Jodi B

So many emotions

Revisado: 01-20-25

This book is full of emotions. It’s such a wonderful story. Very well told, too.

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I feel calm now

Revisado: 07-01-23

I have chronic anxiety due to a lifetime of trauma and oppression.

She shares so many excellent and helpful tips in here!!

Maybe these tips will help me move forward.

I took notes and also plan to listen to this many more times.

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I love her books

Revisado: 01-25-23

Her book is full of life lessons that mirror my own experiences and advice I might have wanted to write in a book of my own some day. But now I don’t need to. More people will read her books than would ever read mine, since she’s so famous. So glad this good advice is out there, from a person who is known, popular & appreciated.

She reads this book on the Audible platform. I have previously heard her read her book(s). Some of her sentences are choppy, or she pauses a bit between some words. I am not sure. It was a little distracting this time to me. It reminded me of Captain Kirk, played by William Shatner, who tries to be so dramatic and talk slowly and have pauses between words. So that was a bit distracting but not horribly so.

The book is exceptionally good, and I recommend it.

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A MUST-READ for all Americans

Revisado: 10-26-22

Amazing book. Dense with history, information and personal stories. A must read for everyone.

Seriously:
Read this book.

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Great book!

Revisado: 03-04-17

Second time reading. Won't be my last! Why does this review need more words. - jodi

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Dense with goodness

Revisado: 11-21-16

It took me longer to get through this book than I thought it would. Only because it was so dense with so much good stuff!! I had to keep putting it down and let the ideas seep in before I could find time to listen again. Great book!!

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A must read

Revisado: 05-24-16

This book is chock full of stories that most people I know probably have never heard of.

It is time for America to WAKE UP and realize that "Freedom of Religion" is ensuring that parents can do what they like, and kill their children in the name of religion. And this DENIES THE RIGHTS of the children to a life to live!

Parents who refuse medical care to their children in the name of religion need to be prosecuted! Please read this book.

I know our country was founded on the idea of "Freedom of Religion." What about the Right to Life by a child who needed protecting by their parents, teachers, church, family, community? They often can't speak up for themselves. We as a country need to speak up for the defenseless.

"Freedom of Religion" is NOT good enough alone.

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Great book! Inconsistent Audio Quality

Revisado: 10-03-15

Would you listen to Minimalist Living: Decluttering for Joy, Health, and Creativity again? Why?

Would I listen again? No. Would I read it again? Definitely. In a different format.

What was one of the most memorable moments of Minimalist Living: Decluttering for Joy, Health, and Creativity?

I enjoyed the talking about gift giving seasons.

I also really enjoyed the brief story about the couple who had stacks of greeting cards that felt like "too much" to them, and their process for whittling it down to a manner that was more minimalist and worked FOR THEM.

What didn’t you like about MoMo’s performance?

There were awkward pauses. The sound quality would go in and out. Like, she would read a whole paragraph that I could hear just fine. Then a sentence or two would be at a completely different audio quality and I couldn't hear. Then it would go back to being just fine! It was completely distracting and I just couldn't hear chunks of the book.

I don't understand the strange ways she has for pausing. And it was so hard to hear, I truly struggled just to hear it. I had 2 other books I was going through from Audible.com this week also, and I had no troubles hearing those books at all. I finished all three books this week.

What’s an idea from the book that you will remember?

Whereas Marie Kondo's "KonMari" method is about getting down to what feels like 3 possessions (I'm exaggerating here of course), I feel like Minimalist Living says "do what feels right FOR YOU.I like how she acknowleges that we all have skills and talents and interests. I live in a place with all four seasons. I need hardy snow boots. I also need bathing suits and pool toys for my kids. We need tents and camping items, musical instruments, art supplies, and we do a bigger Halloween haunted house every year now that we have moved. Oh, and we need yard equipment. I like that she says something to the effect of: "maybe if you figure out which hobbies you really want, maybe you will purge less in those categories, but you don't need like 20 hobbies. ... just consider what is really the most important to you." I like this very reasonable approach.

I also love the idea of time with people is of much more value than time with our possessions. I am positive I have heard this before or in different ways, but somehow I actually grasped it this time from this book.

Any additional comments?

I hope that Audible.com will consider getting this book completely re-recorded. Perhaps read by the author. This subject matter is close to hear heart, and she will read it best, I am sure. Someone who is perhaps reading it cold is just not as "in to it" and doesn't have their heart or understanding in the matter. And they are so much more difficult to listen to because it doesn't feel genuine.

I will do my best never to get any future books read by this narrater.

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Great book. Excellent.

Revisado: 06-08-15

Everyone should read this book and other books like it. True stories of people who have been or are incarcerated. Get educated about the U.S. Incarceration system. Work towards fixing the problems. The incarceration rate in our country is completely out of control. And the number of innocent people in jail and even on death row is horrifying.

This is a well written book. It's entertaining and interesting. A pleasant read. And now I can talk with the author on Twitter. That's great too.

I highly recommend this book.

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Excellent book

Revisado: 04-20-15

Buddhism described in a simple manner. (Is there a better way to describe such a subject?) I can apply these to my life. And already am now, thanks to the time it takes to read a book. And I see changes happening. Good changes in my life. Thank you, Timber Hawkeye!

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