I found this audiobook on spotify: "Scroogenomics: Why You Shouldn't Buy Presents for the Holidays". The author argues that gift giving is a pretty glaring waste of money and resources, and I have to admit he makes some good points.

It's like this... pretend your loved one spends $100 on a sweater for you for christmas. Maybe you love it, maybe ( Read more... )

According to my goodreads I've read 50 books this year. not bad! one a week. not a record setter, but enough that I feel like I grew and learned and felt healthy this year. my mind is in a better place when I'm in some good books. I usually have an audio book going, and a paper or kindle book going. sometimes a book at work and a book at home. on ( Read more... )

this jumbled mess of an entry will be about four things I've done recently ( Read more... )

I've been reading a LOT lately but this weekend I finished "Escape" by Carolyn Jessop. I joked to a group recently that my two favorite genres are horror, and self-help. Reading about women escaping from fundamentalist cults is really in that perfect intersection ( Read more... )

It's halloween right? Okay not october yet but... we're getting ready! The temperature dropped a tiny smidge and I'm ready to get out all the bat decorations. I also wanted to ask my fellow ljers here what's your favorite scary book ( Read more... )

I was so impressed with Kamala Harris during the debates, and so excited when she was sworn in as vice president! I recently finished her book "The Truths We Hold: An American Journey". It was okay. It really read like a civics lesson, or book of political speeches, not quite what I expected. I learned some things, sure... administrative details ( Read more... )

Well this book sucked. You all know I love personal finance books so even though I think I'm pretty well-versed, I like to pay attention to what's being recommended and one of my groups was always bringing up this one:

Your Money or Your Life: 9 Steps to Transforming Your Relationship with Money and Achieving Financial Independence by Vicki Robin ( Read more... )

for my birthday kycoo asked how do you decide and keep track of what books you want to read? Does your to-read list ever get out of control, or do you prune it from time to time?short answer: I really try to avoid having any kind of organized "to read" list. or worse, nightstand stack of books. equally bad. I do not let anything loom over me ( Read more... )

It took me way too long to read Educated by Tara Westover! It was a bestseller in, what... 2018? A MILLION YEARS AGO. And I heard about it early too, I was lucky to be in a fledgling new toastmasters club for a while with the best ever community of artists, readers, makers, and we had a librarian. Yes, a real life professional librarian whose job ( Read more... )

I liked this book: "Sorry I'm Late, I Didn't Want to Come: An Introvert’s Year of Living Dangerously" by Jessica Pan ( Read more... )