The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern - This is an unusual story about a magical dreamlike circus. To say much more about it would ruin the experience of reading the story originally and with no preconceptions. I loved everything about it....Celia and Marco and Baily and the twins and Chandresh and the look and feel of the circus. The author's narrative voice enhances the reading in such a way that when you've finished it really is as a dream. Were you there? Did it happen? What was it like? Suspend belief and read it.
Thinking Fast and Slow by Daniel Kahneman - So then I went exact opposite and read a non-fiction analysis about all the ways that psychologists try to figure out how and why people think and form ideas. It's not that difficult to plow through, but it's all about measuring and labeling everything, which is mainly about keeping these guys in business. I'm a skeptic when I read statistics because the first thing I'll do is see whether the number of people who were surveyed is included in the statistic. If they try to tell me that I have some percentage of getting a disease based on a telephone sample of 2000 people, I object! How can anything about a sample of 2000 people predict anything about anything? There are millions of people in the world! To his credit, Kahneman actually addresses this. Thinking fast is when you just give an answer off the top of your head, and thinking slow is when you analyze a situation before giving an answer or reaching a conclusion. Somehow, the title doesn't completely match up to the content although he writes about it on every page. He's a good writer though, and it was interesting to read about all the different ways that psychologists test people. The doughnut test was actually used in the movie I'll review next. Read it if you enjoy non-fiction. Not if you don't.
Her Heart On Her Sleeve: I live in a suburb north of Chicago, and I read, bead, make jewelry, sew, watch TV and movies, crochet, craft, decorate, go to house and garage sales, walk and go on beach walks, listen to music, take pictures, cook and bake, read, and write about all of it on herheartonhersleeve. I have a companion blog called Jewlery by Dianne Sophia at diannesophia.blogspot.com where I write exclusively about my jewelry.
Jewelry By Dianne Sophia: I have been collecting vintage jewelry since I was a girl growing up in Detroit, and have been designing and making jewelry for 15 years. I love to work with pearls and crystals, semi-precious stones, Sterling Silver and Gold, along with vintage beads and materials. I delight in combining shape, pattern and color in new ways. I'm inspired and influenced by my travels and experiences as a reader, writer, photographer and student of life. My blog herheartonhersleeve.blogspot.com chronicles my life in art and popular culture.
The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern - This is an unusual story about a magical dreamlike circus. To say much more about it would ruin the experience of reading the story originally and with no preconceptions. I loved everything about it....Celia and Marco and Baily and the twins and Chandresh and the look and feel of the circus. The author's narrative voice enhances the reading in such a way that when you've finished it really is as a dream. Were you there? Did it happen? What was it like? Suspend belief and read it.
Thinking Fast and Slow by Daniel Kahneman - So then I went exact opposite and read a non-fiction analysis about all the ways that psychologists try to figure out how and why people think and form ideas. It's not that difficult to plow through, but it's all about measuring and labeling everything, which is mainly about keeping these guys in business. I'm a skeptic when I read statistics because the first thing I'll do is see whether the number of people who were surveyed is included in the statistic. If they try to tell me that I have some percentage of getting a disease based on a telephone sample of 2000 people, I object! How can anything about a sample of 2000 people predict anything about anything? There are millions of people in the world! To his credit, Kahneman actually addresses this. Thinking fast is when you just give an answer off the top of your head, and thinking slow is when you analyze a situation before giving an answer or reaching a conclusion. Somehow, the title doesn't completely match up to the content although he writes about it on every page. He's a good writer though, and it was interesting to read about all the different ways that psychologists test people. The doughnut test was actually used in the movie I'll review next. Read it if you enjoy non-fiction. Not if you don't.
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