The real measure of any time management technique is whether or not it helps you neglect the right things.” Oliver Burkeman, Four Thousand Weeks: Time Management for Mortals I don't know about you, but since the days of errant COVID-19 my conception of time and the passing of time has been wholly transformed. I find…
Hello all – I am your newest Cook blogger. I have always been a reader, getting my first library card at age eight when my reading obsession was Mozart biographies. As I have grown so have my reading interests which now range from mystery and romance to science and historical fiction. I like it all.…
“Let me just exist with you, happier than ever.” For much of his life, Canadian actor Elliot Page experienced gender dysphoria that made him extremely uncomfortable in his own body. The intense pressure Page felt to dress and act in a certain way almost drove him to quit show business during the aftermath of his…
A Career in Books, written and illustrated by Kate Gavino, might feel both fresh and familiar to anyone who enjoys watching The Bold Type. Three Asian American women graduate from college and secure jobs in the publishing industry. Shirin, Silvia, and Nina share a tiny apartment, nicknamed “the hallway,” in New York City. We follow…
Staying is not always a choice, and I have lived and lost enough to know that. But the way I think about grief is that it is the great tug-of-war, and sometimes the flag is on the side you don’t want it to be on. And sometimes, the game has exhausted all of its joy,…
As superpowers go, time travel seems like the best one for a bookish person -- it would let you loop back around as needed, until every last page was read. Then again, time loops, as anyone who has ever watched Groundhog Day can tell you, are tricky things. Holly Smale's adult debut, Cassandra in Reverse…
New York Times bestselling author and master of nonfiction spy thrillers Larry Loftis writes the first major biography of Corrie ten Boom, a Dutch watchmaker who saved the lives of hundreds of Jews during WWII—at the cost of losing her family and being sent to a concentration camp, only to survive, forgive her captors, and…
Brave the Wild River: the untold story of two women who mapped the botany of the Grand Canyon by Melissa L. Sevigny is a narrative nonfiction "genre bender". Part history, part adventure story, and part popular science work, this fun-loving book might be perfect to read during a camping trip. Botanists Elzeda Clover and Lois…
Creating special language to influence people’s behavior and beliefs is so effective in part simply because speech is the first thing we’re willing to change about ourselves . . . and also the last thing we let go.” Amanda Montell, Cultish: The Language of Fanaticism What makes cults so captivating? What makes them powerful? And could cult influence…
The phrase “beach read” is a deeply subjective one. For some, it means a breezy romance set on a literal oceanside beach. For others, it’s an action-packed twisty thriller – the literary equivalent of a summer popcorn flick. For other people it’s a behemoth of a book – a biography, or a classic work –…
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