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Goblin Mode by McKayla Coyle

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McKayla Coyle’s Goblin Mode, is a bit of an odd choice for me to review, but I thoroughly enjoyed it. Personally, I don’t really have a well formed aesthetic. I like what I like and none of it really matches or fits a philosophy or lifestyle. However, I appreciate goblincore’s rejection of Capitalism and conformity. I’m not so much into the nature aspects of goblincore (I have allergies), but I appreciate the weirdness, the clutter, the comfort, and the not fitting in to a mainstream […]

Sending kindness

Share Your Love by Susan B. Katz

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Susan B. Katz might want you to Share Your Love, but I wish they had not done it in rhyming text. However, since I am not the technical audience for the book (which I would say would be a four- to eight-year-old), that is okay. It will work for that younger crowd. This makes things fun, light, and bouncy. This is a “kindness meditation” (as the publisher description says) but since I am not a fan of the word mediation (has too many connotations of […]

Born under gray skies, painting the sun

To See Clearly: A Portrait of David Hockney by Evan Turk

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Who is David Hockney? I had no idea before reading To See Clearly: A Portrait of David Hockney. Or at least, I might have known the paintings (this picture book shows Hockney’s style interpreted by the author/illustrator Evan Turk), but not the name. The story is straight forward. Turk says, “David did this, that and the other thing.” He we “here, there, and someplace else.” However, there are a few facts that are tossed out, sit down, and say, “Whatcha gunna do about it?” Such […]

Life-changing concept, underwhelming book.

The Little Book of Hygge: Danish Secrets to Happy Living by Meik Wiking

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  I feel like this review is liable to have more words in it than the book did. I’m years late to the hygge train – I was vaguely familiar with the concept when it got big in America a couple years ago, but never really paid attention to it. Well, here I am now, and let me make it clear that I am a convert. There’s finally a word for the feeling I feel with candles lit and a thunderstorm outside! That powerful feeling […]

Girl, Wash Your Face – If you like/don’t like Goop you will like/not like this

Girl Wash Your Face: Stop Believing the Lies About Who You Are so You Can Become Who You Were Meant to Be by Rachel Hollis

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Having seen a number of women post about reading this book, and knowing that it’s a bit of a pop culture phenomenon at present, I wanted to see what all the hubbub was about. A friend of mine, noting my “currently reading” status on Goodreads was surprised to see me reading it and figured that it would not be my taste. She was not incorrect. Hollis, for the unknowing, has created a global empire with a website, number of books, event planning business, etc. Essentially […]



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