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Ik vond dit een heel interessant boek over het onbewuste en het bewustzijn. Ik had niet gedacht dat ik het boek zo hoog zou beoordelen, maar de combinatie van psychologie en interesse blijkt het wel zo te gaan. Met hier en daar een grapje of een knipoog en interessante onderwerpen vind ik 4 sterren een toepasselijke beoordeling.
Ik vond dit een heel interessant boek over het onbewuste en het bewustzijn. Ik had niet gedacht dat ik het boek zo hoog zou beoordelen, maar de combinatie van psychologie en interesse blijkt het wel zo te gaan. Met hier en daar een grapje of een knipoog en interessante onderwerpen vind ik 4 sterren een toepasselijke beoordeling.
Body Positive Power zou zomaar eens mijn leven en mijn relatie met eten en sporten veranderd hebben. De eerste paar hoofdstukken over dieetcultuur hielden me een spiegel voor en dat was niet altijd even comfortabel. De laatste paar maanden was mijn relatie met eten en sporten weer wat giftiger geraakt. Gelukkig kon ik ook merendeels door het lezen van dit boek dat weer meer ontleren.
Dit boek heeft me zoveel geleerd. Elk lichaam is oké. (Ongezond) eten heeft niets te maken met of je een slecht persoon bent. Eten heeft geen morele waarde. Sporten voor plezier? Oja, dat kan natuurlijk ook. Ik moet niet naar sportschool gaan om dunner te worden, maar ik zou er heen willen gaan omdat het vooral leuk is om even te sporten. Het zou geen straf moeten zijn, maar zo ben ik het wel gaan zien.
Ik kan dit boek niet genoeg aanraden.
Dit boek heeft me zoveel geleerd. Elk lichaam is oké. (Ongezond) eten heeft niets te maken met of je een slecht persoon bent. Eten heeft geen morele waarde. Sporten voor plezier? Oja, dat kan natuurlijk ook. Ik moet niet naar sportschool gaan om dunner te worden, maar ik zou er heen willen gaan omdat het vooral leuk is om even te sporten. Het zou geen straf moeten zijn, maar zo ben ik het wel gaan zien.
Ik kan dit boek niet genoeg aanraden.
Factfulness: Ten Reasons We're Wrong About The World - And Why Things Are Better Than You Think
Ola Rosling, Hans Rosling, Anna Rosling Rönnlund
Factfulness: Ten Reasons We're Wrong About The World - And Why Things Are Better Than You Think was recommended to me by a good friend because he thought I might like it and this was a Recommendation Success. We like to see them.
The book explains some human instincts (or heuristics as psychologists would call them). Rule of thumbs or shortcuts the brain likes to take to make life easier. However, Hans Rosling explains, because of these instincts, our (as in, highly educated people living in income level 4 countries) worldview has become skewed. The book starts with a few simple looking questions. You can probably google them and I recommend you do so! However, the smartest people in the world get these questions wrong (they are even worse than random!). Then with the help of those questions, Rosling explains the underlying instincts we tend to use and why we are so horrible in answering these easy seeming questions.
Rosling explains the instincts with stories from his life which gives the book also an autobiographical characteristic. His writing and life experiences are wonderful and as a reader, you bond with the writer because he seems like such a sweet man. I was sad to learn in the Outro that Hans Rosling passed away a few years ago due to pancreatic cancer. So sad, even that I shed a few tears because I did really feel a small bond and his life story is amazing on its own.
I highly recommend Factfulness to anyone who might think the world is bleak and we are all doomed and to those who think they already know every about the world and no one can teach them anything anymore.
The book explains some human instincts (or heuristics as psychologists would call them). Rule of thumbs or shortcuts the brain likes to take to make life easier. However, Hans Rosling explains, because of these instincts, our (as in, highly educated people living in income level 4 countries) worldview has become skewed. The book starts with a few simple looking questions. You can probably google them and I recommend you do so! However, the smartest people in the world get these questions wrong (they are even worse than random!). Then with the help of those questions, Rosling explains the underlying instincts we tend to use and why we are so horrible in answering these easy seeming questions.
Rosling explains the instincts with stories from his life which gives the book also an autobiographical characteristic. His writing and life experiences are wonderful and as a reader, you bond with the writer because he seems like such a sweet man. I was sad to learn in the Outro that Hans Rosling passed away a few years ago due to pancreatic cancer. So sad, even that I shed a few tears because I did really feel a small bond and his life story is amazing on its own.
I highly recommend Factfulness to anyone who might think the world is bleak and we are all doomed and to those who think they already know every about the world and no one can teach them anything anymore.
My last book of 2020!
In Women Don't Owe You Pretty, Florence Given talks about the out-dated narratives supplied to us by the patriarchy. I really enjoyed it. I learnt a lot about where my own boundaries are and that in the past people have not always respected them. I read this book at a great time in my life where I could really reflect on some of my past experiences and learn how to be better to myself.
I think this is a perfect book if you are new(ish) to feminism and learning about some of the narratives the patriarchy, racism and capitalism are trying to sell to us.
In Women Don't Owe You Pretty, Florence Given talks about the out-dated narratives supplied to us by the patriarchy. I really enjoyed it. I learnt a lot about where my own boundaries are and that in the past people have not always respected them. I read this book at a great time in my life where I could really reflect on some of my past experiences and learn how to be better to myself.
I think this is a perfect book if you are new(ish) to feminism and learning about some of the narratives the patriarchy, racism and capitalism are trying to sell to us.
Reread 2021:
This book holds up so well. It has been six years since I first read Red Queen and I just had so much fun rereading it. I still remembered quite a lot of the important story points but I had a good time reading it especially knowing how the book ends.
Speaking about the ending, I think it is one of my favourite endings in a book.
I love the dystopian setting that feels like a fantasy. I love the schemes and alliances. Victoria Aveyard did a great job and I cannot wait to finally read the whole series this year.
First read 2015:
That was one heck of a ride. I need some time processing this amazing book.
This book holds up so well. It has been six years since I first read Red Queen and I just had so much fun rereading it. I still remembered quite a lot of the important story points but I had a good time reading it especially knowing how the book ends.
Speaking about the ending, I think it is one of my favourite endings in a book.
Spoiler
I love the drama, I guess. But I also remember my first reaction to the betrayal back in 2015. It is that wonderful thing books can do. Make you gaps, scream. I like getting reactions like that. To me, it means it's a good book.I love the dystopian setting that feels like a fantasy. I love the schemes and alliances. Victoria Aveyard did a great job and I cannot wait to finally read the whole series this year.
First read 2015:
That was one heck of a ride. I need some time processing this amazing book.