L'arte della semplicità

I said it as I was reading it & now that I have finished, I can confirm it is true... L’art de la Simplicité: How to Live More with Less is my Wuthering Heights of simplicity books. Some of you know how I feel about Wuthering Heights. (If you don't, read on...) I like reading simplicity books. They'r Leggi tutto

Probably the most annoying book I've read in a long time. Patronising, full of stereotypes and advice that's not exacly good or healthy. The only thing I liked were the recipes for homemade beauty treatments - hence the 2-star rating.

This book is utter rubbish. I thought about leaving it on the train I'd been reading it on, but then I realised someone else might pick it up and actually mistake it's patronising trite as 'words of wisdom' so I took it home to burn.

I received a copy of this book in exchange for an honest review. I'd like to start out by saying there were a few things in this book that I agreed with generally. With that being said, I disagree with this book as a whole. I understand that the author is writing this from the perspective of someone Leggi tutto

I love the idea of the book. I find culture of consumption revolting and unfortunately I am part of it, but I'm determined to do and buy fewer and fewer unneeded things. That said, this book is exactly what it advocates against owning: useless horrible crap of a book. Narrative is absolutely random, Leggi tutto

يستمد الكتاب عنوانه من الفصل الأول والذي تدعو فيه الكاتبة للعيش حياة بسيطة من ناحية الملبس والأكل ..الخ والتخلص من ثقل الماديات وتكديس الأشياء التي لا فائدة منها تراوحت مشاعري أثناء القراءة بين الملل والسخط وسؤال ظل يقفز أمامي بين الصفحة والثانية .. أما آن الأوان للتوقف عن قراءة كتب التنمية ثم جاءت تل Leggi tutto

الكاتبة فرنسية ..سكنت اليابان مدة طويلة ظهر في كتابها تأثرها الكبير بالثقافة اليابانية أسلوب الكتاب سلس مباشر أحيانا أشعر بشيء من التكرار لكن الأفكار التي تعرضها الكاتبة جيدة وإن كانت تستشهد كثيرا بحديقة زن والمذهب البوذي..الذي تأثرت بطريقته خطابها في الكتاب موجه للنساء وبما يوافق اهتمامات النساء اهتمت ب Leggi tutto