Recent Book List

 I have read so many books recently that, rather than make separate reviews, I thought I'd do one big post. Here's what I read since mid-June:

  • Between the World and Me by Ta-Nehesi Coates
  • An Unquiet Mind by Kay Redfeild Jamison
  • Mindfulness: An Eight-Week Plan for Finding Peace in a Frantic World by J. Mark G. Williams
  • The Emotionary by Eden Sher
  • Intuitive Eating for Life by Jenna Hollenstein
  • Awkward: The Science of Why We're Socially Awkward and Why That's Awesome by Ty Tashiro
  • Use Your Difference to Make a Difference: How to Connect and Communicate in a Cross-Cultural World by Tayo Rockson
  • Exhale: 40 Breathwork Exercises to Help You Find Your Calm, Supercharge Your Health, and Perform at Your Best by Richie Bostock
  • Different, Not Less: A Neurodivergent's Guide to Embracing Your True Self and Finding Your Happily Ever After by Chloé Hayden

Whew, that's nine books! Plus a couple cookbooks on the side, not going to count those. Two were audiobooks, but the rest were print. I love books and think that it's incredibly important to foster a love of reading. It's an escape, it's a hobby, it's a beloved pastime. 

Overall, the books I've read lately have been good. The only one I wouldn't recommend is Exhale, mostly because it makes some truly outlandish claims about health through breathwork, using obviously cherry picked data and anecdotal "evidence." Awkward was a little slow paced at times for my liking, but overall a good book.

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