Showing posts with label nonfiction. Show all posts
Showing posts with label nonfiction. Show all posts
Saturday, December 28, 2024

The Lazy Genius Kitchen by Kendra Adachi

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This was an okay book. Definitely branches off of Adachi's first book and her podcast about being a lazy genius. There is an idea of zon...
Sunday, December 1, 2024

HBR Daily Leader by Harvard Business Review

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I read this as an ebook and think it would be better as a hard copy; something to keep by your bed or another easy place to open up and read...
Saturday, November 9, 2024

The Lazy Genius Way by Kendra Adachi

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I listen to the Lazy Genius podcast and thought I might read Adachi's books. I like reading about ways to simplify life, especially if I...
Friday, November 8, 2024

Building a Second Brain by Tiago Forte

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I can't remember why I put this on my TBR list. It's fine (telling you how to better organize your self and your life by using techn...
Sunday, November 3, 2024

The Third Gilmore Girl Kelly Bishop

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Has Kelly Bishop been in everything? No. But she sure has done a lot. From starring in the opening of "A Chorus Line" to starring ...
Friday, October 11, 2024

Christmas Movie Ultimate Trivia Book Test by Neal E. Fischer

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This is another book that will probably be better as a physical book than as an ebook. The answers are often on another page and flipping ba...
Thursday, October 3, 2024

Give and Take by Adam M. Grant

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If you really thought about it, you might assume that people who hog all the glory or keep all the money for themselves are the only ones wh...
Monday, September 9, 2024

Grit by Angela Duckworth

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The title pretty much says it all. If you have stick-to-it-tive-ness, it will generally take you farther than innate skill. Duchworth's ...
Monday, September 2, 2024

The Lost Art of Connecting by Susan McPherson, Jackie Ashton

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People today are doinga connections all wrong according to McPherson. This book was written in the midst of COVID and, of course, people wer...
Sunday, September 1, 2024

Randomistas by Andrew Leigh

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Leigh REALLY likes randomized testing. In this book, he explores how it has changed politics, philanthropy, and even grocery stores.  The bo...
Friday, August 16, 2024

What Got You Here Won't Get You There by Marshall Goldsmith

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I enjoyed this book and think I will look for it in a hard copy.  Goldsmith talks not only about the things that you SHOULD do but also the ...
Thursday, August 15, 2024

Nosy Neighbors by Freya Sampson

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This book is told mainly from the third person omniscient for Kat and Dorothy, both of whom live in Shelley House. Kat has only recently mov...
Saturday, August 10, 2024

Joyful Recollections of Trauma by Paul Scheer

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I really enjoy "How Did This Get Made" but wasn't sure I wanted to read about someone else's trauma. I did like that Paul ...
Friday, August 9, 2024

Slow Productivity by Cal Newport

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Technology was touted as making our lives easier but that is often not what has happened. Instead, we are working harder than ever, often, w...
Thursday, May 23, 2024

Sure, I'll Join Your Cult by Maria Bamford

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Definitely absorb this as an audiobook. Maria Bamford's voice is so distinctive and it's a delight to listen to her. Her tone is wry...
Tuesday, April 30, 2024

Move the Body, Heal the Mind by Jennifer Heisz

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Heisz talks about the notion of a Lazy Body, that we need to make ourselves move. Movement can help us in any number of ways. It's an in...
Monday, April 22, 2024

Supercommunicators by Charles Duhigg

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I was hearing about this book on a number of different podcasts so I thought I'd pick it up. I love a good book on communication and was...
Tuesday, March 12, 2024

Playful Intelligence by Anthony T. DeBenedet

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It looks like this book is being re-released as it originally came out on May 1, 2018. There are no notes on this being a new edition so, if...
Saturday, March 9, 2024

How to Walk into a Room by Emily P. Freeman

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I completely missed that this book was based in Christianity but that doesn't necessarily turn me off reading a book.  I liked the autho...
Saturday, February 24, 2024

Atomic Habits by James Clear

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A coworker of mine was talking about this book so I picked it up. It was an interesting premise, boiling down to four steps to develop bette...