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“Books are not meant to remain in your mind, but in your heart. Maybe they exist in your mind too, but as something more than memories. At a crossroads in life a forgotten sentence or a story from years ago can come back to offer an invisible hand and guide you to a decision. Personally, I feel like the books I’ve read lead me to make the choices I’ve made in life. While I may not remember all the details…”

I like that one of the characters shares her music playlist. It reminds me of another book I have read before

I need to pivot and read something more light hearted and hopeful after finishing my last book

“the church of the holy incestuous mushroom”

This long, drawn-out, callous, depressed, privileged, dissociative narrative is exhausting, annoying, and, frankly, seems irresponsible.

I’ve been wanting to read this one for a few months now - after hearing so many podcasters recommend it

Unfortunately I have to pause here for a bit while the library is updating their software 🥲

“A good historian tells us what’s in the records and a great historian tells us what isn’t. And I had been a great historian once.”

“You are a good historian, Mallory, or at least you could have been. You know that history is mostly happenstance, accidents piled on top of mistakes, a series of dice rolled in dim rooms by careless hands. It is not a lesson until we learn it. It is not a story until we tell it. And every story serves someone…. It’s why I listen more to material evidence than the written word. Words lie but bones don’t.”

Una and the false kings

The Ponzi Scheme also took place at this time, wow!

“One central characteristic of the Model T that is now generally forgotten, is that it was the first car of consequence that put the driver’s seat on the left hand side…. Ford reasoned that this convenience might be better appreciated by the lady of the house… The arrangement also gave the driver a better view down the road and made it easier for passing drivers to stop and have a conversation…”

Mickey Mouse was originally named Oswald in a short called “Plane Crazy” following the news of the first American to fly over the Atlantic

“… the Snyder-Gray affair (1927) received more coverage from the sinking of the titanic.”

It’s so odd that I’ve never heard of this before

June 1919, John Alcock and Arthur Brown were British aviators who made the first non-stop transatlantic flight

As a listener to this audiobook, I’m finding it a bit tough to keep track of everything

This feels so bittersweet

I love the buildup of these friends to lovers who cook and chat about books together

Interesting that the author reuses the same story about a father getting in trouble for partying with his students and showing them the peep holes

“Signaling”

“…my understanding is that the behavior that we’ve seen as of late is a symptom of deepening social and class division…. one of the best ways to respond is to foster community and conversation…. a small step…. human library program…. challenge stereotypes while fostering empathy”

“Shocking how soon the ‘too late now’ part of your life arrives. When you’re young, there’s nothing but possibility, just an endless line of tomorrows, and then you wake up one day and realize that no, you cannot move to Paris on a whim, because so many of those old buildings don’t have elevators and stairs are hell on your knees now.”

I hate how this book seems to be filled with humiliation and manipulation

This pick-me girl energy and bystander effect is so cringe and icky….

Taking a break and maybe circling back to reading this another time

“In this two-story house analogy, the parent is basically a staircase-
Their primary function is to start linking a child’s downstairs brain (overwhelming feelings) to their upstairs brain (self-awareness, regulation, planning, decision-making)”

“behavior as an expression of needs, not identity”

I appreciate that Dr. Becky lays the groundwork for this book by reviewing the disclaimers and nuances of this evidence-based guidance she shares

“consequences to connection”

What an incestual mind fuck….. a sister, not a daughter?!?