The Voices of Hockey: Broadcasters Reflect on the Fastest Game on Earth
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Dead Romance
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Considered the greatest work by novelist Lawrence Miles, Dead Romance now returns, after four years...
Running: A Novel
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From the critically acclaimed author of Be Safe I Love You comes a dark and breathtaking novel of...
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All Together Now... We Love The Beatles 1957 - 1970
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Acanthea Grimscythe (300 KP) rated Parasite (Parasitology, #1) in Books
May 16, 2018
Parasite is pretty self-explanatory if you go by its name. It deals with… well, parasites. The characters are a little stereotypish – okay, really they are a lot. There’s that whole super villain monologue thing going on that irks the hell out of me. Fortunately, the plot more than makes up for it. This is the first book I’ve listened to/read by Mira Grant, so I can’t really compare it to Newsflesh, which is on my to-read list.
Aside from griping about the villains, there’s not a whole lot for me to complain about here. It’s nice to see more than just two factions when the world is ending; in fact, it’s nice to see a series that’s not about zombies taking off at the beginning of the apocalypse where there’s still a chance for humankind. Maybe.
Seriously, it’s a pretty solid book. Gonna knock off a skull for the villain speeches though.
Sam (74 KP) rated Notes on a Nervous Planet in Books
Mar 27, 2019
Notes is a follow-on book to Reasons to Stay Alive, and focuses on her the world is effecting your mental health. It’s in quite small chapters so it’s really easy to get along with and read in short bursts rather than being a book you need a large amount of free time to read.
I really loved Haig’s commentary on the roles of social media towards your mental health. He points out how social media can both help and hinder people’s mental health, and how social media is full of the best parts of people, not every part.
The thing I love about his writing is that he’s straight-talking. He says it as it is throughout the book, and definitely puts a strong point forward about exactly what can make a large difference to your mental health.
I’m happy that in Notes, Haig points out that there is no difference between mental and physical health in their effects, making a brilliant argument on why mental health should be taken more seriously by everyone.
When this book came in the post I told myself I was going to savour it, because I was so excited to get a new book by Matt Haig that I didn’t want to rush it. So in the end I read it in two days instead of one!
Notes on a Nervous Planet is definitely necessary reading for everyone, whether you have mental health struggles or not. It gives many ways to stop letting the world into your head and not wasting your energy worrying. It’s made me glad I read it.
We Must Be Brave
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We can’t choose who we love. We can choose who we fight for. ‘This is storytelling at its...
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