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The Power of Habit
The Power of Habit: Why We Do What We Do in Life and Business by Charles Duhigg Published: 2012 Narrated by: Mike Chamberlain Length: 10:57 (286 pages) I was hesitant to pick this up, as I usually stay away from self-help books unless they really come highly recommended, but I’m glad I did. I bought this right at the beginning of January while going through a minor New Year New Me moment. As it turns out, this isn’t so much a self-help book as it is an exploration into how habits affect our day-to-day lives. It’s actually very reminiscent of a Mary Roach book, particularly in how the case studies…
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January in Review
Books Acquired: The Sculptor by Scott McCloud Richard Stark’s Parker: Slayground by Darwyn Cooke Espedair Street by Iain Banks Smut: Stories by Alan Bennett Funny Girl by Nick Hornby Letters of Note by Shaun Usher Poems That Make Grown Men Cry by Anthony Holden, Ben Holden Books Read: Secondhand Souls by Christopher Moore The Power of Habit by Charles Duhigg She by H. Rider Haggard Bream Gives Me Hiccups by Jesse Eisenberg I was a naughty boy this month. I had an order from Amazon, so I thought I’d throw in a couple graphic novels, which on its own is fine. Unfortunately, yesterday I also accidentally found myself in a…
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Secondhand Souls
Secondhand Souls by Christopher Moore Published: 2015 Series: Grim Reaper #2 Length: 335 pages This is the sequel to Moore’s A Dirty job, which is a fantastic book about a beta male finding himself in the role of a Death Merchant, tasked with retrieving and protecting the souls of the dead. I read it nearly a decade ago, so it took me a little while to figure out what as going on in this sequel. I really should have glanced at a synopsis before starting, because I apparently blocked out the last quarter of that book. This lead to some happy, if unintentional, surprises, but Moore does take some time…