My rating: 3.5/5 stars “For the meaning of life differs from man to man, from day to day and from hour to hour. What matters, therefore, is not the meaning of life in general but rather the specific meaning of a person’s life at a given moment.” Man’s Search for Meaning by Victor E. Frankl… Continue reading Review: Man’s Search for Meaning by Victor E. Frankl
My rating: 5/5 stars “The Black female is assaulted in her tender years by all those common forces of nature at the same time that she is caught in the tripartite crossfire of masculine prejudice, white illogical hate and Black lack of power. The fact that the adult American Negro female emerges a formidable character… Continue reading Review: I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou
My rating: 5/5 stars “Many poets and sages throughout the ages have observed that true happiness is found in simple, seemingly unremarkable things. Most people in their restless search for something significant to happen to them, continuously miss the insignificant, which may not be insignificant at all.” A New Earth: Awakening to Your Life’s Purpose… Continue reading Review: A New Earth: Awakening to Your Life’s Purpose by Eckhart Tolle
My rating: 4/5 stars “We are the sum of moving parts and adjustable hearts.” Solo by Kwame Alexander On the cover of this book is a quote by John Green that says “This book is special” and honestly I couldn’t agree more. When I first started reading, I thought to myself “this is an okay-ish… Continue reading Review: Solo by Kwame Alexander
My rating: 4/5 stars “We are more powerful than ever before, but have very little idea what to do with all that power. Worse still, humans seem to be more irresponsible than ever. Self-made gods with only the laws of physics to keep us company, we are accountable to no one. We are consequently wreaking… Continue reading Review: Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind by Yuval Noah Harari
My rating: 3.5/5 stars Picture Perfect tells the story of Cassie Barret, a university anthropologist who is married to one of Hollywood’s biggest stars, Alex Rivers. From the outside, their relationship looks ‘picture perfect’ but in reality, their marriage is a terrible cycle of violence and denial. Trigger Warning: this book deals heavily with the… Continue reading Review: Picture Perfect by Jodi Picoult
My rating: 4/5 stars “Sometimes the truth is messy and difficult but it isn’t always best left. Sometimes it saves you.” Can I just say that it is impossible to read the title of this book and not automatically think of the popular song of the same name by Simple Minds, which then, for me,… Continue reading Review: Don’t You Forget About Me by Mhairi Mcfarlane
My rating: 2.5/5 stars Finished this one. I think it’s overhyped. There are interesting concepts backed by research described in this book. For example, I liked reading about the research surrounding how we can easily misunderstand people/misinterpret intentions due to mismatching behaviours. So for example, we think someone who is sad or guilty is meant… Continue reading Review: Talking to Strangers by Malcolm Gladwell
My rating: 5/5 stars It’s been a minute since I’ve been so engrossed in a book that I sacrificed sleep for it but I stayed up till 4am to finish this one and I have no regrets. In The Unhoneymooners, Olive Torres’s twin sister Ami is getting married to Dane Thomas. On the day of… Continue reading Review: The Unhoneymooners by Christina Lauren
My rating: 4/5 stars What an eye-opening, well researched and informative read. ‘The Skin We’re In’ goes into great detail about racial discrimination and police brutality in Canada. What I found most interesting was learning about the history of Indigenous and black people in Canada (particularly Nova Scotia), from the first black settlers and the… Continue reading Review: The Skin We’re In: A Year of Black Resistance and Power by Desmond Cole
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