![]() Three hundred years ago, someone with a college degree in “science” knew, well, everything there was to know. Below are three ideas that resonate with me.ĭecision overload "Millions of neurons are constantly monitoring the environment to select the most important things for us to focus on" - The Organized Mind, page 7 ![]() The general principles he shares can be applied in your own way to recapture a sense of order and regain hours lost trying to overcome the disorganized mind. There is no one system that will work for everyone. The systems Levitin shares can make a profound difference. We live in a day far different from our ancestors. ![]() Not just so we can be more productive but so we can have more time for fun, for play, for meaningful relationships, and for creativity. The heart of this book is about organizing our time better. Daniel Levitin shares, in The Organized Mind, what they are doing. What about you? Some of us are doing better than others. The average person is sleep-deprived, overstressed, and not making enough time for things he/she wants to do. In today’s world, it is easy to suffer from information and decision over-load. ![]() "A funny thing happened on the way to the twenty-first century: The plethora of information and the technologies that serve it changed the way we use our brains." - The Organized Mind, page 16 ![]()
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![]() I have to commend author Stella Torres for how grounded in reality her character feels. ![]() Which is why it was such a pleasant surprise to find that, from the moment we meet Eloisa Carreon, I knew she was a Filipina–even with her background in New York and Singapore. When I pick up local books that are in English, there is always a tendency for the protagonists to read and talk like western characters. Not because I had high expectations to begin with, but because my expectations rose while reading the book. Ignoring the fact that the back blurb of the book was misleading, I’m still a little disappointed with Save the Cake. With the wedding of the year fast approaching, Eloisa has a decision to make: Should she play it safe to avoid heartbreak, or take the risk on happiness with someone who can show her how to love again?” The attraction between them is undeniable, but Eloisa is weighed down by family expectations and emotional baggage from a past relationship. ![]() They discover a shared outlook on life and a mutual desire to escape the excesses of the nuptials. ![]() When she is tasked with creating a masterpiece for a high-society wedding, Eloisa meets handsome videographer Sean Alvarez. She yearns for the independence she had while living in New York and Singapore, but her overprotective parents and big brother monitor her every move. ![]() “ Twenty-eight-year-old Eloisa Carreon has come home to work at her family’s bakery as a cake artist after years of studying and working abroad. ![]() ![]() ![]() Undaunted, Kris unleashes her inner badass and her wicked guitar riffs to stop Terry and his evil cabal. She has to ward off murderous UPS men, hellish creatures, and much more on her way to the culmination of Koffin’s tour: Hellstock ’19 in the Nevada desert, where Terry will bring thousands of souls together for the devil to harvest. Kris, 47 and looking back at the shambles of her life, seeks the truth about the night Terry drew up contracts, striking a bargain with the devil that sold out Dürt Würk and doomed Kris to misery and obscurity while gaining fame and fortune for himself. ![]() Now Terry’s on an apocalyptic farewell tour with his new band, Koffin. Terry Hunt-aka the Blind King, the former frontman of the wildly successful Dürt Würk-ruined guitarist Kris Pulaski’s life 20 years ago. Hendrix’s pulpy love letter to heavy metal music is a gloriously over-the-top scare fest that has hidden depths. ![]() ![]() ![]() Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry is a powerful story of family, self-respect and strength, set against the turbulent backdrop of the Jim Crow South. Over the course of a year, Cassie must learn about standing up for what's right and picking your battles whilst she and her family navigate racism in its various forms from the 'night riders' that terrorise her community, to the everyday prejudice that permeates life in 1930s Mississippi. Her family refuses to sell their fields to a local man despite persistent pressure to do so, but for her parents the land is a symbol of sanctuary. But it's up to you to decide what them things are.Ĭassie Logan can't understand why her father is so proud of his land and farming his own crops. Helpful Kid, 12 years old Septemage 12+ Wait until youre at least 12 This book was a heartbreaking, well told, up close, realistic telling of how life was, and perfect for middle schoolers and teens. ![]() ![]() ![]() Part of her Logan family series, it is a sequel to her 1975 novella Song of the Trees. It’s a historical fiction book, and although it could be a younger rating it has many words and is detailed. There are things you can't back down on, things you gotta take a stand on. Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry is a 1977 novel by Mildred D. Rebel Voices is a new six-part Puffin Classics collection of strikingly designed, highly collectible books, written by female authors, and celebrating courage, rebellion, strength and inspiration. ![]() ![]() ![]() She explores how feminist outrage has been suppressed, discouraged, and deemed unattractive and crazy. ![]() ![]() In this resounding polemic against political, cultural, and personal injustices in America, Traister ( All the Single Ladies: Unmarried Women and the Rise of an Independent Nation, 2016, etc.) studies women’s anger as a tool for change.Ĭiting fury as a driving force of her journalism career, the author, a writer at large for New York magazine and contributing editor at Elle, set out to write this book as a means to convey her own rage in response to innumerable inequities. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() From a social work perspective, I see his work as brave, heartfelt, and honest. ![]() Harry exposes his family truths as he sees them to the fullest extent he can, while only hinting at some too painful to fully expose and discuss. In its most brutal truths, Spare is a memoir about a lonely, isolated, abused, purposeless boy who becomes determined to face his realities in order to mature-in the messy, disorganized, and even conflicting process that occurs when traumas and abuse are faced. I also found it to be misunderstood, condescended to, and judged harshly by many reviewers, critics, and readers, including several who hold a powerful media presence. I found Spare, the controversial memoir by Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex, released to the public on January 10, 2023, to hold many important life insights and opportunities for reflection (for social workers and our clients). By SaraKay Smullens, MSW, LCSW, DCSW, CGP, CFLE, BCD ![]() ![]() ![]() The majority of Jace’s students knew not to test him by showing up late more than once. And should he assign anyone a detention after school, they were required to turn up at the appropriate hour, full of contrition. ![]() ![]() He expected all of his students to be seated for class in a timely manner, ready to learn. There was no excuse for tardiness in his eyes: it was a sign of arrogance and selfishness. If there was one thing Jace Michaelson loathed, it was being kept waiting. decided to pursue her dreams of becoming a romance and erotic fiction author, with many of the escapades she witnessed inspiring her sexy stories. After witnessing the drunken debauchery of countless party guests over the years, J.C. Sworn to secrecy, the scandalous affair sparked J.C.’s curiosity. caught the chief bridesmaid and the groom’s father in flagrante in a storage room. Growing up in London, England, life was never dull for J.C., particularly when her culinary fathers allowed her to gatecrash some of their more extravagant gigs in the capital.Īt 17 years old, during an aristocrat’s raucous wedding reception, J.C. The only child of full-time caterers/amateur cabaret-dancing fathers, her adolescence was one unpredictable and hilarious adventure after another. Boddington is an English rose with a naughty imagination and a wicked sense of humour. ![]() ![]() ![]() "If you are at all interested in fantastic fiction, you must read Michael Moorcock. " is the greatest writer of post-Tolkien British Fantasy."-Michael Chabon, Pulitzer Prize winning author of The Amazing Adventures of Kavalaier & Clay, and Telegraph Avenue the master story-teller of our time."-Angela Carter author of The Bloody Chamber, and Nights at the Circus " can gleefully give you all the formulae of every kind of story there ever was, because he's tried and tested all of them. ![]() " is far and away the coolest, grimmest, moodiest, most elegant, degenerate, drug-addicted, cursed, twisted and emotionally weird mass murderer of them all."- "NPR" Perfect for fans new and old, this book is brought to life once more with stunning illustrations from the most lauded artists in fantasy. Stormbringer is the second in Michael Moorcock's incredible series, which has transformed the fantasy genre for generations. After defeating his nefarious cousin and gaining control over the epic sword, Stormbringer, Elric, prince of ruins, must decide what he's willing to sacrifice in a fight against Armageddon. ![]() ![]() In one of the most well-known and well-loved fantasy epics of the 20th century, Elric is the brooding, albino emperor of the dying Kingdom of Melnibone. Book Synopsis From World Fantasy Lifetime Achievement Award winner Michael Moorcock comes the second installment in is famous Elric of Melnibone series, brought to vivid new life with stunning illustrations. ![]() ![]() ![]() "There is no task more radical, more in keeping with a vision of a free society, than changing sexual relations," writes Willis in her book Beginning to See the Light. Califia describes herself as a "sex radical" and argues that gender and class injustice "are based mostly on sexuality-hatred of the body, the state's interest in controlling our pleasures."Ĭalifia is in the tradition of philosophers Wilhelm Reich and Herbert Marcuse, the gay pioneer Harry Hay, the poet Allen Ginsberg, the journalist Ellen Willis, and the novelist Dorothy Allison, who calls Califia's essays "lucid, intelligent, brave, and true." This tradition holds that sexual liberation is indispensable to true freedom, and that the repression of sexual pleasure is one of the oldest of the master's tools. ![]() So writes author Pat Califia in the preface to her book of erotic fiction, Macho Sluts. "The things that seem beautiful, inspiring, and life-affirming to me seem hateful, ugly, and ludicrous to most other people." Profile of a sex radical." Retrieved from MLA style: "Profile of a sex radical." The Free Library. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() When she miraculously passes the exam, Rin discovers that life at Sinegard is not what she expected, as she faces discrimination and bullying from her fellow students. ![]() Rin is a brilliant student and has dreams of escaping her life of poverty by passing the Keju, a rigorous exam that grants admission to the prestigious Sinegard Military Academy. The first book in the series, The Poppy War, introduces readers to Rin, a poor orphan who lives with her abusive foster parents. Set in a world inspired by 20th-century China, the series explores themes of war, politics, power, and morality with a deep and complex plot that will keep readers hooked from start to finish. Kuang is an epic trilogy that follows the journey of Rin, a young girl from the Rooster Province, who rises to become a powerful and feared warrior. ![]() |