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Girly Drinks: A World History of Women and Alcohol by Mallory O'Meara

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I had two issues with Girly Drinks by Mallory O’Meara. It had a very narrow and specific perspective on the way people (the readers) assume modern women drink and was full of irrelevant and dated pop culture comparisons to explain history. The book is only from 2021. It was poorly cited (but not poorly researched). It wasn’t easy to flip between the resources in the back and the statements in the chapters. It was fun enough that I had no problems overlooking my issues. In […]

More digestible self help

The Anxious Perfectionist by Clarissa W. Ong and Michael P. Twohig

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I’ve been reading a lot of self-help books lately for a number of reasons. It is great when something I read can make a concrete difference in my life. I just recently read another book on perfectionism, called The Perfectionists Guide to Losing Control. That book was interesting, but a little frustrating and left me wanting more. So, I listened to The Anxious Perfectionist (2022) by Clarissa W. Ong and Michael P. Twohig hoping for a better understanding of perfectionism and how it might affect me. Although The […]

Shaping our shape of self

Unretouchable by Sofia Szamosi

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While looking at online reader copies that were new to the site I use, I found Bad Kid (a Graphic Memoir): My Life as a Troubled Teen by Sofia Szamosi. It said it was a companion to Unretouchable. Which, of course, meant that if I wanted to read Bad Kid, my brain said, you need Unretouchable. Therefore, off to the library I went to pick up a copy via interlibrary loan. Szamosi discusses the beauty industry and how she is both part of and wants […]

A little self-improvement

The Perfectionist's Guide to Losing Control by Katherine Morgan Schafler

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I guess I’ve been on something of a self-help kick lately. My therapist recommended that I read a couple of books, and now Amazon has decided to offer up some more. The Perfectionist’s Guide to Losing Control: A Path to Peace and Power (2023) by Katherine Morgan Schafler was one of those books. I’ve always had perfectionist tendencies, so when I saw The Perfectionist’s Guide, I thought it might be illuminating. So I picked it up from my library. I was really excited when I started reading this […]

This cat book needs more about cats

Cat Tales: A History by Jerry D. Moore

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I love this cover! It’s an illustration from Edward Topsill’s The History of Serpents, or, the Second Booke of Living Creatures, printed in 1608. If you could see it in person, you’d love it even more, because it has a metallic finish. A book with a cover like this will practically jump off the shelf into your hands. I love the 76 photos and illustrations throughout the book, which range from more historical illustrations to photos of mummified animals to a famous photo of P-22, […]

Round up at the O-K-bookstore

It Started with a Book Ban by Linda Ravin Lodding 

Tic-errific Me: A book about Tourette syndrome (Disability Books for Kids) by Alicia Meyers and Cait Brennan

The Kimchi Fridge by Tina Cho and Cindy Kang

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Round up time for my beloved picture books. All titles were read via an online reader copy.   BOOK ONE It Started with a Book Ban by Linda Ravin Lodding A fun and silly way to talk about the seriousness of the idea of Book Banning. And while I don’t promote banning things, I must admit sometimes the color green is annoying to me, too. (And pink, pink can be too cheerful).  Obviously Lodding uses humor to get the message across and goes into extreme […]



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