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2016 Reading Challenge

Nothing like a list to get motivated, right? Thanks to the wonder of social media sharing, I recently came across a meaty 2016 Reading Challenge list. The checklist items are broad – allowing individual users to choose their own books. <– Here’s

Rae January 12, 2016January 12, 2016 books, classics, fiction, further reading, non-fiction, other worldly, popular No Comments Read more

Go Ahead & Like It

Go Ahead & Like It

This one is a victim of marketing confusion. I had expectations of Go Ahead & Like It by Jacqueline Suskin before it ever arrived at my doorstep. In brief, I expected a book about making lists to contain some space

Rae May 17, 2015October 24, 2015 books, giveaways, non-fiction, not books, writing No Comments Read more

Curmudgeon’s Guide to Getting Ahead

Curmudgeon’s Guide to Getting Ahead

I decided almost immediately that The Curmudgeon’s Guide to Getting Ahead was a good book. Most objectivity went out the window with tip #2: “don’t use first names with people considerably older than you until asked, and sometimes not even then.”

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Demon-Haunted World

Demon-Haunted World

Carl Sagan was a brilliant astronomer who also had the enviable talent of being exceptionally good at communicating what he loved to other human beings. For specialists in any field, this skill is in relatively short supply. This talent (or ability,

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Stick a {Linch}pin In It

Stick a {Linch}pin In It

Seth Godin’s Linchpin followed in the narrative style of his previously published books like Tribes and The Dip. The blog-style, easily digestible chunks of information are quick and easy to work through, much like Godin’s blog posts. Herein lies the

Rae February 24, 2014January 31, 2014 books, featured, non-fiction, popular No Comments Read more

Cadaver Week: Stiff

Cadaver Week: Stiff

The giveaway for this book is closed. Subscribe to be notified of new giveaways! First off, I would like to be Mary Roach. Her life seems awesome – she does a lot of research and interviews a ton of fascinating

Rae January 6, 2014January 31, 2014 books, featured, giveaways, non-fiction 5 Comments Read more

Psychopath Week: The Psychopath Inside

Psychopath Week: The Psychopath Inside

I received a finished copy of this book from Penguin USA via a GoodReads giveaway. James Fallon works at UC Irvine and doesn’t have a standalone website (that I could find). Instead, here’s a link to his TED talk that

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Psychopath Week: The Psychopath Test

The giveaway of this book is closed. Subscribe to receive notice of new giveaways! The Psychopath Test by Jon Ronson explores a journalist’s quest for reliable psychopathic measures. Published in 2011, it coincides with the move, in psychiatry, toward “adaptive

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New Giveaway and Updates

I’m giving away an ARC (advanced reader copy) of The Rosie Project – a delightful story about quirky love (the best kind). My review for the book, as well as giveaway details can be found here: http://raereads.com/rosie-project/ — I finished

Rae December 10, 2013December 23, 2013 books, fiction, giveaways, musings, non-fiction No Comments Read more

Growing Up Bin Laden

I’m a member of what I’ve creatively dubbed “Old People’s Book Club” here at the little college where I work. Every member of the club is older than me by at least three decades. There are a few who are

Rae July 11, 2013October 10, 2013 books, non-fiction No Comments Read more
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