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Mindful of Madness

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Ida-Rose will keep you challenged to come to your own conclusion on this quirky, innovative book. I believe we will all be looking inside our own dreams to figure out if we have this capability also. I know that it makes me wonder, am I able to bring the dream reality into my daily life? You will not be disappointed with this book!

Ms. Mead challenges the 'deep thinker' in her query into the subconcsious and the dreamworld. For those that love imagery, metaphor, and wallowing in imagination, Mindful of Madness is for you. Playing off the innate qualities in the human psyche, the author explores the power intrinsic in the fleshly abode. Is desire something to be overcome? Can it? Or, is desire the instrument that plays the music to which we dance through life/s? It's up to the reader to decide. Will you root for Conrad's victory, or relish his defeat? I wished only for a little more variety in conflict, or was it the redundancy that was, indeed, the reality?

Susan Haley, Author
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This is a well-written, smoothly-flowing, and symbol-filled allegory about Life. It includes the struggles we all must confront as we bumble forward, one step at a time. It is about the roadblocks that stand in our way. It is about the people who want us to fail. It is about God and conscience. It is about the importance of love and the passage of time. It is about perseverence and triumph. It is about struggling toward -- and then finally reaching -- our desperately sought-after goals. But the author also questions the meaning and the worthiness of that struggle. She does so by pointing out some sobering truths about victory, about success itself. This is a small book with a very large purpose. It is sometimes overly repetitive in its phrasing and imagery but if you enjoy the deciphering of mysteries and the interpretation of symbols, Mindful of Madness might be the book for you.

Russ Heitz
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Researcher Ida-Rose Mead presents Mindful of Madness, a humorous novel about one man's bizarre war against desire and dreams, as personified by the luscious appeal of a sapphire-eyed beauty. Entrenched as a spectator in his own dream, Conrad Buncombe wars against desire again and again, amid an omnipresent atmosphere of beat-tapping and verse-crooning. An intriguingly introspective adventure of one man's quest to regain control over his own dreams, written with tongue-in-cheek panache.

Upon reading this book,the first words that come to mind are best book ever! For all readers out there,If your looking for something to "sink your teeth into" this book is for you. With twists,turns and an interesting plot,the pages will fly by as you delve deeper into it. A recommended read sure to leave the reader fascinated.