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    • Art and Migraine: An Interview with Amanda Ingrassia
    • Art Therapy for Chronic Illness Interview with Karen Fitch
    • Art Therapy Interview with Rachael Nicholson
    • Art Therapy for Arthritis – Interview with Professional Artist Jennifer Walker
    • Art Therapy for Chronic Pain – Interview with Jeane Trend-Hill
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    • 10 Books For International Women’s Day You Must Read – 2021
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    • Attention Book Lovers: Visit the Taiwan Book Festival on April 23-24, 2011 at Huashan Culture Park!
    • REVIEW Spinning Karma: A Buddhist Comedy by Joshua Samuel Brown
    • Book Review: Lord of Formosa
    • Book Review: Formosa Moon by Joshua Samuel Brown and Stephanie Huffman
    • Book Review: Conquering Mountains: How To Solo Travel the World Fearlessly
    • Book Review: Do’s and Don’ts in Taiwan

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Non Fiction Books By Women for Women's History Month
19 MAR

10 Non-Fiction Books For Women You Should Read

10 Non-Fiction Books For Women’s History Month You Should Read – Enjoy my favorite non-fiction list of good reads for women

Posted in: FEATURES, WORLD OF BOOKSTagged: books, feminism, GoodReads, International Women's Day, reading challenge, women, Women's History Month, World of BooksLeave a commentCarrie Kellenberger March 19, 2021
10 Books For International Women's Day
07 MAR

10 Books For International Women’s Day You Must Read

10 Books For International Women’s Day You Must Read – As a lifelong bibliophile, I’ve got over 1,000 reviews and suggestions on my GoodReads account. You can find me under Carrie Kellenberger. Presenting 10 books for IWD2021 that you should read!

Posted in: FEATURES, WORLD OF BOOKSTagged: book reviews, books, reading challenge, women, World of BooksLeave a commentCarrie Kellenberger March 7, 2021
Spinning Karma: A Buddhist Comedy Novel by Joshua Samuel Brown
07 FEB

Spinning Karma: A Buddhist Comedy by Joshua Samuel Brown

Spinning Karma: A Buddhist Comedy Novel by Joshua Samuel Brown is politically-charged and spiritual adventure through the streets (and spas) of Taipei.

Posted in: FEATURES, Taiwan, WORLD OF BOOKSTagged: book reviews, books, books about Taiwan, Buddhism, Joshua Samuel Brown, religion, Taiwan authors, Taiwanese culture, travel authorsLeave a commentCarrie Kellenberger February 7, 2021
10 Non Fiction Books To Read
30 JAN

My Several Worlds: 10 Powerful Non Fiction Books in 2020

10 Powerful Non Fiction Books in 2020 by Carrie at My Several Worlds.

A list of my top 10 favorite non fiction reads as well as 44 other non fiction books that I enjoyed in 2020.

Posted in: FEATURES, WORLD OF BOOKSTagged: book challenge, book reviews, bookclub, books, GoodReads, non fiction, reading challenge2 CommentsCarrie Kellenberger January 30, 2021
World of Books - Quarterly Book Update by Carrie Kellenberger
24 MAY

World of Books Quarterly Book Update for 2020 with Carrie

World of Books is a new section on My Several Worlds. I started this in 2019 when I realized how much free content I was posting on GoodReads. Read on!

Posted in: WORLD OF BOOKSTagged: book challenge, book reviews, bookclub, books, coping techniques, GoodReadsLeave a commentCarrie Kellenberger May 24, 2020
Non Fiction Book List for 2019
20 DEC

Carrie’s Top 10 Non Fiction Books of 2019

Here is my top 10 non fiction books from 2019 in history, space, science and technology, microbiology, law, women’s studies, and biographies.

Posted in: WORLD OF BOOKSTagged: books, culture, female authors, GoodReads, non fiction, travel authors5 CommentsCarrie Kellenberger December 20, 2019
Carrie Kellenberger's Best Books of 2018
31 DEC

My Favorite Reads of 2018

These were my favorite reads from 2018 out of the 95 books I read this year.

Posted in: WORLD OF BOOKSTagged: book challenge, book reviews, books, coping techniques, GoodReads, historical travelLeave a commentCarrie Kellenberger December 31, 2018
Lord of Formosa by Joyce Bergvelt
25 OCT

Book Review: Lord of Formosa

Book Review: In 1624, a boy is born in Japan at the same time as the Dutch were creating a trade settlement in Taiwan. The boy will become Koxinga, Lord of Formosa.

Posted in: Southern Taiwan, Taiwan, WORLD OF BOOKSTagged: book reviews, books, historical travel, life in Taiwan, Southern Taiwan, Taiwan, Taiwan historyLeave a commentCarrie Kellenberger October 25, 2018
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07 JAN

My Favorite Books in 2017

2017 was a literary journey. My reading challenge reached new heights with many new releases, and thus my favorite books in 2017 list is my best yet!

Posted in: WORLD OF BOOKSTagged: books, GoodReadsLeave a commentCarrie Kellenberger January 7, 2018
Carrie Kellenberger 2016 GoodReads Challenge
11 JAN

My Favorite Books From 2016

I’ve waited to compile my favorite books from 2016 through GoodReads since Jan 1st. Here is my first blog post for 2017. It’s about my favorite things in the world: BOOKS!

Posted in: WORLD OF BOOKSTagged: books, GoodReadsLeave a commentCarrie Kellenberger January 11, 2017

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Carrie Kellenberger Fibromyalgia Patient Leader for HealthlineHi! I’m Carrie. I’m a Canadian living in Taiwan with Ankylosing Spondylitis, Fibromyalgia, and Myalgic Encephalomyelitis (MECFS), among other health issues.

When I first started MSW in 2007, I wrote a lot about living abroad and my travels in Asia. This site has never veered from its main mission statement which is to travel and learn about Asia with me.

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Still that Girl - MSW in 2007I have been writing about my chronic illnesses since 2009 and my advocacy work is featured on many health sites, including Healthline, WEGO Health, the Spondylitis Association, Creaky Joints, and more.

Healthline Best Fibromyalgia Blog for 2018-2020

What an honor to be recognized three years in a row for my advocacy work with Fibromyalgia.

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KEEP STRONG AND WADDLE ON. The Walking Spondies ar KEEP STRONG AND WADDLE ON. The Walking Spondies are back and we are training to walk and exercise for awatereness for Ankylosing Spondylitis, fibromyalgia, and MECFS -  all of what you're celebrated and recognized worldwide in May. We are an international team of walkers and rollers with 70+ members walking in 2021.

Will you join my team? You can walk as much or as little as you want. P.m. me for details. 'Walking for awareness since 2014."

#Repost @myseveralworlds
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Taipei, Taiwan

I'm running a new hashtag called #ChronicTruths. It's a simple concept that demonstrates basic facts about living with chronic illness.

ANKYLOSING SPONDYLITIS & CHRONIC TRUTHS

'I didn't understand the meaning of incurable when I got my AS diagnosis in Feb 2009. 

No one understands the magnitude of 'chronic illness' until they experience it.

It takes time to realize that you're not going to get better. Your life will require a complete lifestyle change and constant monitoring.'

~Carrie,
MySeveralWorlds.com
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I enjoyed my March reading challenge so much, I de I enjoyed my March reading challenge so much, I decided to continue with my non fiction goal.

Who is your favorite female author? 

I love Lisa See, Philippa Gregory, and Jenny Lawson!
Is there a better combination than books and flowe Is there a better combination than books and flowers? I think not!

This is an April hopeful. I'm on the fence about it right now. What are you looking forward to in April?
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April is Anylosing Spondylitis (AS aka SpA) Awaren April is Anylosing Spondylitis (AS aka SpA) Awareness Month, although the AS community is working towards designating May as our awareness month since World AS Day falls on the first Saturday in May. 

I'm training right now to try and bring my step count up to 3,000 steps per day so I can hit my step goal of 20 days in May. I haven't been able to do this since 2016.

My team, The Walking Spondies, will be walking to raise awareness in May for Ankylosing Spondylitis, Fibromyalgia, and MECFS since all three are celebrated worldwide in May. 

The Walking Spondies have been walking for awareness since 2014. We have 70 to 100 team members on my team that are walking globally for awareness. PM me if you'd like to join.  All you need is a step counter. 

For Spoonies like me, we walk as much as we can and let our healthy team members do the heavy walking and exercising for us.

Traditionally, April was designated as SpA Awareness Month in 2009. Michael Smith was the creator of Spondyville.com and a tireless patient advocate who was greatly loved by our community. He is one of the main reasons that SpA has its own awareness month!

I will always acknowledge April as AS month in some small way each year to honor Michael's memory and his huge achievements for our community even though we will be walking in earnest in May. 

I hope you will join me in raising awareness in May. PM for details.
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Who has thriller and true crime suggestions for me Who has thriller and true crime suggestions for me? I'm in the mood.
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#March2021 #Reads "We tell ourselves stories in #March2021 #Reads 

"We tell ourselves stories in order to live. We also tell ourselves stories in order to understand where we fit into the world and how we can make sense of our own talents. Genius women have lived and died but if nobody told their stories, it was as if they didn't live at all." 
~Joan Didion author, The Genuis of Women: From Overlooked to Changing the World by Janice Kaplan 

🎆 CHALLENGE 🎆 

My #backlogblitz stack challenge for March 2021 & #WomensHistoryMonth was to read women authors and clear some of my bookshelves off! I read five big books from my shelves and the rest were Kindle reads.

Note to self: Stop buying books over 500 pages. They're way too hard ob my hands.

The campaign theme for International Women's Day 2021 is 'Choose To Challenge'!  "A challenged world is an alert world. And from challenge comes change." 

How did you challenge yourself in March? 

2021 - 34 books total

QOTD1: What was your favorite book this month?
QOTD2: Have you read any books on my list? 

10 books in March 2021
✔ 3 non fiction (13 out of 52)
🏷 5 = books off my TBR stacks 

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The Push by Ashley Audrain
Magic Lessons by Alice Hoffman 

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🏷✔ The Genuis of Women: From Overlooked to Changing the World by Janice Kaplan
✔ What Doesn't Kill You: A Life with Chronic Illness - Lessons from a Body in Revolt by Tessa Miller
🏷✔ Caste by Isabel Wilkerson
🏷 The Chemist by Stephanie Meyer
🏷 And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie 

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Wilder Girls by Rory Powers
🏷 The Dark Mirror by Juliet Marillier 

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The Lost Girls of Paris by Pam Jenoff
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Chronically fabulous always, but especially when I Chronically fabulous always, but especially when I have a good enough day to sit in the park with friends and enjoy the sunshine.

I went to the park.
I put my feet in the grass.
I held a baby.
I talked with my friends.
I made new friends.

For once I did not have to think about what I'd do at home by myself because my body gave me the gift of going out to enjoy the sunshine. 

A+ days are too far and in between, but when they happen, it's like finding a pot of gold.
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My last official #WomensHistoryMonth2021 post for My last official #WomensHistoryMonth2021 post for March is a great one to end on. 

Summer is here in Taiwan! Did you read something special this month? 
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March is Endometriosis Awareness Month. I'm postin March is Endometriosis Awareness Month. I'm posting for many friends who live with endo.

💛 #inmarchwestackyellowforendo 
💛 #yellowstackforendo
💛 #stackyellowforendo

💛 Endometriosis affects 1 in 10  women of reproductive age, with an estimated 176 million women worldwide having the condition.

Many thanks to @christinastephaniereads for creating this challenge!

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Pain journals are reminders that your body has bee Pain journals are reminders that your body has been there before.

Do you keep a pain journal? 

Today my entry shows a low pain day with some energy/desire to do something. So I went for a super short drive on my scooter for the first time this year and got some flowers. 

I love it when my body lets me do things like this. No idea how tomorrow will be but it will be recorded so I can refer back to it later.
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This is my #bookstack for my March #backlogblitz c This is my #bookstack for my March #backlogblitz challenge. Thanks for the challenge idea this month, @the_boozy_baking_bibliophile

I'm averaging five physical books per month in 2021. My hands can't take any more than that, so the rest of my reads are Kindle reads.

My April stack might be smaller. My arthritic hands hate me right now.

How do you prefer to read? 
Read any titles from my stack? 

All women all month long, btw!
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And Then There Were None Have you read Agatha Chr And Then There Were None

Have you read Agatha Christie? This is my second. :) 

Also, 👀 at my diffenbachia 🌱
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A quote from my interview with @painfullyliving525 A quote from my interview with @painfullyliving525 when talking about my reason for started MySeveralWorlds.com in January 2007.

My Several Worlds is about the worlds I live in. It's a nod to Pearl S. Buck's autobiography of the same name. (Yes, I named my blog after a book.) 

I initially intended to update family and friends about my life in China and Taiwan and my world travels, and two years later, it was listed as a top travel blog in the world. 

In 2009, I started sharing my chronic illness story and tips for chronically ill patients living in Taiwan and Asia. (Information in English is hard to find here.) I have a terrific art therapy section on my site with some truly talented chronically ill artists.

I hope you'll drop by my site one of these days to see my World of Books section or to read up on what I have to offer chronically ill patients. 

There are over 800 articles on My Several Worlds for readers around the world to enjoy.
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Here is the second post in my two-part series for Here is the second post in my two-part series for #WomensHistoryMonth. This is my non-fiction list of good reads for 2021. 

Are you a non-fiction fan? I'd love to hear your suggestions!

#BooksConnectUs #ReadingIsFundamental #EducateYourself #WomenSupportingWomen 

Happy weekend, friends! 

➡️LINK IN BIO TO MYSEVERALWORLDS.COM
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LINK IN BIO. 📚 BOOK BLOG Have you read any of LINK IN BIO. 📚 BOOK BLOG

Have you read any of these books on my #WomensHistoryMonth post on MySeveralWorlds.com? 

This is the first of two posts for my #WorldOfBooks series this month. (I've been blogging since January 2007.)

I'll post a non-fiction list soon. 

What do you recommend for Women's History Month? Drop your suggestion in the comments section! 
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"It's natural to feel depressed when you think abo "It's natural to feel depressed when you think about spending the rest of your life in pain. 

It's unfathomable for anyone to imagine unless you're living with chronic pain."

New blog posts up at www.MySeveralWorlds.com

Check LINKS IN BIO for more information about MySeveralWorlds.com and the kind of content I provide for my readers.
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WINNNER of GoodReads Best History and Biography bo WINNNER of GoodReads Best History and Biography book in 2020
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Caste: The Origins of Discontent by Isabel Wilkerson is still listed as one of the most anticipated reads of the year. 

Have you read it? 
Do you think you'll add it to your TBR?

Many thanks to @theocbookgirl for this gorgeous copy. ❤❤❤ I won it during her giveaway for #NonfictionNovember. 

Thank you, Jaymi. I've been waiting to post this to acknowlege #WomensHistoryMonth with you! From Taipei to California!
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This book has been sitting on my shelves for two y This book has been sitting on my shelves for two years. I'm clearing shelves for my #backlogblitz March challenge with women authors for #WomensHistoryMonth

Meyer is known as a YA author but she jumps genres with success in my opinion. (Fantasy, Sci Fi, and adult fiction.) 

The Chemist is fast paced and holding my attention. It's a great palette cleanser between big reads.

QOTD: Can you think of another author that can write across several genres? 
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Carrie VS. Tzu Chi. Appt 2 of 4 this month. 😐 Carrie VS. Tzu Chi. 

Appt 2 of 4 this month. 😐

Had an appt with my Taiwan gastroenterologist for the first time in two years due to IBS.

The first thing he says, 'You have a nice body shape now! You were a bit fat before...' 🤯

➡️ WTF?! I saw this guy in 2017 due to a bowel obstruction & perforation from med interactions that caused intense bloating and extreme pain. 

Off to a great start, Doc!

It's 2021. FFS. Enough with sexism in healthcare in Taiwan.

This topic has generated a huge discussion on FB. I'm curious to hear your examples of crappy things that docs do. (Or crappy things that have been said in a professional environment.)
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Celebrating #WomensHistoryMonth with this memoir a Celebrating #WomensHistoryMonth with this memoir and self help guide for chronically ill patients by Tessa Miller. Released February 2021

What Doesn't Kill You: A Life with Chronic Illness - Lessons from a Body in Revolt is a good read for everyone. The author recalls her journey with #IBD, #UlcerativeclColitis and #Crohns. It's graphic, honest, and includes great tips and resources for other patients and caregivers.

It's always good to see other Spoonies succeeding and hitting all the right points for the chronic illness community. Read this if you want to know more about what it's like to be sick all the time.

💜 I'm finishing it up this week. 💜

Have you read it? That cover!

We learn from stories. We can heal with stories because it lets us know we are not alone. 

One of the best parts of advocacy is having the chance to tell your story knowing that others might benefit from it. 
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