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Review: The Courage to be Disliked
Book Specs 📖 One sentence Synopsis🔖 A young man and philosopher engage in an intellectual conversation about the question of happiness and how we can obtain it using Alderian psychology. Notes/Thoughts📝 “Quotes”🗣 To feel lonely, we need other people. that is to say, it is only in social contexts that a person becomes an individual…
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Review: Minor Detail
Book Specs 📖 One sentence Synopsis🔖 Two part narrative based on the true story of the Nirim Affair, a 1949 gang rape and murder of a young Bedouin-Palestinian girl by the Israeli Defense Force , followed by a fictional account of a Palestinian woman who tries to investigate this incident. Notes/Thoughts📝 This will require a second…
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Review: Widow Cliquot
First book review on the blog! Woohoo~~🎊 This year’s goal is to review every book I read (excluding any graphic/audio books) for a deeper reading experience. The format will be refined as I continue this habit. Book Specs 📖 One sentence Synopsis🔖 Started from the bottom… or erm “affluent upper-middle-class-bourgeoisie-family”, Barbe-Nicole Ponsardin Clicquot (the “Widow Clicquot”) cleverly…
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2025 in Book Quotes
hey there👋 Thanks for stopping by~ This is the 5th consecutive year I’ve continued the tradition of reading (at least) a book a week! I stopped book counting this year to stay more aligned with the practice of enjoying books vs. quantifying them. I’ve continued Virtual Book Club (hovering around 100 members on a rolling…
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2024 in Book Quotes
Yo-ho! If you’re reading this, we made it to the end of the year! What an accomplishment it is to be alive 🥳 Just like last year, I’ve categorized all my 2024 reads into categories (includes at least one quote from each book). Hopefully you get enough of a teaser to pick up a book…
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2023 in Book Quotes
Oh hey there, I took at least one quote from every book I read this year and organized them into themes that made sense to me. Hope there’s at least one quote in here that inspires you to pick up a book:) Follow me on Goodreads here. Enjoy~
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Quotes
I’ve been thinking about why I’m obsessed with quotes. What is it about memorializing what people say and why am I always looking for pithy statements that capture a feeling? Is my obsession causing me to overlook other elements of writing…or is the reason for my obsession something deeper. I take words very seriously, through…
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Why Discipline Matters
I listened to Jay Shetty interview Lewis Holmes on his podcast yesterday two things resonated with me: Holmes spoke to my core values – it’s hard (at least for me) to find someone that understands why I’m serious about my routines and habits…because who am I really impacting by journaling and roller-skating everyday? If I…
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The Choice
I finished reading a book by Dr. Edith Eva Eger yesterday. She is a Holocaust survivor, divorced and married the same man, had three kids, started going back to school at 32, and eventually obtained a doctorate in clinical psychology when she was 50-something. It’s one of those books that changes your worldview. When you…
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Subscription vs. one-time
Extremely random thought… Do you look at love and relationships as a one-time purchase model or a subscription? Let me explain. A one-time purchase is buying the whole iPhone vs. leasing the phone over 24 months or it’s buying the rights to own the software instead of paying for the service per month ex. Spotify/Apple…
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