tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-54173485573967587492024-02-08T14:38:01.384-05:00Book Rapt - read it or notMe and you rate what we are reading now.eLizAbeth http://www.blogger.com/profile/14464902757908951574noreply@blogger.comBlogger62125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5417348557396758749.post-86291578360887634832015-11-15T11:34:00.001-05:002015-11-15T11:34:48.398-05:00Me, My Hair, and I<p dir="ltr">Twenty-seven women untangle an obsession<br>
Edited by Elizabeth Benedict<br></p>
<p dir="ltr">Deborah Hoffman played a crucial role in my NYC experience (and Balin's) and Myra Goldberg (and her daughter) were a part of my Sarah Lawrence time.</p>
<p dir="ltr">I have thought about writing a hair essay too and I enjoyed getting to know the experiences that these woman have had through this thing. Fascinating. </p>
eLizAbeth http://www.blogger.com/profile/14464902757908951574noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5417348557396758749.post-216242677853773062014-09-26T02:43:00.002-04:002014-09-26T02:43:45.164-04:00Spinning Straw Into Gold Spinning Straw Into Gold<br />
by Joan Gould.<br />
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So far, 13 pages in, wonderful.<br />
Feels like an SLC project coming on and this book is lighting the tinder.<br />
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<br />eLizAbeth http://www.blogger.com/profile/14464902757908951574noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5417348557396758749.post-17323211665973697692013-07-27T13:22:00.001-04:002013-07-27T13:22:32.565-04:00Battle Hymn of the Tiger Motherby Amy Chua<br />
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<i>"This is a story about a mother, two daughters, and two dogs.</i><br />
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<i>This was supposed to be a story of how Chinese parents are better at raising their kids than Western ones.</i><br />
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<i>But instead, it's about a bitter clash of cultures, a fleeting taste of glory, and how I was humbled by a thirteen-year-old."</i><br />
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ooooh, love me some Asian/American 2nd generation immigrant family stories. Plus, she is a smart mother/writer and is outlining the difference between Western & Asian mothering/parenting. Yep. I am hooked.<br />
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<br />eLizAbeth http://www.blogger.com/profile/14464902757908951574noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5417348557396758749.post-88583145407115776562013-07-27T13:19:00.001-04:002013-07-27T13:19:12.199-04:00When She Wokeby Hillary Jordan<br />
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A rewriting of <i>The Scarlet Letter</i> yet set in the future. I was not aware when I picked this up of the redo of a familiar story... When I read the first few lines of the back once home I was disappointed. Yet, I kept reading and was hooked. The story differs quite a bit and I do so love speculative fiction. :)eLizAbeth http://www.blogger.com/profile/14464902757908951574noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5417348557396758749.post-52933674186130346862013-07-27T13:17:00.000-04:002013-07-27T13:17:00.958-04:00Born to Run: a hidden tribe, superathletes, and the greatest race the world has never seenby Christopher McDougall<br />
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Awesome. Once I got over the man-view of how it was written... ugh, that was hard. I just wanted the story told to me and not outlined and relayed in a stopping-for-the-backstory kind of way. But, once in, I was hooked. Plus, it even interested my husband in barefoot running! Yay!<br />
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<br />eLizAbeth http://www.blogger.com/profile/14464902757908951574noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5417348557396758749.post-40781329050462167802013-07-27T13:14:00.002-04:002013-07-27T13:14:29.364-04:00Passing For Thin: losing half my weight and finding myselfby Frances Kuffel<br />
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Interesting issues regarding obesity in the US and what stems from childhood to make it a continuum. I was surprised and also somewhat not surprised to see how I have a lot of these same issues. Yes, a one woman, one story type of read but on a greater scale it does shed light on a not often talked about inner story. eLizAbeth http://www.blogger.com/profile/14464902757908951574noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5417348557396758749.post-62626042485508249402013-07-27T13:08:00.000-04:002013-07-27T13:08:15.219-04:00Wide Awake: a memoir of insomniaby Patricia Morrisroe<br />
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ugh. This book put me to sleep. Some interesting data on sleep and the finguring-out-why-we-don't-sleep saga but I really didn't care for her standpoint on herself. Victim! Victim! Victim! ugh. Didn't even finish the whole thing because, in the end (or at the 3/4 mark) I really didn't care anymore. Too bad - all that research and data and ending up with crappola.eLizAbeth http://www.blogger.com/profile/14464902757908951574noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5417348557396758749.post-23506072730001257322013-07-27T13:04:00.002-04:002013-07-27T13:04:46.999-04:00Loving What Is: How four questions can change your lifeby Byron Katie.<br />
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Blew. My. Mind.<br />
I use these principles every day when I encounter "problems."<br />
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She has an amazing story to tell about her life but it is what she has done with every moment afterwards that is really amazing. eLizAbeth http://www.blogger.com/profile/14464902757908951574noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5417348557396758749.post-23180534418250508322013-07-27T13:01:00.001-04:002013-07-27T13:01:38.903-04:00Sand in my Bra and Other misadventures: funny women write from the roadedited by Jennifer L. Leo<br />
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Ugh. Totally not what I was expecting. I picked this up because it was a book club recommendation and I was thoroughly unimpressed with these women. Such victims! No fun! No sense of adventure laced with happiness to be out and about! Just ugh, blugh, grub... on and on about what didn't happen and what should have... oh, woe is you. I had to put it down and try, try again - not believing that this whole book by these "funny" women was this bad. Ugh. Awful. <br />
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What would have been amazing was if it had been what I thought it was going to be - an account of women on their own in the world on real adventures. I want to read that book. Maybe perhaps research and write it. :) That makes me happy.eLizAbeth http://www.blogger.com/profile/14464902757908951574noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5417348557396758749.post-60158679628995162182013-07-27T12:55:00.001-04:002013-07-27T12:55:33.149-04:00he Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacksby Rebecca Skloot<br />
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I read this for a book club meeting that I never made it to but had no idea about the subject of the book when I picked it up. It was a little single-minded for my tastes and if it hadn't been on the list I never would have taken it home from the library but, even so, it had some interesting parts. I am fascinated by race relations in the US and how they are developing still. This book holds a place on a shelf of some obscure thought process regarding that - yes, we still are screwy with this topic. Oh yes.eLizAbeth http://www.blogger.com/profile/14464902757908951574noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5417348557396758749.post-49641101579831059522013-07-27T12:52:00.001-04:002013-07-27T12:52:03.323-04:00Wild: From lost to found on the Pacific Crest trailby Cheryl Strayed<br />
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Loved this. I keep thinking about who I would be out on the trail and this was a good, fun read for me.eLizAbeth http://www.blogger.com/profile/14464902757908951574noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5417348557396758749.post-55354953537626097482013-07-27T12:45:00.003-04:002013-07-27T12:45:59.987-04:00Funny in Farsi: A Memoir of Growing up Iranian in America.by Firoozeh Dumas<br />
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Captivated as I am by 2nd generation immigrant families and especially from Iran, this book didn't disappoint with its humorous reflections of a woman's life. Fascinating at times and a quick read.eLizAbeth http://www.blogger.com/profile/14464902757908951574noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5417348557396758749.post-36960711490063885702013-07-27T12:41:00.002-04:002013-07-27T12:41:55.317-04:00Poser: My Life in 23 Yoga Posesby Clair Dederer<br />
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Interesting. Yes, yoga is extremely helpful to many people but the hooplah surrounding it makes me cringe. Reading this woman's account of yoga on her life in a few stages was a good read. I'll go yoga when I am 50. Until then, there is pilates. And running. :)eLizAbeth http://www.blogger.com/profile/14464902757908951574noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5417348557396758749.post-34293561898239434142013-01-19T12:19:00.001-05:002013-01-19T12:19:26.428-05:00How to be a Womanby Caitlin Moran<br />
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Wow. Only a few chapters in and I definitely need to find a new word for my vagina.<br />
Definitely.eLizAbeth http://www.blogger.com/profile/14464902757908951574noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5417348557396758749.post-35550540647101511042012-12-08T14:28:00.004-05:002013-01-19T12:20:24.287-05:00The Particular Sadness of Lemon Cakeby Aimee Bender<br />
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Couldn't get past the first chapter. I just took this Discovery course through Benchmark and wow, I hear the "I'm a Victim!" in everything and that is so not useful, productive, or good.eLizAbeth http://www.blogger.com/profile/14464902757908951574noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5417348557396758749.post-5120723832859649772012-12-08T14:28:00.001-05:002012-12-08T14:28:02.335-05:00Cinderella Ate My Daughterby Peggy OrensteineLizAbeth http://www.blogger.com/profile/14464902757908951574noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5417348557396758749.post-53118202639026234452012-12-08T14:27:00.002-05:002012-12-08T14:27:17.977-05:00Floor Sample: A Creative Memoirby Julia CameroneLizAbeth http://www.blogger.com/profile/14464902757908951574noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5417348557396758749.post-82902849211521523522012-11-27T17:01:00.002-05:002012-11-27T17:01:29.480-05:00Traveling With Pomegranates: A Mother-Daughter StoryBy Sue Monk Kidd and Ann Kidd TayloreLizAbeth http://www.blogger.com/profile/14464902757908951574noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5417348557396758749.post-34325901509339479562012-11-27T16:59:00.000-05:002013-07-27T12:49:19.514-04:00Committed: A skeptic makes peace with marriageby Elizabeth Gilbert<br />
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The second book after Eat, Pray, Love. Boy, am I glad I never saw the movie on the first one.<br />
This, however, was a fast, quick and slightly entertaining read. Marriage is just another box and this box happens to reside on a roller coaster sometimes.eLizAbeth http://www.blogger.com/profile/14464902757908951574noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5417348557396758749.post-70521335808745998392012-10-28T13:30:00.001-04:002012-10-28T13:30:29.370-04:00The Night Circusby Erin Morgenstern<br />
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Entranced until p. 37. Always my stumbling block, I wonder about the intent of authors who write with such ease about relationships between men and women starting so swiftly and seemingly without much care -as if there were no baggage, strings or mixed emotions involved.<br />
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The story is engaging and I enjoy the feeling of my mind humming with potential threads.eLizAbeth http://www.blogger.com/profile/14464902757908951574noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5417348557396758749.post-4207586736157368442012-10-25T11:13:00.003-04:002012-10-25T16:36:43.375-04:00The Language of Flowersby Vanessa Diffenbaugh<br />
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Exquisite, 83 pages in. Ugh, page 84. <br />
The layout of the story, building like perfectly shaped ice blocks, has just shifted and now it melts. Boo.<br />
<br />eLizAbeth http://www.blogger.com/profile/14464902757908951574noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5417348557396758749.post-3509250867603623292012-10-25T11:11:00.001-04:002012-10-28T13:33:08.534-04:00Peace is the Wayby Deepak Chopra<br />
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Just able to get through three pages of this one. My focus is not headed in this direction currently and, from what I already know of human nature and the aspect of peace on us, I seriously doubt by my reading this book will I swerve the conscious and unconsciouses needed to proclaim any person fully and truly at peace long enough to make changes for all.eLizAbeth http://www.blogger.com/profile/14464902757908951574noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5417348557396758749.post-3991692811163287892012-10-22T00:05:00.003-04:002012-10-25T11:19:09.308-04:00Love is a Four-Letter Word: True Stories of Breakups, Bad Relationships, and Broken HeartsEdited by Michael Taeckens<br />
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Of the many authors who have contributed or were amassed together for this book I now know of a few that I would skip in the future and others who I would take a second look at. Having this one theme as a focus gave me the space to think on what I would write and, once those thoughts clouded my head, the more pressing thoughts of why I would skip this assignment. I found many to be navel-gazing without imparting much significance for others to glean from. This, alone, was good for me to understand.eLizAbeth http://www.blogger.com/profile/14464902757908951574noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5417348557396758749.post-22600548873804363062012-10-18T23:14:00.003-04:002012-10-18T23:14:33.912-04:00On Becoming Fearless in Love, Work, and Lifeby Arianna HuffingtoneLizAbeth http://www.blogger.com/profile/14464902757908951574noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5417348557396758749.post-58741203478926583082012-10-18T23:13:00.001-04:002012-10-25T11:15:27.858-04:00In Her Place: A Documentary History of Prejudice Against Womenedited by S.T. Joshi<br />
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Lots of works compiled together here - the enormous luggage we carry on our backs for all to read.eLizAbeth http://www.blogger.com/profile/14464902757908951574noreply@blogger.com0