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Your Public Persona: Self-Presentation in Everyday Life by Mark Leary
informative
reflective
medium-paced
3.75
Very insightful, but it could do with more concrete exercises on how to improve and adapt our self-presentation.
Neurodiversity and the Myth of Normal by Kyler Shumway, Daniel Wendler
hopeful
informative
reflective
medium-paced
4.0
Great advice and experience for neurodiverse people, with actionable plans to reduce triggering situations and handle them better too. My only issue is that the book is too short! Would love to learn more hacks and specific techniques to get by and help others get by too.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Ableism and Suicidal thoughts
Moderate: Bullying and Homophobia
Minor: Animal cruelty, Child abuse, Suicide, Forced institutionalization, and Medical trauma
The Untethered Soul: The Journey Beyond Yourself by Michael A. Singer
hopeful
inspiring
reflective
slow-paced
3.0
The Disaster Artist: My Life Inside The Room, the Greatest Bad Movie Ever Made by Tom Bissell, Greg Sestero
emotional
funny
informative
inspiring
reflective
fast-paced
5.0
Dirtbag: Essays by Amber A'Lee Frost
challenging
emotional
hopeful
reflective
medium-paced
4.5
I still believe in the cause and I still believe in Amber. If you can, listen to the audiobook. She's so wholesome and warm in her very own way, witty yet emotional.
Coke Machine Glow by Gordon Downie
emotional
reflective
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.75
The only time I've cried
along with a politician
was when Justin Trudeau
mourned a very loved musician
in Canadian English
and broken Quebecois.
Still feeling like pure shit:
I just want Gordie back.
along with a politician
was when Justin Trudeau
mourned a very loved musician
in Canadian English
and broken Quebecois.
Still feeling like pure shit:
I just want Gordie back.
Ultra-Processed People: The Science Behind the Food That Isn't Food by Chris van Tulleken
Did not finish book. Stopped at 15%.
Did not finish book. Stopped at 15%.
Too dense and scientific.
What I Talk About When I Talk About Running by Haruki Murakami
inspiring
lighthearted
reflective
fast-paced
3.0
When the girlies write something like this it's called "a perzine". When an older male author writes something like this, it's called "a memoir".