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Interesting Interweaving of Stories

All This Life by Joshua Mohr

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Best for: People interested in exploring how technology affects relationships. In a nutshell: Four different stories involving eight different people intertwine against the backdrop of an event that makes national news. Worth quoting: “All that matters in content. New content. More content.” Why I chose it: Gift from a friend. Review: CN: Suicide; Non-consensual distribution of sexual images A young teen boy films a marching band on the Golden Gate bridge, the members of which end up jumping to their deaths. He then posts the […]

The Non-Academic Version of this Book Could Be Great

Post-Growth Living: For an Alternative Hedonism by Kate Soper

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Best for: Philosophy students and lecturers In a nutshell: Soper’s project is exploring how people can rethink their idea of the good life to fit in with the reality of our current consumer culture’s negative impact on our own lives and the environment. Worth quoting: “However critical they may be of capitalism in other respects, socialists are still much too ready to subscribe to conventional views on the ‘good life’ and what constitutes a ‘high’ standard of living.” Why I chose it: A podcast I […]

Great Fiction For Young Readers

Amal Unbound by Aisha Saeed

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Best for: Young readers (8 or 9 and up); adults who want to know what their nieces and nephews are reading. In a nutshell: Amal, a young girl living in Pakistan, talks back to the wrong man and is forced to go work in his home as a maid to his mother. Worth quoting: “Until now, I didn’t realize how memories clumped together. Remembering one unlocked another and then another until you were drowning in a tidal wave threatening to sweep you away.” Why I […]

What I’m Not Leaving in 2020: Baking

Mary Berry’s Baking Bible by Mary Berry

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Best for: Fans of the original recipe Great British Bake-Off (I’m in the UK so please don’t come after me, copyright people); people looking for some fun recipes. In a nutshell: Original Great British Bake-Off Judge Mary Berry shares a bunch of recipes. Worth quoting: N/A Why I chose it: Christmas gift! Review: I found the early seasons of GBBO, where Mel and Sue would interject historical interludes and interviews explaining the different items the contestants were baking, to be a huge help in understanding […]

Getting My Body and Mind Right

Light on Yoga by B.K.S. Iyengar

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CANNONBALL Best for: Anyone interested in pursuing a serious yoga practice. In a nutshell: Iyengar provides a summary of the history of yoga, beyond what many folks consider when attending yoga classes or watching videos. Worth quoting: “The study of Yoga is not like work for a diploma or a university degree by someone desiring favourable results in a stipulated time.” Why I chose it: Part of my goal for 2021 is to live more of the life that I want, and building a consistent […]



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