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“There are no true stories; there are only facts, and the stories we tell ourselves about those facts.” #CBRBINGO – People

We Keep the Dead Close: A Murder at Harvard and a Half Century of Silence by Becky Cooper

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I find most true crime stories helplessly fascinating. I know some people agonize over whether it is moral to be entertained by such stories, but I’ve never had that problem, and frankly think it’s a waste of time to think about the “morality” of what stories we consume. I think most people are drawn to true crime not because they get their jollies out by reveling in other people’s pain (though, there’s always a few . . . ) but because it speaks to our […]

Pretty Pictures and Clever Ideas

The Home Edit Life: The Complete Guide to Organizing Absolutely Everything at Work, at Home, and On the Go by Clea Shearer & Joanna Teplin

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CBR13BINGO: Self-Care (organizing calms me and brings me joy) Best for: People who like to organize all the things. People who like to look at gorgeous pictures of organized things. In a nutshell: Clea and Joanna of The Home Edit fame expand beyond their first book to offer tips for organizing other areas of life (there’s a section on pets!). Worth quoting: “For those who claim their family/roommate/partner will never get on board with an organized house, we present you with the silverware drawer. Every […]

Self-Help 1, 2, 3!

The Journey from Abandonement to Healing by Susan Anderson

Adult Children of Emotionally Immature Parents by Lindsay C. Gibson, PsyD

Please Yourself by Emma Reed Turrell

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It’s time for the heavy-weight competitors of the Self-Help category! A team up of not two but three books that are written by highly regarded mental health professionals and containing a wealth of helpful and, in this combo, complimentary advice on how to get over your damn shit! Okay but seriously, the combo of these books and the order I read them in was really great, which is why I’m doing a triple review. The Journey from Abandonment to Healing: Surviving and recovering from the […]

The times, they are a-changing

Digital Minimalism by Cal Newport

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Reading Cal Newport’s ‘Digital Minimalism’ reminded me of training my dog when she was a puppy. She was a hedonistic ball of fluffy energy and razor-sharp teeth. She would piddle on the floor, playfully bite the bejeezus out of my hands, and stay up til the early hours doing pointless activities. I was only a few pages deep into the book when it struck me: when it comes to my use of tech, I’ve become an out-of-control puppy. I’ve been a digital hedonist, never bothering […]

“Some werewolves are hairy on the inside.”

Danse Macabre by Stephen King

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This was good, but it is very dated. He focuses on horror in the thirty year period of the 1950’s to the 1980’s, although he does have a foreword to the latest edition where he brings up more modern movies, but that’s only about thirty pages, and the rest of the 400 pages are still focused on horror that was all released before I was born (and I’ve never liked it enough to seek any of it out). It’s also less interesting to me personally […]



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