Gustave Blåbær stopped reading Governing the commons by Elinor Ostrom (The Political economy of institutions and decisions)
It was unfortunately too technical for me to read.
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Gustave Blåbær stopped reading A Life's Work by Rachel Cusk
Multi-award-winning author Rachel Cusk’s honest memoir that captures the life-changing wonders of motherhood.
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Boring
Gustave Blåbær rated It Didn't Start With You: 3 stars
It Didn't Start With You by Mark Wolynn
"A groundbreaking approach to transforming traumatic legacies passed down in families over generations, by an acclaimed expert in the field …
Gustave Blåbær rated The baby decision: 4 stars
The baby decision by Merle Bombardieri
“A Warmly Empathic, Wide-Ranging Manual” – Kirkus Reviews
"This valuable unbiased book skillfully shows readers how to stop fretting over …
Gustave Blåbær rated The Checklist Manifesto: How to Get Things Right: 3 stars
Gustave Blåbær rated À l'ami qui ne m'a pas sauvé la vie: 4 stars
À l'ami qui ne m'a pas sauvé la vie by Hervé Guibert (Collection folio -- 2366)
"J'ai eu le sida pendant trois mois. Plus exactement, j'ai cru pendant trois mois que j'étais condamné par cette maladie …
Gustave Blåbær rated Adult Children of Emotionally Immature Parents: 3 stars
Gustave Blåbær finished reading Adult Children of Emotionally Immature Parents by Lindsay C. Gibson
It's good but also not really well written. Could have been condensed in half the size according to me. Feels a bit like Chat GPT wrote the book.
Gustave Blåbær rated Team: Getting Things Done with Others: 4 stars
Team: Getting Things Done with Others by David Allen, Edward Lamont
A groundbreaking book about how to harness the power of collaboration and work most effectively in groups—coauthored by Getting Things …
Gustave Blåbær finished reading L'Idiot by Fyodor Dostoevsky
Le prince Mychkine est un être fondamentalement bon, mais sa bonté confine à la naïveté …
I loved the first part, then it lost me...
Gustave Blåbær reviewed Our Fermented Lives by Julia Skinner
3.5 stars
3 stars
Pros: - Well balanced book with both theory/stories about how fermentation have shaped culture - Good representation of professionals that are not men involved in the food sector - A sensitivity, approach and set of values close to mine
Cons: - The writing style is not really engaging. I wanted to skim a lot of pages, because I got bored - Some inconsistency with smaller details or chapters being overly developed and others just browsed briefly
Gustave Blåbær rated Dream Work: 4 stars
Gustave Blåbær rated How to Do Nothing: 2 stars
How to Do Nothing by Jenny Odell
Nothing is harder to do these days than nothing. But in a world where our value is determined by our …
Gustave Blåbær reviewed How to Do Nothing by Jenny Odell
Nothing is harder to do these days than nothing. But in a world where our …
Meeeh.
It was OK. I have sympathy for the author and trust in their genuine and informed interest on the topic. I got lost and bored when too many art references were added. It often felt like polluting a bit the matter with quirky and irrelevant art parallels talking about pieces that are very niche aka that no one knows about, so hard to relate to. I wish the book was shorter and more straight to the point.
Gustave Blåbær reviewed Se perdre by Annie Ernaux
"Available in English for the first time, the latest astonishing, bestselling, and award-winning book by …
Cru et impressionnant
3 stars
Pathétique, un peu lourd et long... et à la fois très juste, très haletant. Une mise à nu sans honte, un décortiquage des sentiments amoureux et d'obsession dont je peux reconnaître l'essence. J'ai préféré les autres lectures d'Annie Ernaux, mais celui-ci vaut la peine, spécifiquement quand il fait écho à Passion Simple.