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The Painting on Ottessa Moshfegh’s My Year of Rest and Relaxation.

8 Jul 2024 1 minute read 0 comments BTSpandora

Ottessa Moshfegh’s My Year of rest and relaxation. A little background on the book. In the novel the protagonist undertakes a self imposed year of sleep. Her reasons…dealing with immense grief, dissatisfaction with how her life is and needing a hard...

Book Review | “Larger than Life”

6 Jul 2024 2 minute read 0 comments cryotosensei

It’s a door closed to me for the foreseeable future, but when I was a poly lecturer, I was rather involved in humanitarian work. I led 3 student groups to Vietnam, Shangri-La and The Philippines, all of which are incidentally featured in this book....

Book Review | “I decide to give myself some time”

6 Jul 2024 1 minute read 0 comments cryotosensei

I took this book mainly on the strength of its title, “I decide to give myself some time”. In addition, I am a fan of the Japanese illustrator, 高木直子’s books and wondered how the Korean 李彦姃 would compare to her. From the title, I expected a lig...

#CrapGotPublished - The Manly Art of Knitting

2 Jul 2024 1 minute read 0 comments FabulousBro

Every week I present a new book, that is in my opinion crap that somebody has published... The event runs under the hastags 🙈 #RandomThingsTuesday #CrapGotPublished The next book of this series is the one with the lovely title: "The Manly Art of Kni...

#CrapGotPublished - How To Traumatize Your Children: 7 Proven Methods to Help You Screw Up Your Kids Deliberately and with Skill

25 Jun 2024 1 minute read 0 comments FabulousBro

Every week I present a new book, that is in my opinion crap that somebody has published... The event runs under the hastags 🙈 #RandomThingsTuesday #CrapGotPublished The next book of this series is the one with the lovely title: "How To Traumatize Yo...

Book Review | “The Handbook for Leaders”

23 Jun 2024 1 minute read 0 comments cryotosensei

This book has been lying on my shelf for the longest time. Today, motivated by the urgency of another semester snapping at my heels, I finally opened this book, hoping to get simple ideas to develop my chairman and vice-chairman. Except that this is...

#CrapGotPublished - Fifty Shades of Chicken

18 Jun 2024 1 minute read 0 comments FabulousBro

Every week I present a new book, that is in my opinion crap that somebody has published... The event runs under the hastags 🙈 #RandomThingsTuesday #CrapGotPublished The next book of this series is the one with the lovely title: "Fifty Shades of Chic...

Alternative book review

15 Jun 2024 1 minute read 0 comments cryotosensei

Because it is in Mandarin! I usually don’t read Chinese books in the name of productivity because I want to apply what I have learnt in my job and it seems that English books allow me to apply takeaways more conveniently. But I recently had a chang...

Book Review | “My Morning Routine”

11 Jun 2024 1 minute read 0 comments cryotosensei

Benjamin Spall and Michael Xander interviewed 64 individuals to get them to spill the beans on “My Morning Routine”. So, each interview is written in a straightforward question-and-answer format, in which you can hear the interviewee’s inner voice. T...

#CrapGotPublished - Humping Animals Adult Coloring Book

11 Jun 2024 1 minute read 0 comments FabulousBro

Every week I present a new book, that is in my opinion crap that somebody has published... The event runs under the hastags 🙈 #RandomThingsTuesday #CrapGotPublished The next book of this series is the one with the lovely title: "Humping Animals Adul...