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: 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
The Year of Magical Thinking by Joan Didion My rating: 3.5/5 stars “It is the blight man was born for. We are not idealized wild things. We are imperfect mortal beings, aware of that mortality even as we push it away, failed by our very complication, so wired that when we mourn our losses… Continue reading July Wrap-Up 2018
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