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Gar Alperovitz: What then must we do? (2013, Chelsea Green Pub.)

"Never before have so many Americans been more frustrated with our economic system, more fearful …

Great read

This book was a great read! Conversationally written, it’s a great mixture of compelling statistics and facts combined with an easy to follow blueprint for how to improve things. In the age of trendy TikTok influencers making videos like “WHAT ARE YOU DOING ABOUT IT?” challenging us to do some magical THING that will fix waves hands all of this, it’s refreshing to have an adult tell you that there are no quick fixes.

Indeed, this book states several times that the only way forward is through the long, boring task of, well, basically going to work. But how we build our workplaces, how we organize them, how we make them more democratic is actually the most important thing any of us can do.

After all, even if the cool Leftbook edgelords do somehow get their “revolution”, then what? We as a society will still need to make things. We …

reviewed The Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula K. Le Guin (Hainish Cycle)

Ursula K. Le Guin: The Left Hand of Darkness (EBook, 2000, Penguin Publishing Group)

**50TH ANNIVERSARY EDITION—WITH A NEW INTRODUCTION BY DAVID MITCHELL AND A NEW AFTERWORD BY CHARLIE …

Slow start but a beautiful story

I had to force myself to keep reading this book for a while. The beginning seemed to drag, and I was not really emotionally invested in any of the characters.

However, the last third of the book is an absolute page turner, and I found myself saving quote after quote. I am not a fan of books or movies that have a pervasive sense of doom about them, and this one definitely does. It is, much like life, a lesson in hopefulness in spite of the horrors.

I’m not quite sure how I feel about this book right now to be honest, having just finished it moments ago. That doesn’t happen often to me, and I think that speaks to the complexity of it. I look forward to mulling it over for the next few days, and also to reading more of this series.

Kristen Rogheh Ghodsee: Everyday Utopia (Hardcover, 2023, Simon & Schuster)

Throughout history and around the world today, forward-thinking communities have pioneered alternative ways of living …

Great overview, but lacks depth

I feel like if someone who had never seen a leftbook meme in their lives were to read this book it would be very eye opening for them. Unfortunately (?) I have already been looking at memes about urban planning and the evils of capitalism for well over a decade, so there was not really any new information in this book for me except for a few fun historical facts here and there.

Once again, I find myself frustrated by authors who spend a great deal of time bemoaning how terrible the state of the world is and very little time talking about how to actually achieve any alternative.

Most of the examples in this book aren’t indigenous, pre-capitalist societies like I would expect. Instead, most of the examples are from relatively modern Western society. Many of them are just religious sects and most of them were either short-lived or …

Michael Pollan: The Omnivore's Dilemma (Paperback, 2007, Penguin Books)

Today, buffeted by one food fad after another, America is suffering from what can only …

As overused as the phrase is: this is a must read!

As someone who went down the rabbit hole of not eating processed foods or factory farmed meat for several years, I really thought I knew all there was to know about the way America produces its food. But wow was I wrong.

This book continually astounded me with the facts and figures of just how silly our food chain really is. Also I learned so much more about eating seasonally and locally than I was expecting. I could not stop sharing quotes with people as I was reading and I would consider this a must read for anyone who lives in a society that doesn’t live off the land.

Linda Hill, Sarah Davis: ADHD Toolkit for Women (2023, Peak Publish LLC)

Life changing

This book was very eye-opening for me to read at the suggestion of my counselor. It described things I had been feeling and struggling with so accurately that it was a very emotional and validating experience for me. This then made me advocate for myself in trying to get a diagnosis and treatment despite being brushed off by several providers.

To say my life has improved since managing my adhd would be a severe understatement. It is like night and day. A lot of the tips in this book do not really apply to me since I have the inattentive type, not the hyperactive type. But the few things that I have picked up from this book are habits that I still incorporate in my daily life even a year later.