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The Gift of The Gifts of Imperfection

The Gifts of Imperfection by Brene Brown

April 10, 2020 by randirock 3 Comments

“Understanding the difference between healthy striving and perfectionism is critical to laying down the shield and picking up your life. Research shows that perfectionism hampers success. In fact, it’s often the path to depression, anxiety, addiction, and life paralysis.” This is one of those books I wish I had as a young girl. Perhaps I wouldn’t have picked up on all of the intricacies and layers then that are understandable only with development and years of self-discovery; however, this may have helped to lay a […]

Filed Under: Non-Fiction Tagged With: Anthropology, Brené Brown, Imperfection, perfection, Psychology, Self-help, sociology

randirock's CBR12 Review No:12 · Genres: Non-Fiction · Tags: Anthropology, Brené Brown, Imperfection, perfection, Psychology, Self-help, sociology ·
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A Very British Armageddon

October 1, 2017 by TheShitWizard Leave a Comment

A fabulous collaboration between Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman in a very British, comedic take on The Omen, I’ve lost count of how many times I’ve now read this book, always finding something new to laugh at. So when I found myself recuperating from a very nasty illness, there was no other choice for me as to who I should spend my reading time with – as well as it serving as a timely refresh and reminder now that a TV adaptation is in the […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Fiction Tagged With: comedy, fantasy, Fiction, Neil Gaiman, perfection, Terry Pratchett

TheShitWizard's CBR9 Review No:54 · Genres: Fantasy, Fiction · Tags: comedy, fantasy, Fiction, Neil Gaiman, perfection, Terry Pratchett ·
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An absolutely perfect little book.

October 10, 2016 by ingres77 1 Comment

I’ve made no secret of my dismissal of the romance genre. It’s not that I don’t enjoy romance, or am indifferent to love, it’s that I’ve found the heaving bosoms and overflowing adoration to be blindly fantastical and willfully dismissive of actual romance. I’ve generally avoided the genre because I’ve never thought of it as even adequately representing real world love. I know that bodice rippers aren’t all the genre has to offer, but I have never encounter romance that spoke to me. Until Rainbow […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Romance, Young Adult Tagged With: 1980's, Comics, Eleanor & Park, music, Nebraska, New Wave, perfection, Rainbow Rowell

ingres77's CBR8 Review No:90 · Genres: Fiction, Romance, Young Adult · Tags: 1980's, Comics, Eleanor & Park, music, Nebraska, New Wave, perfection, Rainbow Rowell ·
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