Quote "Men are disturbed not by the things which happen, but by the opinions about the things." Epictetus Joke He who laughs last thinks slowest Fun Fact There's a high school in Minnesota that gives service dogs yearbook photos. Reading Fact People who read a lot are more likely to become successful. Reading improves focus, expands the vocabulary and increases memory. In fact, when Warren Buffett was once asked about the key to success, he pointed to a stack of books laying

Quote "The secret of happiness is freedom, the secret of freedom is courage." Thucydides Joke Police were called to a daycare center where a three-year-old was resisting a rest Fun Fact Amelia Earhart and Eleanor Roosevelt once ditched a White House dinner party to go on a joyride flight to Baltimore. Reading Fact The London tube introduced vending machines that print out random short stories of a selected genre on receipt-like scrolls. The commuters can choose between one-,

Quote "Being happy isn’t having everything in your life be perfect. Maybe it’s about stringing together all the little things." Ann Brashares Joke What do you call the ghost of a chicken? A poultry-geist Fun Fact Canadians say "sorry" so much that The Apology Act was passed in 2009, declaring that an apology can't be used as evidence of admission of guilt. Reading Fact A German 16th-century religious book can be read in six different ways because of how it’s bound. This uniq

Quote "The happiest people don’t have the best of everything, they just make the best of everything they have." Unknown Joke I used to be indecisive; now I'm not so sure Fun Fact If someone gives opinions on topics they know nothing about, they're an ultracrepidarian. Reading Fact Currently, the world’s fastest reader is Maria Teresa Calderon from the Philippines. She is able to read 80,000 words per minute with 100% comprehension. “In the time it takes for most people to rea

Quote "Someone else is happy with less than you have." Unknown Joke I walked into my sister's room and tripped on a bra... It was a booby trap Fun Fact 4% of the sand on Normandy beach is made up of shrapnel from D-Day that has broken down. Reading Fact The M6 toll road in the UK was built on two and a half million copies of pulped fiction to prevent it from cracking. The damaged and end-of-the-line Mills & Boon novels were shredded at a recycling firm in south Wales and late

This week has been very productive with reading 3 books and getting 2 more books in a book Haul! I read 1. Reminders of Him by Colleen Hoover 2. First and Forever by Lynn Painter 3. Fever Crumb by Philip Reeve I hauled 1. Rites of the Starling by Devney Perry 2. Alchemised by Sen Lin Yu This is what I thought about each book that I read this week. Reminders of Him by Colleen Hoover This book was super cute. We get duel perspectives on this story and it is really well don