I had heard so much about it that I assumed I knew what the plot was going to be all about. I was wrong. And the author was in on the duping. A story as widely known as this, all of his readers were informed, to more or less, the same degree. And because the author knew this he had quite a challenge on his hands. And I had preconceived notions to dismiss. Into the Wild by Jon Krakauer, is the journalistic telling of the […]
More on Art Therapy…
I promise that I will read and review something different soon, I’ve just been very focused on my school readings right now. And so, here is some more on art therapy! And two very different approaches and focuses within the field at that. If you’re interested at all in the following two books listed, my review for both can be found here. – Studio Art Therapy: Cultivating the Artist Identity in the Art Therapist by Catherine Moon – Introduction to Art Therapy: Sources & Resources […]
Packing for Mars: The Curious Science of Life in the Void by Mary Roach
I love Mary Roach and I LOVED this book. I’ve read Stiff and Spook before, and Packing for Mars was better even than those two. This woman does it all, and I would love to just take her out for a beer sometime. Packing for Mars delves into the space industry in every way imaginable: from the first tests to see what would happen to people in zero gravity to how they eat, sleep and poop in space. Roach investigates it all, and asks the greatest questions. The writing is […]
A Free Man at Heart
Before the Academy Award-winning film came out, I had no idea who Solomon Northup was, or that he had written about his experience as a free man ensnared by slavery for twelve awful years. And then, once the movie came out, I didn’t know if I had the courage to see it. I decided to read the book first. Wow. Told from the first-person perspective, Solomon Northup is born a free man, though his father was a freed slave. He is educated, hardworking, married with […]
Trying hard to sensationalize common sense.
Twenty-fifth book reviewed as part of the 130 Challenge. This is the third time I’ve tried to read Malcolm Gladwell and I’m sorry to say that I’m still not impressed. First one I tried was Blink. I grew tired of it really quickly (I want to make a ‘blink of an eye’ pun but I feel sad for Gladwell) as it just had a lot of trivia without really going anywhere. There was nothing substantial to be had there. Next came Tipping Point and it bored […]
Shame Spirals and Taxidermy
This is one of those memoirs that makes you laugh out loud and then feel bad about laughing at some of the brutally honest things that Jenny Lawson reveals about her childhood, her relationship with her husband, and her battles with anxiety. I thought a lot about my friend, Fernanda, who was famous in college and after for writing extremely funny letters about her most embarrassing moments and how there’s a certain knack for revealing this information—walking the line […]