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“Fifty First Dates after Fifty is a genuine memoir that recounts a period of trying out new relationships and investigating spirituality.”
Reviewed for Foreword Reviews.
Reviewed for Foreword Reviews.
“Keegan Lester’s lyrical memoir Perfect Dirt concerns what and where “home” really is.”
Reviewed for Foreword Reviews.
Real talk: I loved the shit out of this beautiful book about Appalachia and home and family and love and poetry. *dreamy sigh*
Reviewed for Foreword Reviews.
Real talk: I loved the shit out of this beautiful book about Appalachia and home and family and love and poetry. *dreamy sigh*
In which Jonathan Safran Foer writes a stream-of-consciousness book about climate change and family and history and not eating animals. Beautiful writing, of course, but not much else to take away here.
Plastic Free: The Inspiring Story of a Global Environmental Movement and Why It Matters
Joanna Atherfold Finn, Rebecca Prince-Ruiz
3.5 ⭐️
One of the better books about living plastic free / zero waste.
One of the better books about living plastic free / zero waste.
Welp. Looks like I'm cutting meat out of my diet.
It's a real life horror story about factory farming and why we should try to not eat meat! Or just eat less of it! Or just don't eat the pigs because they're so smart and they know what's happening to them. As soon as I finished this audiobook, I vowed to be more conscious of how much meat I consume. It is HARD, but totally worth it.
⚡️From the July 2019 edition of Crooked Reads, my monthly(ish) newsletter.
It's a real life horror story about factory farming and why we should try to not eat meat! Or just eat less of it! Or just don't eat the pigs because they're so smart and they know what's happening to them. As soon as I finished this audiobook, I vowed to be more conscious of how much meat I consume. It is HARD, but totally worth it.
⚡️From the July 2019 edition of Crooked Reads, my monthly(ish) newsletter.
"Life will become more pleasant and comfortable if we get rid of some of the abundance."
One interesting tidbit I can't stop thinking about: Making a throw-away box. It's the box of things that are only interesting to you, like old love letters and mementos. Label it "throw away" and save your loved ones the time they'd have spent going through it and deciding if anything is worth their while. Also: Contain it to one box.
I'll be going through my three memory boxes soon and squishing it down to just one.
One interesting tidbit I can't stop thinking about: Making a throw-away box. It's the box of things that are only interesting to you, like old love letters and mementos. Label it "throw away" and save your loved ones the time they'd have spent going through it and deciding if anything is worth their while. Also: Contain it to one box.
I'll be going through my three memory boxes soon and squishing it down to just one.
If you can’t get enough of Tidying Up, this little manga is just for you! We learn all the steps of the Konmari method through Chiaki, a young woman living in a messy Tokyo apartment. She turns her life around after her (cute!) neighbor complains about the trash on her balcony.
From Comics to Get Through a Reading Slump at Book Riot.
From Comics to Get Through a Reading Slump at Book Riot.
If you’re looking to get a handle on your home, you really can’t mess up by reading this book or any of its companions (an illustrated guide! a manga!). Then watch the show on Netflix for extra inspiration. Bonus: Kondō is subtly tackling sexism in household chores.
From 11 of the Best Books on Organization at Book Riot.
From 11 of the Best Books on Organization at Book Riot.