The front cover says this is a “handbook” and it’s not. It’s a bunch of very short essays by various people, many repeating the same things over & over. As a result, it’s really dull. It could have been so much more. It could have been a real handbook. I hope XR stops this edition and makes the real thing, pronto.
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cocolaco rated Red at the Bone: 4 stars
cocolaco rated Bonjour tristesse: 3 stars
Bonjour tristesse by Françoise Sagan
Bonjour Tristesse (English: "Hello Sadness") is a novel by Françoise Sagan. Published in 1954, when the author was only 18, …
cocolaco rated Letter to my daughter: 2 stars
Letter to my daughter by Maya Angelou
For a world of devoted readers, a much-awaited new volume of absorbing stories and inspirational wisdom from one of our …
cocolaco rated What Cats Want: 3 stars
cocolaco rated The Girl Who Reads on the Metro: 3 stars
The Girl Who Reads on the Metro by Christine Feret-Fleury
Juliette leads a perfectly ordinary life in Paris, working a slow office job, dating a string of not-quite-right men, and …
cocolaco rated Between the World and Me: 3 stars
Between the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi Coates
In a profound work that pivots from the biggest questions about American history and ideals to the most intimate concerns …
cocolaco rated The Hidden Girl and Other Stories: 5 stars
The Hidden Girl and Other Stories by Ken Liu
From award-winning author Ken Liu comes his much anticipated second volume of short stories.
Ken Liu is one of …
cocolaco rated Politics the Wellstone Way: 4 stars
cocolaco reviewed This Is Not a Drill by Kate Raworth
It's time. This is our last chance to do anything about the global climate and …
Review of 'This Is Not A Drill' on 'Goodreads'
2 stars
cocolaco reviewed Reconnected by Andrew Leigh
Review of 'Reconnected' on 'Goodreads'
3 stars
I gained some ideas & tips in community building, but the two-white-men-authors and I have some fundamental differences in values. One of the stories they find heartwarming & successful is a nonprofit that offers a free mobile laundry service to people who don’t have access (financially or geographically) to do laundry. I did not find this story heartwarming or successful. I see it as government & the system failing people, and nonprofits having to fill the gaps. Anyway, there was some useful information in here, but I hope to find an even better version of this book concept, one day soon.
cocolaco rated No Is Not Enough: 4 stars
No Is Not Enough by Naomi Klein
Journalist Naomi Klein explains that Trump is not an aberration but a logical extension of the worst and most dangerous …
cocolaco rated Why We're Polarized: 5 stars
cocolaco rated Resilience Project: 1 star
Luster by Raven Leilani
Luster sees a young black woman figuring her way into life as an artist and into love in this darkly …