Between the Pages

Hello, everyone. In my quest to finish my junior year of high school (aka the hardest year of my life) on a high note, I have not posted a review on this blog for a while. My apologies for the lack of posts; however, it's summer. I'm back. Let's get into it with my first self-help book EVER: Atomic Habits by James Clear.  SUMMARY Atomic Habits by James Clear is, at the most basic level, a book about habits, as the title suggests: habit-forming, habit breaking, and strategies for integrating small changes into our daily lives. While the majority of the book is focused on teaching readers “an easy and proven way to build good habits,” as the title proclaims, James Clear’s overarching goal is proving that massive success does not require massive action, but rather that small, everyday changes will have a larger impact. Clear writes, “It is so easy to overestimate the importance of one defining moment and underestimate the value of making small improvements on a daily basis.” ...

Hello lovely readers! This week was my first week of school, so please excuse the lack of posts as of late. In Cold Blood by Truman Capote changed my life. I believe I posted on my story that if you did one thing, reader, just one thing for me (besides reading this blog) I want you to read this book.  SUMMARY In November of 1959, New Yorker Truman Capote read an article run by The New York Times . The story was of the Clutter family in Holcomb Kansas. "This is apparently the case of a psychopathic killer," said the Sheriff in Holcomb. Intrigued by the case, Capote impulsively traveled to Kansas with Harper Lee (yeah, that Harper Lee). Capote visited the site of the massacre. The massacre where an unknown killer or killers shot four members of the Clutter family, Herb, Bonnie, Nancy, and Kenyon, execution-style. In Cold Blood is the journey - Capote's whole journey. Remember the Clutter family.  REVIEW I simply love this book. I am a huge crime junkie and murderino. While ...

The Confidence Code for Girls     While The Confidence Code for Girls by Katty Kay and Claire Shipman is a non-fiction book with genuine intentions for helping girls feel more confident in everyday situations, the book is poorly organized, is not focused/doesn’t have a direct point, and does not provide attainable suggestions for building confidence. Summary:     The Confidence Code for Girls is a book that is directed to help tween aged to teen aged  girls cope with their lack of confidence. The book is designed to give facts about lack of confidence in girls, to provide suggestions for building confidence, and how to practice those suggestions to ultimately find the confidence they need. Author Praise and Critique:     In reality, this book gives unrealistic suggestions and scenarios to try to help girls. A lot of the techniques the book suggests are not an accurate evaluation of what young girls will use. N...