Orchard snuck into a nightclub in Melbourne in 1985 when she was 15, and met a 26 year old man. She went to a therapist 30+ years later, who encouraged her to report it. Great page turner. I had to keep reading to find out whether the bastard got it in the end. You can probably guess.
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Eric Ireland reviewed Groomed by Sonia Orchard
Sonia Orchard was in her forties when she told a therapist about the boyfriend she …
Suspenseful personal story of historical abuse
4 stars
Eric Ireland finished reading Groomed by Sonia Orchard
Groomed by Sonia Orchard
Sonia Orchard was in her forties when she told a therapist about the boyfriend she had when she was fifteen. …
Eric Ireland wants to read The snow goose by Paul Gallico
The snow goose by Paul Gallico
Against the backdrop of World War II, friendship develops between a lonely crippled painter and a village girl, when together …
Eric Ireland started reading Gulliver's Travels by Jonathan Swift
Gulliver's Travels, or Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World. In Four Parts. By …
Reading with daughter.
Eric Ireland wants to read The Coddling of the American Mind by Greg Lukianoff
The Coddling of the American Mind by Greg Lukianoff, Jonathan Haidt
"Something is going wrong on many college campuses in the last few years. Rates of anxiety, depression, and suicide are …
Eric Ireland wants to read The Anxious Generation by Jonathan Haidt
Eric Ireland wants to read Kill All Normies by Angela Nagle
Kill All Normies by Angela Nagle
Recent years have seen a revival of the heated culture wars of the 1990s, but this time its battle ground …
Eric Ireland wants to read Extremely Online by Taylor Lorenz
Extremely Online by Taylor Lorenz
Acclaimed Washington Post reporter Taylor Lorenz presents a groundbreaking social history of the internet—revealing how online influence and the creators …
Eric Ireland started reading Groomed by Sonia Orchard
Sonia Orchard was in her forties when she told a therapist about the boyfriend she …
Read an extract in The Age newspaper: www.theage.com.au/national/at-15-she-thought-it-was-a-regular-relationship-today-the-word-grooming-springs-to-mind-20241111-p5kpmn.html
Eric Ireland finished reading One Blade of Grass by Henry Shukman
Eric Ireland reviewed I May Be Wrong by Bjö Natthiko Lindeblad
'This book really, really will stay with me forever. It's not only laced with the …
honest and inspiring
5 stars
I like the way he approached life, with equanimity, trying not to get caught up in judgements about good and bad and right and wrong like the title, "I may be wrong". Someone asked Ajahn Chah what the biggest barrier for westerners was and he answered "opinions".
When Lindeblad found out he was dying of ALS, he just kept on going, teaching meditation as long as he could. He didn't actually write this book though - it was ghost written based on his talks about life at meditation retreats and on Swedish radio.
Eric Ireland rated I May Be Wrong: 5 stars
I May Be Wrong by Bjö Natthiko Lindeblad
'This book really, really will stay with me forever. It's not only laced with the most incredible wisdom, but it's …
Eric Ireland quoted I May Be Wrong by Bjö Natthiko Lindeblad
'This book really, really will stay with me forever. It's not only laced with the …
All of us are like pebbles washed up on a beach. When we get there, we're rough and jagged. Then the waves of life roll in. And if we can find it in us to stay there and let the other pebbles on the beach jostle us and rub against us and wear us down, our sharp edges will slowly but surely fade. We'll become rounded and smooth, we'll reflect the light and begin to shine.
— I May Be Wrong by Bjö Natthiko Lindeblad (Page 56)
Eric Ireland reviewed Digital Minimalism by Cal Newport
Digital minimalists are all around us. They're the calm, happy people who can hold long …
Thoughtful advice for the hyperonline
4 stars
Like a lot of these sort of books, Newport uses a lot of interesting anecdotes and historical stories to pad out his overall message which is that while the internet can be useful, you can have too much of a good thing and it can't replace human contact and social media can't replace voice conversations. I feel this is true. Some of his advice like planning your leisure time (actually writing out a plan) sounds too much like work to me. Maybe that would help some people. His main idea though, is to go on a sort of "digital detox" for a month and then reintroduce social media and other "internet entertainment" in a more conscious way, so you're not picking up your phone whenever you feel bored. I have found this has helped me a lot.
I listened to this as an audiobook while I was driving around delivering …
Like a lot of these sort of books, Newport uses a lot of interesting anecdotes and historical stories to pad out his overall message which is that while the internet can be useful, you can have too much of a good thing and it can't replace human contact and social media can't replace voice conversations. I feel this is true. Some of his advice like planning your leisure time (actually writing out a plan) sounds too much like work to me. Maybe that would help some people. His main idea though, is to go on a sort of "digital detox" for a month and then reintroduce social media and other "internet entertainment" in a more conscious way, so you're not picking up your phone whenever you feel bored. I have found this has helped me a lot.
I listened to this as an audiobook while I was driving around delivering UberEats, so I missed bits where my iPhone was barking directions out at me. I want to read the actual book in the future.