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Best girlfriend gift ever. <3

I loved this book so much that I want everyone everywhere to read it. You're guaranteed to learn something, and you're very likely to fall in love with Maggie Nelson's writing style.

How am I the first to comment on this book?! That's crazy. I love hearing the stories of tattoos. And I like looking inside medicine cabinets when I got to people's houses. This book fills both urges. It's purty too.

It hurt my head and my heart, but the way your head and heart sometimes *should* hurt because being alive is hard. But being able to read writing this good makes it better.

I can't believe how much I enjoyed this book *and* how much I learned. Kate Bolick is a *fantastic* writer. Her descriptions, her phrasing, her anecdotes, her heroes...all of it is wonderful. I'd recommend this book to everyone...single or married, man or woman.

Try as hard as you can, I guarantee you won't beat this recipe for Rise & Shine Granola. LOVE this book.

A lovely summer read! The Popper family is quite special and Orner writes with humor, deep insight, and smart sentence structure. Random tidbit: I happened to read Anthony Marra's A Constellation of Vital Phenomena after this book and found out in the appreciations at the end that Orner was Marra's advisor. Both are wonderfully gifted writers.

I somehow missed the hype about this book when it came out, but recently fell in love. Read this book, figure out your keystone habits, and live a happier life! Or just be blown away by all the case studies and look at day-to-day things in a different way. A win either way.

99U is geared towards creative professionals, but this book has advice pertinent to pretty much everyone. The thoughtfulness with which these essays are curated helped me overcome a rut of feeling unproductive and stuck at my day job as well as in my creative pursuits. Highly recommend to anyone looking for inspiration and a bit of a push. You'll find many other great resources via 99U, including motivational desktop quotes that aren't cheesy!

LOVED this book! The story -- the constellation -- is brilliantly told and it stuck with me for a long time after reading it. I can't recommend it enough.

Funny and a good story! I particularly liked the incorporation of technology into the story in a way that doesn't seem as though it'll get dated over time -- we'll see. A nice bonus is that Robin Sloan's website is quite charming. I'm looking forward to getting his newsletters.

Don't trust the star ratings (they're skewed!) -- this book is great. It helped me dig out of a rough winter. It's funny, thoughtful, and the story is fabulous.

If you liked Omnivore's Dilemma and Botany of Desire, then why haven't you already read this book?! It's well researched, has an insane amount of absolutely fascinating information that will make you a hit at parties, and is followed up recently by Ackerman's A Natural History of Love (which I cannot wait to read).

This book is ridiculous! I absolutely loved it, and cannot wait for the second installation. Beware: You will get stressed out while reading this, but, if all goes well, your mind will also be blown and you will insist that everyone around you also read it. I don't want to say too much about the plot because the less you know in advance, the better. READ THIS!

This book is STUNNING! And it isn't just for children. It would make an absolutely lovely gift for book lovers or visual artists of all ages. I keep looking through the pages and wanting to Instagram every single one.

I cannot stop talking about this book. It's well-researched and written like a soap opera. It's been a while since doping in cycling has been in the news, but I remember a lot of what this book describes as it happened in real time -- and having the back story is eye-opening, both disappointing and inspiring, and simply shocking. That said, I'm so happy to have gotten to learn about Greg LeMond!

I love this book. I love browsing through it when I'm standing in the kitchen by myself eating something like sardines on toast or English muffin 'pizza' (a childhood favorite I had forgotten!). It is simply a fantastic idea for a book, filled with recipes that satisfy and charming, colorful illustrations.

Over the Thanksgiving weekend, I got a chance to dig into this unfortunately named, but incredibly beautiful book. It's the first novel of Ruta Sepetys, the daughter of Lithuanian refugees who was born and raised in Michigan: a nicely written story with brilliant female characters. The imagination and clarity with which Sepetys creates Lina is touching, inspiring, and lovely. I also love how this book is written for all ages -- with short, engaging chapters and seamless shifts in chronology that add depth to already deeply shocking story.

There are treats hidden in every beautiful illustration, an awesome story, and humor! I read this book before going to bed last night. If it had been published decades ago, I'd be one of those kids insisting this one be on repeat.

There were times when I felt like Gladwell was cherry-picking scenarios to make his case about underdogs, but that didn't really take away from the enjoyment I got reading this book. It really surprised me how many times he described scenarios that happened to other people that I could relate to -- and now understand from a different perspective. I enjoyed Blink! and Tipping Point and look forward to the next thoughtful challenge he poses to an ordinary way of thinking.

I may be late to this party, but I'm still thrilled to be here. This book is fabulous. I think about the characters and what they're up to when I'm not reading it. I love Smith's wit, character development, and ability to write about race and gender. Love. Can't wait to read everything she writes.

I whipped through this book in an afternoon about 2 weeks ago and still think about it. The writing style is fantastic and really resonated with me and I am better off for having done the exercises. I highly recommend it and look forward to checking out the other School of Life books. They really just have me at the titles.

The plot definitely sneaks up on you in a well-crafted and thoughtful way. But the reason readers devour this book in two sittings or less is how artfully Barnes develops Tony's character through a lifetime of epiphanies on memory, young love and relationships. It's truly wonderful. Not only did I laugh out loud multiple times, but this book gets bonus points because it's full of well-used "SAT words."

I finished Paul Auster's Brookyln Follies last night shortly past midnight and woke up this morning wondering how Rory and Nancy were doing and planning to ask after Nathan's health. Part of that may be the head cold. Still, I have a deep passion for fiction and haven't really been taken by surprise by any since well before May 2006 (enjoyed, yes -- taken by surprise, sadly no). Hooray for Paul Auster and his Nathan Glass...and Harry, Tom, Lucy, et al.

I love it when cute things are grumpy and heartless. That's what we have here. Plus, serious beards. As serious as illustrated facial hair can be. In other words, quite serious. It's worth checking out, and I'm happy to loan my copy to trustworthy people. I'll need a letter of reference from your local librarian as well as a background check done by a nerdy person. Oh also, I laughed out loud.

This is the first book I finished after a long hiatus from "fun" reading. Each chapter presented well-researched, new information as well as charming anecdotes from the author.

I enjoyed this book, the colors, the characters, etc. It started out quirky, but the unraveling scared me towards the end, and I was almost racing to the last page in afraid of what I'd find.

Mark Bittman delivers. He's single-handedly revolutionized our kitchen. Well, not single-handedly. There have been others. But I wouldn't feel crazy buying every book he's ever written.

Brilliant. I could not stop thinking about this book while--and after--reading it. One of those reminders of how hard it is to laugh, cry, and struggle to keep reading all at the same time.

Well-placed, evenly-spaced box & highlight SAT words. About every 20 pages, I'd guess. Maybe less often. Excellent Tourette's writing. Good handle on the detective genre, enough to be slightly outside it. EatmeBailey.

Even if it's obvious and I've already learned it, I love the way MP shares it. It's pretty basic, but still difficult: Eat food. Not too much. Mostly plants. Who else would/could provide algorithms and not be obnoxious?

This is one of those books that made me marvel at the existence of that kindred spirit feeling, despite incredibly different beginnings. I can't sum up what I learned--except maybe in a diary--and probably could benefit from a re-read.

Everything I like about novels is in this novel. The HBO films adaptation more than disappointed me. In part this is because the book was so perfect I can't understand trying to recreate its characters and setting, but also because its casting was confusing.

The satisfaction of both, reading a trashy magazine AND feeling brilliantly literate! I don't like Elizabeth or Darcy very much, but I get smitten with them and Austen's story almost every time. There are many awful movie versions of this story. The book and the BBC Series are the ways to go.

This is one of three epistolary novels I have read. Ella Minnow Pea is another. Both are so wonderful that I might have a misconception about how good epistolary stories can be. Last Days of Summer is a fantastic, funny, and charming story. I missed Joey and Charlie Banks when it was over. I'd like to buy a case and hand it out to everyone I know.

Beautiful, engaging, unnerving.

Karen Russell's imagination weaves together a beautiful -- equal parts heart-braking and funny -- story out of one of the most foreign of settings: Florida swamp! How can you not want to pick up this book?

Despite the (to me) bizarre dog-trainer-to-the-stars marketing, I really liked this book. It helps that I had two lovely pups misbehaving a bit motivating me to devour this book's advice. The non-dominant/forceful strategies of working with dogs really appeals to me and Tamar Geller seems to really know what she's talking about. It's not always as easy the author describes to understand what a dog is thinking or why, but the strategies really work over the long term.