2021: #23 – Say Nothing: A True Story of Murder and Memory in Northern Ireland (Patrick Radden Keefe)

Before reading this book, all I knew about the Troubles in Ireland was that the Catholics and Protestants hated each other and the IRA blew stuff up. Now I can say I know a whole heck of a lot more. The framing of Radden Keefe’s history of the conflict is the disappearance of Jean McConville, a mother of 10 who had just lost her husband

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2021: #15 – Tropical Attire Encouraged (Alison Rosen)

As an indecisive control freak who’s always sure there’s something better around the corner, all my lesser qualities had come together at once to leave me paralyzed. I’ve long been a fan of Alison Rosen and her podcasts, so this was a fun read for me. I’ve always found her to be really relatable. It’s particularly poignant to read this now that she’s in a

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2021: #4 – Maybe You Should Talk to Someone (Lori Gottlieb)

I don’t think there was anything about this book I didn’t like. Gottlieb is a therapist who ended up there in a roundabout way. She started out a writer for TV, which then inspired her to pursue a medical career. But when she discovered that most medical specialties wouldn’t allow her to really get to know her patients, nor continue to write, she found psychotherapy

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