My Review of "The Dirty Life": 4 Stars
I don't normally read memoirs, and I read this one because I was trying to do some research on what life is like on a farm. Kristin Kimball manages to make it sound terribly romantic and totally unglamorous simultaneously... an impressive feat. I ...
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Review: David and Goliath, by Malcolm Gladwell
Review of David and Goliath: 4 stars
Fascinating premise: the idea that adverse circumstances and handicaps can actually turn out to be "blessings in disguise" (for some of us, in certain situations). I love everything Malcolm Gladwell writes. I love the unique connections he sees ...
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The Shallows
My Review of The Shallows: 4 Stars
He makes a really interesting point, that because of our neuroplasticity, we are training ourselves to think in a non-linear fashion via clickable links on the web. The overload of information also prevents our working memories from being able to ...
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Review: Letters from a Stoic, Seneca
My Review of Letters From A Stoic: 4 Stars
Lots of great nuggets of wisdom -- Seneca threw out all kinds of one-liners that could all be Proverbs. I don't know so much about the stoic philosophy though... I think there's a lot good in it but overall it was a little too doom-and-gloom ...
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