Reviews by Alissa Grosso
The X and Y of Buy
On 7/19 Alissa Grosso wrote: I have always fought against stereotypes, and maybe that's because I have never fit neatly into them, but I've always sort of hoped that it was like that for most people, that the idea that women act a certain way and men act another is nothing but some stupid outdated notion. So I approached the book ... "in general, a man's brain is like a file cabinet."
Jungle Jack's The Wackiest, Wildest, and Weirdest Animals in the World
On 6/29 Alissa Grosso wrote: I remember as a kid having a series of two or three animal books with titles full of superlatives. This being more than a few years ago, the books were not nearly as cool looking as today's animal books for kids, but even with their cheesy cartoon illustrations they were still some of my favorite books. ... "What do a binturong and a movie theater have in common? They both smell like popcorn!"
The Noticer
On 5/10 Alissa Grosso wrote: The Noticer by Andy Andrews is a quick and inspirational book that can easily be read in a day's sitting. At first I wasn't sure what to make of the book, thinking that it was a sort of memoir, but it's clearly a sort of allegory with an inspirational bent.The Noticer follows a formula established all ... "All lives are either in a crisis, coming out of a crisis, or headed for a crisis"
Collapse of Distinction
On 5/10 Alissa Grosso wrote: As someone who has always marched to the beat of her own drummer, and finds the increasing sameness of everything to be so utterly boring, I was interested in reading Collapse of Distinction by Scott McKain.In this book geared towards business owners of all sizes, McKain tackles the epidemic of sameness ... "Over the past several years, we have seen the homogenization of practically everything."
Rachel's Tears
On 3/21 Alissa Grosso wrote: In a week that has seen two very deadly shooting sprees, it seemed fitting to read Rachel's Tears a book about a Columbine victim written by her parents Beth Nimmo and Darrell Scott. This is the tenth anniversary edition and perhaps because of this the book seems to have an almost comical number of introductions ... "Finding the time and the place for silence and solitude requires commitment and work."