Extremely thought provoking, I'd like to read a few more reviews on this one.
A sampling of the chapter titles so you know what you're getting into:
• Extremely thought provoking, I'd like to read a few more reviews on this one.
A sampling of the chapter titles so you know what you're getting into:
• Slutty Skanks and Nasty Dykes: A Comprehensive List of Gendered Insults • Piss Off Bro: Linguists Explain What Locker Room Banter Really Is • How to Embarrass the Shit Out of People Who Try to Correct Your Grammar • Fuck It: An Ode to Cursing While Female • Cyclops, Panty Puppet, Bald Headed Bastard and 100+ Other Things to Call Your Genitalia...more
“Hope is not a lottery ticket you can sit on the sofa and clutch, feeling lucky. It is an axe you break down doors with in an emergency. Hope should s“Hope is not a lottery ticket you can sit on the sofa and clutch, feeling lucky. It is an axe you break down doors with in an emergency. Hope should shove you out the door, because it will take everything you have to steer the future away from endless war, from the annihilation of the earth's treasures and the grinding down of the poor and marginal... To hope is to give yourself to the future—and that commitment to the future is what makes the present inhabitable.”
2.5 rounded up because ... I don't want to be unhopeful? This book is pretty dated, and compared to current politics, it is actually a little depressing.
But I guess that's the point — it's never hopeless. We need to muster the troops, and keep on keeping on.
[My third Rebecca Solnit book (/essay collection) and I've rated them all 3-stars. An essay collection can only go so far, I'd love to read an actual cohesive book by her.] ...more
**spoiler alert** Couldn't put this one down, great way to spend the weekend.
Hallorann was excellent — the ending of the book is so much better than t**spoiler alert** Couldn't put this one down, great way to spend the weekend.
Hallorann was excellent — the ending of the book is so much better than the movie in my opinion. So glad he wasn't killed off when he arrived at the Overlook, as happened in Kubrick's adaptation.
Even if you've seen the movie, give the book a chance. Worth it!
Looking forward to Doctor Sleep, and then to give the movie a chance. ...more
Didn't quite know what to expect going into this, but had always felt McChrystal had a solid head on his shoulders.
This book was a nice mix of adaptinDidn't quite know what to expect going into this, but had always felt McChrystal had a solid head on his shoulders.
This book was a nice mix of adapting protocol to meet circumstances in life, business, technology, and of course, all against the backdrop of war.
If you enjoy military history, don't expect *too* much here other than snippets that help elaborate his case for constant adaptation. The themes worked well together however, and were woven through complementarily.
Great book for business leaders and entrepreneurs. ...more
*Note: Despite the star rating, this book should still be read by anyone who's ever taken birth control for extended periods of time.*
I'm glad this to*Note: Despite the star rating, this book should still be read by anyone who's ever taken birth control for extended periods of time.*
I'm glad this topic is being talked about, but as the author states, more conclusive research is needed.
Yes, there are many unknowns when it comes to ingesting birth control, and much of this I think I've already gathered throughout my years. When I lived in Asia, I stopped taking birth control as I really didn't trust getting it in China where "controls" and "standards" are laughable at best.
After a brief return to it, I've been off birth control now for almost 5 years. I'm not sure if I was ever a different person on it, but intuitively, I lean more and more towards not messing around with man-made hormones. There are so many unestablished risks and possible long term effects.
The author did an admirable job, although it could have used a tighter edit with less repetition.
Conclusion: More research and stats are needed, but it doesn't hurt to err on the side of caution. Consider taking a break for a while and trying a new method while recording your own personal case study....more
Witty and sharp. *Might* have to give Hulu’s Shrill another chance.
“The reality is that there's no such thing as political correctness; it's a rhetoriWitty and sharp. *Might* have to give Hulu’s Shrill another chance.
“The reality is that there's no such thing as political correctness; it's a rhetorical device to depersonalize oppression. Being cognizant of and careful with historic trauma of others is what 'political correctness' means. It means that the powerful should never attack the disempowered—not because it 'offends' them or hurts their 'feelings' but because it perpetuates toxic, oppressive systems.”
“There's a type of person who thinks he's getting away with something by not believing in anything. But not believing in anything IS believing in something. It's active, not passive. To believe in nothing is to change nothing. It means you're endorsing the present, and the present is a horror [...] Irreverence is the ultimate luxury item.”...more
Engrossing book, LOVED it! One of my favorites of December 2019.
Very reminiscent of one of my all time favorite books in general, Bryson's A Short HiEngrossing book, LOVED it! One of my favorites of December 2019.
Very reminiscent of one of my all time favorite books in general, Bryson's A Short History of Nearly Everything. This has that classic Bryson charm with lots of interesting factoids.
Definitely a deep dive, kind of like hopping on the Magic School Bus with Miss Frizzle.
Would revisit this one in the future.
“Just sitting quietly, doing nothing at all, your brain churns through more information in thirty seconds than the Hubble Space Telescope has processed in thirty years. A morsel of cortex one cubic millimeter in size—about the size of a grain of sand—could hold two thousand terabytes of information, enough to store all the movies ever made, trailers included, or about 1.2 billion copies of this book.”
“Pain is full of paradoxes. Its most self-evident characteristic is that it hurts–that’s what it is there for, after all–but sometimes pain feels slightly wonderful: when your muscles ache after a long run, say, or when you slide into a bath that is at once unbearably hot but also, somehow, deliciously not.”...more
Manage your expectations before you begin: This book is not really about the title, it's more a co-memoir of the authors.
I've never listened to the poManage your expectations before you begin: This book is not really about the title, it's more a co-memoir of the authors.
I've never listened to the podcast before, and I probably won't now either, although I might check out one or two episodes. (I prefer audiobooks to podcasts these days.)
Was not expecting to be moved to tears within the first two chapters, but I was.
Bubble gum hyper optimistic multi passionate entrepreneurial inspiration.
I actually really enjoyed this book and found it very encouraging.
But don’tBubble gum hyper optimistic multi passionate entrepreneurial inspiration.
I actually really enjoyed this book and found it very encouraging.
But don’t expect much depth. Malala Yousafzai is skimmed over next to chapters about how Foreleo almost missed her flight to her Barcelona vacation.
But—EVERYTHING IS FIGUREOUTABLE! Even getting shot in the head. (It wasn’t phrased quite like that, but you get the idea.) Some jarring juxtapositions aside, it was just a surface level pop culture-y feel good pizazz party.
If you’ve seen any episode of Marie TV, you know.
I like Marie Forleo, this was an easy to digest picker upper of a book.
Aside from firmly believing in the fact that almost everything is ... figureoutable, and writing stuff down, there wasn’t much in the way of methodology.
Just believe!
(Being a white woman in America and married to a TV star doesn’t hurt either. (Not surprisingly, Forleo literally just spoke at a Rachel Hollis event. At least Forleo’s book wasn’t awash in pop-religious pseudo twaddle.))
Major props for telling the story, but did anyone else feel like his "voices" were a bit ... I think stereotypical miFarrow does not hold back—at all.
Major props for telling the story, but did anyone else feel like his "voices" were a bit ... I think stereotypical might be a nice way of saying it. He read the audiobook, and while usually this is a plus, his accents made me feel a little squicky.
Can’t quite put my finger on it, but this one didn’t exactly lift my skirts.
Not bad, but not my favorite SK either.
"This life we think we're living iCan’t quite put my finger on it, but this one didn’t exactly lift my skirts.
Not bad, but not my favorite SK either.
"This life we think we're living isn't real. It's just a shadow play, and I for one will be glad when the lights go out on it. In the dark, all the shadows disappear."
After mulling it over for a few days, Stephen King must be a huge fan of Stranger Things as there are a fair amount of parallels. Also, I read Carrie last month, and had similar feelings (I gave it 3 stars as well). They both left me wanting MORE psychokinetic activity.
I didn't plan on reading King's first book (Carrie, 1974), and most recent book (The Institute, 2019), so close together, but it inspire some interesting book end analysis.
Still can't get enough of the SK universe, looking forward to reading The Shining and Doctor Sleep before I watch the movie.
For reference, a few of my FAVORITE King books are: The Dark Tower Series, 11/22/63 and Under the Dome.
"He checked all the correct interaction boxes and then went back to his books. Because there was an abyss, and books contained magical incantations to raise what was hidden there: all the great mysteries. For Luke, those mysteries mattered."...more
Probably more of a 3.5 — it wasn't bad at all, very entertaining, just a decent amount of speculation and "crazy, psychopath" nomenclature.
If you're Probably more of a 3.5 — it wasn't bad at all, very entertaining, just a decent amount of speculation and "crazy, psychopath" nomenclature.
If you're interested in the topic, I recommend it—so many murderesses!
“But I believe in the healing and illuminating power of narrative, and I think there’s something to be gleaned from looking at evil, trying to understand it, wondering if perhaps we are all a little bit responsible. Should anything human be alien to us? That question is terrifying, and beautiful.”
Many of these women killed to improve their lives, a surprising amount used poison, and in some cases, conviction of the crime depended on how attractive the woman was.
“These lady killers were clever, bad tempered, conniving, seductive, reckless, self-serving, delusional, and willing to do whatever it took to claw their way into what they saw as a better life. They were ruthless and inflexible. They were lost and confused. They were psychopaths and child slayers. But they were not wolves. They were not vampires. They were not men. Time and again, the record shows: they were horrifyingly, quintessentially, inescapably human.”
“If crimes reflect the anxieties of our time, then today is the era of the mass murderer, the terrorist. Our violent delights still lead to violent ends, but the ends change as the decades ebb and flow.”...more
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