Going Clear: Scientology, Hollywood, and the Prison of Belief by Lawrence Wright This is an impressively researched book, and I have to admire Wright’s courage in covering something as controversial as Scientology. I enjoyed this (audio) book not so much because I had a curiosity about Scientology, but because it helped me solidify my feelings …
Category: Book Review
Mar 05
Book Review: Disaster Preparedness
Disaster Preparedness: A Memoir by Heather Havrilesky I’ve really enjoyed Havrilesky’s advice column “Ask Polly” where she gently and empathically and sympathetically tells people in the nicest possible way exactly why they are full of crap and how all of their problems are their own fault. I love her voice, and figured I would like …
Feb 22
Book Review: Asleep
Asleep by Banana Yoshimoto A friend handed me this, not telling me what to expect, and it turned out to be a very literary novel. It’s not really a novel, per se., but three long short stories or short novellas all on the theme of sleeping. The first short story is about a woman worried …
Feb 12
Book Review: Flow
Flow by Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi I read this book because it had been mentioned in many bibliographies of books I’ve read in the past couple of years, and because people who have read it said it was amazing. Basically, it talks about how most people feel happiness when they are completely engaged in what they are …
Feb 07
Book Review: The Murder of the Century
The Murder of the Century: The Gilded Age Crime that Scandalized a City and Sparked the Tabloid Wars by Paul Collins I listened to this book on the recommendation of someone at Audible, who said I would like it on account of I liked THE POISONER’S HANDBOOK. I did like it, but I can’t say …