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Better With Books - episode 19 - 90 Years Later, We Still Haven’t Gotten It Right - Virginia Woolf Teaches Minimalism

iTunes  | Stitcher | SoundCloud A Room of One's Own is know for its feminist theme, not it's lessons on minimalism. But it does, in fact, hold a valuable lesson about how to live a happy, contented life. BOOK: A Room of One's Own / Virginia Woolf Never Enough - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fKEMBn_JdCE Twitter: https://twitter.com/ruthrootz Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ruthrootz/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ruthrootz/ Blog: Rootz’s Blog: https://blogbyrootz.blogspot.com Apple Podcasts: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/better-with-books/id1293449772?mt=2 RadioPublic: https://play.radiopublic.com/better-with-books-WwDRqy Stitcher: https://www.stitcher.com/s?fid=185181 YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCc-cBvKXkTgAyDLm7uYQaEQ?view_as=subscriber SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/betterwithbooks email: rootzmacbwb@gmail.com

Better With Books - episode 18 - We’ve Run Out of Excuses (also, capitalism isn’t flawless)

iTunes  | Stitcher | SoundCloud Individualism sounds like a good thing, right? But our society has forced us to idealize it while, at the same time, being bullied into being like everyone else, into fitting the mold. How do we live a life of true individualism? Listen to find out! BOOK: Fight Club / Chuck Palahniuk Shantell Martin Fight Club How to Do What You Love How the Modern World Makes Us Mentally Ill Global Poverty How much the average American makes a day Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach Living Wage Calculator The World Is CHANGING -- From the CEO of Patreon The Cost of Living Full-Time in an RV Twitter:  twitter.com/ruthrootz Instagram:  www.instagram.com/ruthrootz/ Facebook:  www.facebook.com/ruthrootz/ Blog: Mind Think:  mindthinkbyrootz.blogspot.com Apple Podcasts:  itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/bette…d1293449772?mt=2 Anchor:  anchor.fm/betterwithbooks RadioPublic:  play.radiopublic.com/better-with-books-WwDRqy Stitcher:  www.stitcher.com/s?fid=185181

The Essential Classics Reading List: 2200 hours worth of classic literature

The original list. . . Welcome to my version of the ultimate classic lit reading list (in chronological order)! I’m not saying read these books in this order. Or in any order at all. Or in fact these specific books. But I think this a handy reference to have, so use it as you will. The time (which is in hours) is the time it takes to read the unabridged audiobook or , if it’s a poet listed, the minimum amount of time I’d spend reading their work, based on the lengths of audiobook collections of their poems. Using these times, the list would take about 2200 hours to read through. I put How to Read Literature Like a Professor on top because I personally want to read it before starting on the main list. Note: If you see something you don’t want on the list or you think there’s something missing, remember this list is biased. I added or removed as I saw fit, using recommendations from the r/books community. Customize it for your own reading adventure. (I got a lot of com

I have a podcast!

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© Ruth R. Oldja 2018 It's called Better With Books , and in each episode I take a quote or idea from a book I've read and expand on it, essay-style, and show how it can be applied to modern daily life. The best part? You don't have to be a bookworm to enjoy the show! I've purposely made it so you don't have to have read any of the books (or want to read any of the books) in order to learn something new. "Great minds discuss ideas; average minds discuss events; small minds discuss people." - Eleanor Roosevelt (probably)