I usually love memoirs and autobiographies but I felt this was more a collection of short biographies on people I cannot relate to, at least not yet. This book raises medical ethical questions and could be engaging and witty but just not for me.
Thursday, October 16, 2014
Phoning Home - Jacob M.Appel
GoodReads First Read
I usually love memoirs and autobiographies but I felt this was more a collection of short biographies on people I cannot relate to, at least not yet. This book raises medical ethical questions and could be engaging and witty but just not for me.
I usually love memoirs and autobiographies but I felt this was more a collection of short biographies on people I cannot relate to, at least not yet. This book raises medical ethical questions and could be engaging and witty but just not for me.
The Ghosts of Nagasaki - Daniel Clausen
GoodReads First Read
This book is not an easy read at all but if you have the time definitely an interesting book to pick up. Everyone has their demons and this was an interesting, and sometimes confusing (when I was not focused on reading) story of a man taking on his demons.
I think I would have rated this book higher if I had more time to focus solely on it.
This book is not an easy read at all but if you have the time definitely an interesting book to pick up. Everyone has their demons and this was an interesting, and sometimes confusing (when I was not focused on reading) story of a man taking on his demons.
I think I would have rated this book higher if I had more time to focus solely on it.
Wednesday, October 15, 2014
Eating Animals - Jonathan Safron Foer
I was given this book to read from a lifelong friend.
It is a hard subject to read about but a necessary one in my humble opinion.
This book is an eye opener to the problems of factory farming. No easily made solution is clearly presented though on how to correct the system in place other than the thought that "the world will shake it off like fleas"... There are steps each individual can take on a personal scale, which really wont impact factory farming on a larger scale. The whole factory farming system will not be going anywhere anytime soon. People are too in love with the cheap cost of items, and with the taste of meat, for it to go away in this generation or the next.
I would be interested in reading more about the side effects of humans consuming animals raised in factory farms versus grass fed free ranging animals that live on farms as they were hundreds of years ago. I think the medical side behind this issue would cause more steps in changing the system then the animal welfare unfortunately. I am not okay with the treatment behind how factory farmed animals are created and treated but I am guilty of comparing the prices of meats in the deli and buying the cheapest that also stills has good enough flavor.
It is a hard subject to read about but a necessary one in my humble opinion.
This book is an eye opener to the problems of factory farming. No easily made solution is clearly presented though on how to correct the system in place other than the thought that "the world will shake it off like fleas"... There are steps each individual can take on a personal scale, which really wont impact factory farming on a larger scale. The whole factory farming system will not be going anywhere anytime soon. People are too in love with the cheap cost of items, and with the taste of meat, for it to go away in this generation or the next.
I would be interested in reading more about the side effects of humans consuming animals raised in factory farms versus grass fed free ranging animals that live on farms as they were hundreds of years ago. I think the medical side behind this issue would cause more steps in changing the system then the animal welfare unfortunately. I am not okay with the treatment behind how factory farmed animals are created and treated but I am guilty of comparing the prices of meats in the deli and buying the cheapest that also stills has good enough flavor.
Change Your Clothes Change Your Life - George Brescia
Every once in a while life gets away from you... Seems like its been forever since I have been able to sit down let alone log in to write up a blog. I am back though!
Goodreads First Read
This book was excellent and I would recommend to every girl, lady or woman. I was never into fashion growing up. I wanted to wear a t-shirt and jeans every day and it didn't matter the size or age of either. Just as long as I thought it was comfortable. As I went through college though the jeans and t-shirt look was not going to cut it any longer. Not only just in my social life but also in my academic and professional life. I did not know where to start though and was constantly depressed about my wardrobe. I wish I found this book back then. I have it now though and am taking all the lessons and applying it to my closet and shopping decisions and already I am getting those compliments on my choices that send me into a good mood regardless of all the work stacking up on my desk! I still have a lot to improve and need to find my own personal "George" to help me but I am finally on the right path (and have the promotion to go with it too!).
Goodreads First Read
This book was excellent and I would recommend to every girl, lady or woman. I was never into fashion growing up. I wanted to wear a t-shirt and jeans every day and it didn't matter the size or age of either. Just as long as I thought it was comfortable. As I went through college though the jeans and t-shirt look was not going to cut it any longer. Not only just in my social life but also in my academic and professional life. I did not know where to start though and was constantly depressed about my wardrobe. I wish I found this book back then. I have it now though and am taking all the lessons and applying it to my closet and shopping decisions and already I am getting those compliments on my choices that send me into a good mood regardless of all the work stacking up on my desk! I still have a lot to improve and need to find my own personal "George" to help me but I am finally on the right path (and have the promotion to go with it too!).
Saturday, August 16, 2014
An Anguished Cry For Our Endangered Planet - Gladwin Das
Goodreads First Read
This book was fantastic. A physician's view of a global problem, it is written in a way that everyone can understand (not too technical). The truth can be hard to swallow but the sign from the Indian national park sums it up perfectly, "Nature has enough for our needs but not enough for our greed".
As a first time mom I have a different view of the world around me. It is no longer about what I can get from my surroundings but what I can provide for my daughter. Looking around the current global landscape the people on the earth will consume it in her life time which is a scary and terrible thought. What type of world will she have, will her children have?
All we can do is wake up individually to these real crisis we are generating. Personally we have chosen to install solar panels and buy an all electric vehicle, like a teardrop in the ocean I know, but if everyone took it upon themselves to change small things then the world would improve as a whole. My favorite quote of all time, "Be the change you want to see in the world".
This book was fantastic. A physician's view of a global problem, it is written in a way that everyone can understand (not too technical). The truth can be hard to swallow but the sign from the Indian national park sums it up perfectly, "Nature has enough for our needs but not enough for our greed".
As a first time mom I have a different view of the world around me. It is no longer about what I can get from my surroundings but what I can provide for my daughter. Looking around the current global landscape the people on the earth will consume it in her life time which is a scary and terrible thought. What type of world will she have, will her children have?
All we can do is wake up individually to these real crisis we are generating. Personally we have chosen to install solar panels and buy an all electric vehicle, like a teardrop in the ocean I know, but if everyone took it upon themselves to change small things then the world would improve as a whole. My favorite quote of all time, "Be the change you want to see in the world".
Tuesday, July 29, 2014
Innocent in Las Vegas - AR Winters
A good quick read. A story that has been told before though.
A woman wants to become a private investigator and gets her first case and muddles her way through it with the help of a sexy mysterious guy that owns his own security firm. The family loves the guy and who wouldn't but the girl is in denial of needing help let alone a hot sexy man...
Sunday, July 27, 2014
Everybody Freaks Out! - T Rowe Price
I received this as a Goodreads First Read. I ranked this as "it's ok". It is a children's book but for adults. I guess my daughter would like the pictures but the content I would not read to her once she is able to understand.
Having gone to college, and still enrolled in a Masters program I fully am aware of the cost of college and how expensive it is right now. I can only imagine how much it will be when my daughter is ready to go. I started a very simple savings plan before she was born to help with the cost and I still worry that it may not be enough.
I am not overly fond of people talking to me like a child and while this is a cutsey rhyme about saving up for college and the 529 plan I could have skipped reading it and just read an informational pamphlet. Illustrations were not bad though so I did like that.
Having gone to college, and still enrolled in a Masters program I fully am aware of the cost of college and how expensive it is right now. I can only imagine how much it will be when my daughter is ready to go. I started a very simple savings plan before she was born to help with the cost and I still worry that it may not be enough.
I am not overly fond of people talking to me like a child and while this is a cutsey rhyme about saving up for college and the 529 plan I could have skipped reading it and just read an informational pamphlet. Illustrations were not bad though so I did like that.
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