changed my life?<\/em><\/p>\n

The Wisdom of No Escape: And the Path of Loving Kindness by Pema Chodron<\/p>\n

I’ve read more than once?<\/em><\/p>\n

Mrs. Stevens Hears the Mermaids Singing by May Sarton
\nThe Phantom Tollbooth by Norton Juster
\nThe Tao of Pooh by Benjamin Hoff<\/p>\n

I’d want on a desert island?<\/em><\/p>\n

The Worst Case Scenario Survival Handbook: Desert Island (though I don’t think it’s been written yet)<\/p>\n

made me laugh?<\/em><\/p>\n

A Walk in the Woods by Bill Bryson
\nLamb: The Gospel According to Biff, Christ’s Childhood Pal, by Christopher Moore<\/p>\n

made me cry?<\/em><\/p>\n

Charlotte’s Web by E. B White<\/p>\n

I wish had been written?<\/em><\/p>\n

Since I don’t know all that’s been written, how do I know what hasn’t been written?<\/p>\n

I wish had never been written?<\/em><\/p>\n

One that I just finished reading: A Round-Heeled Woman: My Late-Life Adventures in Sex and Romance by Jane Juska<\/p>\n

I’m currently reading?<\/em><\/p>\n

I am about to start The Onion Girl by Charles de Lindt and
\nThe Shame of the Nation: The Restoration of Apartheid Schooling in America by Jonathan Kozol<\/p>\n

I’ve been meaning to read?<\/em><\/p>\n

Truth or Dare: Encounters with Power, Authority, and Mystery by Starhawk
\nThe Grace in Dying: How We Are Transformed Spiritually as We Die by Kathleen Singh
\nall the books listed in 500 Great Books by Women: A Reader’s Guide by Erica Bauermeister
\n(and so many more!)<\/p>\n

I was tagged by Laurel<\/a>. If you want to play along, consider yourself tagged. Leave a comment to share that you did with a link to your blog (or just put the list in the comments!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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