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I'm glad that it was for bookclub, because the value of this book for me was in the discussions I had with coworkers about applying these thoughts and ideas to other domains, or to things that are specific to what we do.
I 100% agree with the underlying principle, but don't think I would have gotten as much out of it on my own.
The action parts were really exciting.
A little too gun-porn/suicide-porn for my tastes.
Brooke McAlary: Slow (2018)
"Are you constantly striving to keep up with life's busy expectations? It's easy to feel …
DNF
Got about a quarter of the way through it. Just picked it up because I was between books and it was Available Now at the library. I've read a couple tidying-up/minimalism books by now, so I might be kind of ruined on the concept of a memoir of somebody discovering these principles without contributing much newness to the topic.
That said, I got bored and didn't finish, so maybe the second half was amazing. I guess I'll never know! The library book I was actually waiting for has arrived and I'm moving on! 👋
THIS IS THE WAY THE WORLD ENDS ... FOR THE LAST TIME. The season of endings grows darker, as civilization …
Strange and beautiful
"This is the graphic history of the 2001 Cincinnati riots, told for the first time …
I didn't know this story.
All I knew about Over The Rhine before this is that they are a cute husband-and-wife pop band.
Gosford Park meets Groundhog Day by way of Agatha Christie and Black Mirror – the most inventive story you'll read …
A young adult gritty urban fantasy heist plot. This was great. I'm shorting it a star for ending the book in the middle of the action. And also for everybody with any kind of romantic interest in anybody else refusing to talk about their feelings at all, ever, even a tiny bit. (Except for spoiler and spoiler at the end.)
A super-thief who is bequeathed the Omni-fist of Altruism is transformed into a hero against …
neat quirky story. kind of silly. about as serious as The Tick without being as slapstick.
there was a quality to the dialog that at times made it feel as though the characters were all just monologuing near each other instead of talking to each other.
bookclub selection
the second half of the book brought the "action" part of action/suspense and was interesting enough to save this from one star.
DARBY THORNE
I'm not sure why I feel as though she was overall guarded and reserved when in fact she talked candidly and emotionally about very personal struggles.
She did a good job reading. Usually read-by-the-author books suffer for lack of a professional reader.
edit: I was hoping to see a lot more Michelle gifs when scrolling through the reviews. Be the change you want to see in the world, people:
The riveting memoirs of the outstanding moral and political leader of our time, Long Walk to Freedom brilliantly recreates the …
By the time of his retirement in June 2010, the author had become the second …
that was okay
