Category Archives: Nonfiction – Self-Help

Thoughts on Jerome Groopman’s How Doctors Think (by Jill)

Posted on July 14, 2016 by badkitty1016

  I started a post on this book about a week ago and it seems to have vanished off my hard drive. That’s fine with me, actually, because it was going nowhere fast, and I’m hoping I can do a … Continue reading →

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Thoughts on Atul Gawande’s Being Mortal (by Jill)

Posted on January 7, 2016 by badkitty1016

  I don’t even know how to begin talking about this book. Atul Gawande is a surgeon who has written several books before this one. Being Mortal is, essentially, about dying in a time in human history when more can … Continue reading →

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French Women Don’t Read Self-Help Books: Introducing a Mini-Marathon

Posted on March 12, 2015 by lfpbe

I’ve had some job interviews in my life lately, bringing with them the attendant excitement and stress (and also the attendant stress eating and insomnia). I’m enjoying The Buried Giant (and will finish it tomorrow, I promise!), but when I … Continue reading →

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