My rating: 5/5 stars “I am my own universe; a galaxy; a solar system. I am the warm up act, the main event and the backing singers. And if this is it, if this is all there is – just me and the trees and the skies and the seas – I know now that… Continue reading Review: Everything I Know About Love by Dolly Alderton
My rating: 5/5 stars “We don’t just assume that friendship is a second-tier relationship; we act to make it so. Compared to our families and romantic partners, with friends, we invest less time, are less vulnerable, and share less adoration. We see romantic relationships as the appropriate relationship to hitch a flight to see each… Continue reading Review: Platonic: How the Science of Attachment Can Help You Make and Keep Friends by Marisa G. Franco
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 “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: 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
The Compound Effect by Darren Hardy My rating: 4/5 stars Personal development/self help books can be a hit or miss for me but this one was definitely a hit because I found it to be very practical. At the end of each chapter there are exercises that allow the reader to put into practice/create an… Continue reading March Wrap-Up
The Female Persuasion by Meg Wolitzer My rating: 5/5 stars “I think there are two kinds of feminist. The famous ones, and everyone else. Everyone else, all the people who go and do what they’re supposed to and don’t get a lot of credit for it, and don’t have someone out there everyday telling them… Continue reading November Wrap-Up 2019
This post is a little delayed because I’ve been on vacation, enjoying the beauty and culture of the Dominican Republic. August wasn’t that great of a reading month for me anyways, I was super busy and only managed to read two books. Thoughts on them below 🙂 Deep Work by Cal Newport My rating: 3/5… Continue reading August Wrap-Up 2019
The Interestings by Meg Wolitzer My rating: 4/5 stars “And didn’t it always go like that — body parts not quite lining up the way you wanted them to, all of it a little bit off, as if the world itself were an animated sequence of longing and envy and self-hatred and grandiosity and failure… Continue reading October Wrap-Up 2018
New Year New Books! Love, Freedom and Aloneness: The Koan of Relationships by Osho My rating: 3/5 stars “It is beautiful to be alone, it is also beautiful to be in love, to be with people. And they are complementary, not contradictory. When you are enjoying others, enjoy and enjoy to the full; there is… Continue reading January Wrap-Up 2018
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