Gayle Scroggs, PhD, PCC

The Reciprocal Gift Economy!!

Revisado: 03-30-25

What a gift the author has given us! She offers us a model for understanding and collaborating with each other and the works around us.

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great narration of classic coming of age story

Revisado: 02-09-25

I tried other narrated versions and couldn't get through a single chapter, but Elijah Wood does such an amazing job that I was enchanted to the last word! Twain doesn't tell but rather shows how Huck's experiences matured him, allowing him to diverge from a racist and classicist socialization. trains a good storyteller, especially when it comes to young boys and men on the river. at the same time, I'm glad that Percival Everett has written the book James, which allows us to see a different view of Jim, one which restores not only his freedom but also his intelligence and courage, unlike Twain's stereotype of a superstitious, illiterate, child-like character.

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Riveting, challenging, ultimately satisfying

Revisado: 01-09-25

I'm glad I chose to listen to the audible version because the narration was amazing, with the changes in accents adding so much to the telling.

The story itself was so riveting that I listened to it over the course of 3 days, even skipping some work I needed to do because I just had hear how the adventures developed. The author made Jim such a believable and noble character, with full humanity, that I kept my fingers crossed for a happy ending.

The way Jim mocks how white people think black people should talk reminded me of Everett's other book, Erasure ( turned into the movie American Fiction). Sometimes a novelist can do a better job of exposing prejudice and ignorance more than a sociological treatise. Sometimes fiction is truer than facts.

The message is as apt now is it would have been in Mark Twain's time. I only wish more Americans were open to being influenced by a brilliant book.

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Provocative, funny, perplexing, sad

Revisado: 11-07-24

The author took me along on a journey where I felt empathy for him at every turn and crossroads...I was totally enthralled by the range and depth of emotions in the performance. I was stunned at the ending and constantly dismayed by the level of prejudice, stereotypes, and discrimination faced by Asians. And I cried when his father finally lost hope in America. ( I'm starting to feel that way myself and I'm a white-faced woman.). I'm now inspired to see his plays!

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lyrical but otherwise lacking

Revisado: 08-15-24

I only read to the end because the author's lyrical descriptions of the experiences and environs of the protagonist were riveting, enchanting, surprising. If I had been eating a written version of the book, I would have quickly skipped all of the parts involving the vengeful, capricious, narcissistic spirit that Annis seems to have conjured up out of nothing. The spirit does not help her when needed but demands gratitude and worship. Unfathomable.

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end the phone-based childhood

Revisado: 07-06-24

Haidt marshalls considerable evidence to argue that children's brains are being rewired by social media. .. and provides recommendations to offer children a healthier path to flourishing. am important book--likely to become a classic and hopefully a manual for change.

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bring back the sparkle

Revisado: 04-02-24

I've never thought much about habituation... but these authors have awakened me to its omnipresence and its effects, both helpful and harmful. I plan to use the information to add more sparkle to my life and to find ways to reduce suffering for me and others.

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deep questions

Revisado: 12-31-23

Picoult tacklee deep life questions sharpened by the pandemic with unusual imagination. Read with sensitivity.

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A classic and still relevant

Revisado: 04-10-23

I learned a lot i didn't know about black women and feminism.. I concur totally with her inclusive radical definition of feminism... none of us is free until all of us are free. That entails dismantling capitalism and patriarchy--two intertwined systems that keep some people on top and most others struggling.

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Make yourself uncomfortable!

Revisado: 01-09-23

Mire riveting than expected! Easter weaves his personal experience with extreme discomfort in backcountry Alaska with intriguing facts and recommendations for the rest of us. I'm convinced we should turn down the thermostat, start rucking, and contemplate death more. It will make life more I've, more interesting.

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