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Was really looking forward to reading this, and had underestimated just how enjoyable it would be to read. Really loving Tocqueville's poetic language

I'm blitzing through this, yet I think my current assessment is that it's a perfectly OK book. Texted a friend that I'd started it, and he said, "oh, I should really finish that," which sums it up, lol

Turns out that reading about Stalinism has a deleterious effect on my mental health, so I opted for a light read this Shabbat. Yesterday, I read the Free Press TGIF newsletter (a sign of my age, perhaps) and thought, "she's so funny, I wonder if she's written a book," only to realize I've had this in my TBR list for a while

My first Hitchens since reading "God Is Not Great" many, many years ago! Was hoping to get the edition where he looks very handsome (sorry) smoking a cigarette, but am actually reading a different, less titillating cover (which still has a cigarette, to connote edginess)

I am so good at choosing only the most cheerful books to read

I am indeed feeling broken open

Was trying to decide if this book is really good, or if I really need to go to grief therapy, and I think I can safely report that the answer is "both" -- absolutely savoring this

I guess I am reading the 2015 (?) edition, where Scruton apparently (according to his preface) doesn't touch on Laing, which is unfortunate because I was most interested in reading a strong critique of Laing (who I generally liked when I read him years ago)! Still interested to see his critiques of other theorists

What totally blows is that I'm going to finish this book (probably in a day) and will never get to read it for the first time again

Was thinking about the bizarre "religion" (not even sure what you'd call it!) my mom follows, opened this book and immediately read Singal's deep dive into it (New Thought). Weird! But serendipitous; I hardly ever meet anyone who is familiar with this lol