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melangell rated English Pastoral: 5 stars
melangell rated Confessions of a Forty-Something F**k Up: 3 stars
Confessions of a Forty-Something F**k Up by Alexandra Potter
Nell Stevens’ life is a mess. When her business goes bust and her fiancé with it, Nell’s happy ever after …
Piranesi by Susanna Clarke
From the New York Times bestselling author of Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell, an intoxicating, hypnotic new novel set …
melangell rated The Bible in Australia: 5 stars
melangell rated Eleanor of Aquitaine: 5 stars
melangell rated Stop Reading the News: 3 stars
melangell rated The Discomfort of the Evening: 2 stars
melangell rated Nothing Can Hurt You: 5 stars
melangell reviewed The Wise Friend by Ramsey Campbell
Review of 'The Wise Friend' on 'Storygraph'
Dnf at page 3 for terrible writing
Popular by Maya Van Wagenen
" A touchingly honest, candidly hysterical memoir from breakout teen author Maya Van Wagenen Stuck at the bottom of the …
melangell reviewed Simplify Your Life by Mary Conroy
Review of 'Simplify Your Life' on 'Storygraph'
4 stars
I work in a public library and I borrow just about anything on decluttering and simplifying that I come across, because I live in a tiny place and have terrible executive function. I skim most of them and don't even finish skimming them half the time--it's mostly all the same thing.
Simplify Your Life is far more worthwhile. It is not only about physical possessions but also approaches to work, personal finances, online activity and so on. The chapter about work is particularly good and suggests how and why you should say no to extra duties at work that aren't relevant to your own career goals: the brownie points you get for organising the work Christmas party every year will count for nothing when involuntary redundancies come around.
The author is sensible and pragmatic and the book is well written and clearly structured. It was a pleasure to read and …
I work in a public library and I borrow just about anything on decluttering and simplifying that I come across, because I live in a tiny place and have terrible executive function. I skim most of them and don't even finish skimming them half the time--it's mostly all the same thing.
Simplify Your Life is far more worthwhile. It is not only about physical possessions but also approaches to work, personal finances, online activity and so on. The chapter about work is particularly good and suggests how and why you should say no to extra duties at work that aren't relevant to your own career goals: the brownie points you get for organising the work Christmas party every year will count for nothing when involuntary redundancies come around.
The author is sensible and pragmatic and the book is well written and clearly structured. It was a pleasure to read and I'm realising I need to take a more minimalist approach to books on minimalism.
Simplify Your Life is far more worthwhile. It is not only about physical possessions but also approaches to work, personal finances, online activity and so on. The chapter about work is particularly good and suggests how and why you should say no to extra duties at work that aren't relevant to your own career goals: the brownie points you get for organising the work Christmas party every year will count for nothing when involuntary redundancies come around.
The author is sensible and pragmatic and the book is well written and clearly structured. It was a pleasure to read and I'm realising I need to take a more minimalist approach to books on minimalism.
