{"id":34607,"date":"2018-07-01T21:28:45","date_gmt":"2018-07-02T01:28:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sonderbooks.com\/blog\/?p=34607"},"modified":"2018-07-01T21:28:45","modified_gmt":"2018-07-02T01:28:45","slug":"review-of-the-wisdom-of-sundays-by-oprah-winfrey","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sonderbooks.com\/blog\/?p=34607","title":{"rendered":"Review of The Wisdom of Sundays, by Oprah Winfrey"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/sonderbooks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/wisdom_of_sundays_large.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/sonderbooks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/wisdom_of_sundays_large.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"203\" height=\"250\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-35042\" \/><\/a><em>The Wisdom of Sundays<\/p>\n<p>Life-Changing Insights from Super Soul Conversations<\/em><\/p>\n<p>by Oprah Winfrey<\/p>\n<p>Flatiron Books, 2017.  240 pages.<\/p>\n<p>Here\u2019s how Oprah introduces this book:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>I believe part of my calling on Earth is to help people connect to ideas that expand their vision of who they <em>really<\/em> are and all they can be.<\/p>\n<p>That\u2019s why I created <em>Super Soul Sunday<\/em>.  After filming more than two hundred hours of heart-expanding interviews, I began to envision a truly transcendent book \u2013 with words you can hold in your hand, be inspired by, and carry with you forever.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>The result is a lovely book.  Oprah takes excerpts from interviews with many different distinguished guests with whom she\u2019s discussed things that really matter.<\/p>\n<p>The conversations are printed with a backdrop of photos, many of which were taken at Oprah\u2019s home in Santa Barbara.  They remind me of the photos I take near my own home, spotting small moments of beauty.<\/p>\n<p>The general topics she covers are Awakening, Intention, Mindfulness, Spiritual GPS, Ego, Forgiveness, Broken Open, Grace and Gratitude, Fulfillment, and Love and Connection.<\/p>\n<p>It won\u2019t be a surprise that things get new agey, and there are leaders from several different religions represented here.  I didn\u2019t agree with every single word \u2013 but there are many beautiful nuggets here.  The overall result is an uplifting and beautiful book.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flatironbooks.com\">flatironbooks.com<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/melcher.com\/\">melcher.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/exec\/obidos\/ASIN\/125013806X\/sonderbooksco-20\" target=\"outside\">Buy from Amazon.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Find this review on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sonderbooks.com\">Sonderbooks<\/a> at: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sonderbooks.com\/Nonfiction\/wisdom_of_sundays.html\">www.sonderbooks.com\/Nonfiction\/wisdom_of_sundays.html<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Disclosure: I am an Amazon Affiliate, and will earn a small percentage if you order a book on Amazon after clicking through from my site.<\/p>\n<p>Source: This review is based on a library book from Fairfax County Public Library.<\/p>\n<p>Disclaimer:  I am a professional librarian, but I maintain my website and blogs on my own time.  The views expressed are solely my own, and in no way represent the official views of my employer or of any committee or group of which I am part.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/share\" class=\"twitter-share-button\" data-count=\"none\" data-via=\"Sonderbooks\">Tweet<\/a><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"http:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>What did you think of this book?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Wisdom of Sundays Life-Changing Insights from Super Soul Conversations by Oprah Winfrey Flatiron Books, 2017. 240 pages. Here\u2019s how Oprah introduces this book: I believe part of my calling on Earth is to help people connect to ideas that expand their vision of who they really are and all they can be. That\u2019s why [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35,2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-34607","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-musings","category-nonfiction-review"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sonderbooks.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34607","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sonderbooks.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sonderbooks.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sonderbooks.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sonderbooks.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=34607"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sonderbooks.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34607\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sonderbooks.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=34607"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sonderbooks.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=34607"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sonderbooks.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=34607"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}