I really enjoyed the Princess Diarist by Carrie Fisher. I was surprised at how much poetry was included in her diaries.
It was interesting reading so much about Harrison Ford and their relationship. It did not go much into Star Wars, as I assumed.
If you love Carrie Fisher and her other books, I think you will really enjoy this.
We had out book club meeting and I wish I listened to the audiobook. She reads it and Billie Lourd reads her excerpts from the diary.
Susan Orleans' story about the LAPL fire in the 1980s is really an amazing piece of writing. It not only is a great book advocating and promoting public libraries and their mission, but also is a harrowing telling of the fire that destroyed a huge amount of the library's collection and almost the library itself.
The way she weaves the library, it's history, it's mission, and the fire and its subsequent investigation is, honestly, one of the best pieces of writing I have read about libraries. Her interviews with the librarians, the library staff, the patrons, and those who helped save LAPL is really wonderful and heart-felt and reinforced why I love libraries and wanted to be a librarian in the first place.
I learned about this book via Eric Garland on Twitter. He is a strategic forecaster, per his bio, and I learn a lot from his tweets.
I find this book fascinating and essential reading for those of us more on the Left politically.
George Lakoff lays out nicely the Conservative strategy and how best to handle those awkward family discussions that can sometimes become heated. I never know what to do myself in those moments beside walking away and it is time to engage with our own talking points and reframe the conversation. It is also disturbing the rise of control of media via Conservatives.
He repeats his points a lot, and gives some great examples so you can understand that Conservative family member.
My takeaways are :
- understanding our values
- reframing the conversations
- and having our own talking points : Stronger America, Broad Prosperity, Better Future, Effective Government, and Mutual Responsibility
A worthwhile read.
