Books, Non-Fiction, Self-Help

Atomic Habits by James Clear is a great self-help book for people trying to figure out how to create and maintain good habits and avoid bad ones

Atomic Habits: An Easy and Proven Way to Build Good Habits and Break Bad Ones by James Clear My rating: 4 of 5 starsI originally started listening to the audiobook version of this from the library, but soon realized that I really enjoyed how James Clear broke down a method to first create new habits… Continue reading Atomic Habits by James Clear is a great self-help book for people trying to figure out how to create and maintain good habits and avoid bad ones

Books, Feminism, History, Medicine, Non-Fiction, Science

Unwell Women by Elinor Cleghorn is a well-researched feminist history of women’s health

Unwell Women: Misdiagnosis and Myth in a Man-Made World by Elinor Cleghorn My rating: 5 of 5 starsUnwell Women: Misdiagnosis and Myth in a Man-Made World by Elinor Cleghorn, the author's debut, is an in-depth history of women's health published earlier this year by Dutton Books. I was happy to see that in the introduction,… Continue reading Unwell Women by Elinor Cleghorn is a well-researched feminist history of women’s health

Asian Author, Books, Non-Fiction, Self-Help

Whenever You’re Ready, the debut by classical pianist Jeeyoon Kim, is something you should read whenever you’re ready for good advice

Whenever You're Ready: How to Compose the Life of Your Dreams by Jeeyoon Kim My rating: 5 of 5 stars (4.5 that I rounded up to a 5)I listened to the audiobook version of Whenever You're Ready: How to Compose the Life of Your Dreams, which was quite pleasantly narrated by the author and runs… Continue reading Whenever You’re Ready, the debut by classical pianist Jeeyoon Kim, is something you should read whenever you’re ready for good advice

Books, Graphic Novel, Latinx, Non-Fiction, Poetry

Short Story Short Review: Gmorning, Gnight! Little Pep Talks for Me & You by Lin-Manuel Miranda, illustrated by Jonny Sun

Gmorning, Gnight! Little Pep Talks for Me & You by Lin-Manuel Miranda (author) and Jonny Sun (illustrator) My rating: 4 of 5 starsLin-Manuel Miranda often inspires his Twitter followers, but really also himself, with words of encouragement at the beginning and end of each day. This book is a curated selection of those sayings, aphorisms,… Continue reading Short Story Short Review: Gmorning, Gnight! Little Pep Talks for Me & You by Lin-Manuel Miranda, illustrated by Jonny Sun