Nathan John Cooper

Nathan John Cooper started reading Miyazakiworld by Susan Jolliffe Napier

Miyazakiworld by Susan Jolliffe Napier

"A thirtieth-century toxic jungle, a bathhouse for tired gods, a red-haired fish girl, and a furry woodland spirit--what do these …

Nathan John Cooper wants to read Art of Falling by Kim Moore

Art of Falling by Kim Moore

Nathan John Cooper started reading The Stranger by Albert Camus

The Stranger (Hardcover, 1993, Everyman's Library)

Thirty years after its original publication, The Stranger remains among the most influential books of …

Started listening to the audiobook of this today on my evening walk. The clouds were overcast and dark, and lighting split the moonlit sky into pieces. I only read (or listened to) one chapter, but I am enjoying the book so far. I have not read any blurbs or synopses so do not know what to expect, however, I am enjoying the introduction of characters thus far.

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The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho

Paulo Coelho's masterpiece tells the mystical story of Santiago, an Andalusian shepherd boy who yearns to travel in search of …

Nathan John Cooper wants to read Midnight Library by Matt Haig

Midnight Library (2020, Penguin Publishing Group)

Midnight Library by Matt Haig

Somewhere out beyond the edge of the universe there is a library that contains an infinite number of books, each …

Nathan John Cooper wants to read A Good Girl's Guide to Murder by Holly Jackson

A Good Girl's Guide to Murder (2019, Delacorte Press)

A Good Girl's Guide to Murder by Holly Jackson

Everyone in Fairview knows the story.

Pretty and popular high school senior Andie Bell was murdered by her boyfriend, Sal …

Nathan John Cooper wants to read Braiding Sweetgrass by Robin Wall Kimmerer

Braiding Sweetgrass (Hardcover, 2020, Milkweed Editions)

Braiding Sweetgrass by Robin Wall Kimmerer

Updated with a new introduction from Robin Wall Kimmerer, the special edition of Braiding Sweetgrass, reissued in honor of the …

Nathan John Cooper wants to read Selfish, shallow, and self-absorbed by Meghan Daum

Selfish, shallow, and self-absorbed (2015)

Selfish, shallow, and self-absorbed by Meghan Daum

Nathan John Cooper wants to read The Botany of Desire by Michael Pollan

The Botany of Desire (Paperback, Bloomsbury)

The Botany of Desire by Michael Pollan

A farmer cultivates genetically modified potatoes so that a customer at McDonald's half a world away can enjoy a long, …

Nathan John Cooper wants to read The female eunuch by Germaine Greer

The female eunuch by Germaine Greer

Nathan John Cooper wants to read The Missionary Position by Christopher Hitchens

The Missionary Position by Christopher Hitchens

Nathan John Cooper wants to read Tender Is the Flesh by Agustina Bazterrica

Tender Is the Flesh (Paperback, 2020, Scribner)

Tender Is the Flesh by Agustina Bazterrica, Sarah Moses

Working at the local processing plant, Marcos is in the business of slaughtering humans —though no one calls them that …

Nathan John Cooper wants to read The secret history by Donna Tartt

The secret history by Donna Tartt

In a rural Vermont college, a group of Classics students get carried away at a bacchanal, and an innocent man …

Nathan John Cooper reviewed The life you can save by Peter Singer

The life you can save (2009, Random House)

This is the right time to ask yourself: "What should I be doing to help?"For …

Overly Dense yet Fascinatingly Philosophical

3 stars

While I certainly enjoyed the points made in this book and thought that they were made in a concise and indisputable manner, I did find the book rather dense and as a result, rather difficult to read.

Nathan John Cooper reviewed We Should All Be Feminists by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

We Should All Be Feminists (Paperback, 2014, Vintage)

In this essay -- adapted from her TEDx talk of the same name -- Chimamanda …

More of an Adaptation of a Speech, but Concise and Appropriate.

5 stars

For a little while now I’ve been wanted to read more feministic literature but I hadn’t gotten round to it till today. I decided that We Should All Be Feminists should the start of my journey through feministic literature. Above all else this book started a desire within me to take up public speaking, to speak for those who have no other means of public communication, to speak to those who otherwise won’t or don’t listen, and most of all, to share, further, and develop ideals that should be globally accepted.

One point in the book that really stood out to me was the mention of the differences between referring to yourself as an egalitarian rather than as a feminist. To quote Adichie, ‘to choose to use the vague expression human rights is to deny the specific and particular problem of gender. It would be a way of pretending that …

For a little while now I’ve been wanted to read more feministic literature but I hadn’t gotten round to it till today. I decided that We Should All Be Feminists should the start of my journey through feministic literature. Above all else this book started a desire within me to take up public speaking, to speak for those who have no other means of public communication, to speak to those who otherwise won’t or don’t listen, and most of all, to share, further, and develop ideals that should be globally accepted.

One point in the book that really stood out to me was the mention of the differences between referring to yourself as an egalitarian rather than as a feminist. To quote Adichie, ‘to choose to use the vague expression human rights is to deny the specific and particular problem of gender. It would be a way of pretending that it was not women who have, for centuries, been excluded. It would be a way of denying that the problem of gender targets women.’

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