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gbatts's review against another edition
5.0
Elegantly told, this book gives a lot a insights into coping with grief and food for thought on how to comfort others going through a tough patch.
I cried a few times.
I cried a few times.
pipnewman's review against another edition
dark
emotional
hopeful
inspiring
reflective
sad
medium-paced
3.75
essjay1's review against another edition
4.0
Definitely worth a read / listen. I took my time with this and I think that Leigh does a good job of finding balance between the sadness of the stories and the positives many people have found when they learn how to live with their new altered reality. Good lessons for us all.
macfarla's review against another edition
3.0
A good read but I think I had high expectations so it felt like it fell a bit short.
krasf's review against another edition
4.0
"Lately, I've noticed among friends, and even strangers, a desire to stop watching or reading the news. The world seems so unstable and dangerous nearly two decades into the 21st century that it's easier to switch off and watch things that make us laugh of feel good, instead of perpetually anxious."
I started reading this book thinking it was something completely different in nature. I didn't even read the title properly, and saw "Any Ordinary Day" and thought it would be a memoir type book by Sales. I'm so glad that I picked it up though.
Sales delves into the mindsets of people who have gone through trauma and devestation, and how they have coped months and years after. The book talks about the probabilities of "bad things" happening and how there is no real end to a run of good or bad things that could possibly occur in a lifetime.
But it also talks about how to deal with those things, how your brain can accept and sometimes learn good lessons from bad things. And it went some way to helping me feel better about visiting sick friends, and feeling less awkward about talking to those who have lost loved ones.
Although it can be a tough read at times - because of the stories it involves - this book is now on my must-read list that I will recommend to others.
I started reading this book thinking it was something completely different in nature. I didn't even read the title properly, and saw "Any Ordinary Day" and thought it would be a memoir type book by Sales. I'm so glad that I picked it up though.
Sales delves into the mindsets of people who have gone through trauma and devestation, and how they have coped months and years after. The book talks about the probabilities of "bad things" happening and how there is no real end to a run of good or bad things that could possibly occur in a lifetime.
But it also talks about how to deal with those things, how your brain can accept and sometimes learn good lessons from bad things. And it went some way to helping me feel better about visiting sick friends, and feeling less awkward about talking to those who have lost loved ones.
Although it can be a tough read at times - because of the stories it involves - this book is now on my must-read list that I will recommend to others.
bianca89279's review against another edition
4.0
Leigh Sales is a well-respected journalist who has a prime-time show on the ABC - the Australian taxpayer-funded station similar to the NPR in the States and the BBC in the UK.
I was curious to read this best seller book, so I was happy to get it as an audiobook, especially since it was narrated by Sales herself.
Any Ordinary Day was quite interesting. I haven't read any books that looked at tragedy and how people cope and deal with the aftermath of such life-altering events.
Sales interviews a few people who'd experienced tragedies, many of them implanted in the collective Australian minds thanks to the media interest.
I appreciated Sale's candid look at journalism, at what makes a journalist good, how at times, there's a very thin line between getting the story and showing sociopathic traits.
The takeaway for me is that "s--t does happen to good people", sometimes, more than once. There's no reason behind it. Most people are very resilient, beyond anything they could have imagined.
This was another reminder to stay in the moment, to appreciate the mundane, the seemingly boring because you never know.
This counts towards my Aussie Author Challenge 2019 on www.bookloverbookreviews.com
I was curious to read this best seller book, so I was happy to get it as an audiobook, especially since it was narrated by Sales herself.
Any Ordinary Day was quite interesting. I haven't read any books that looked at tragedy and how people cope and deal with the aftermath of such life-altering events.
Sales interviews a few people who'd experienced tragedies, many of them implanted in the collective Australian minds thanks to the media interest.
I appreciated Sale's candid look at journalism, at what makes a journalist good, how at times, there's a very thin line between getting the story and showing sociopathic traits.
The takeaway for me is that "s--t does happen to good people", sometimes, more than once. There's no reason behind it. Most people are very resilient, beyond anything they could have imagined.
This was another reminder to stay in the moment, to appreciate the mundane, the seemingly boring because you never know.
This counts towards my Aussie Author Challenge 2019 on www.bookloverbookreviews.com
henrymarlene's review against another edition
5.0
'Any Ordinary Day' by @leigh_sales was such a delight to read, a really beautifully written book.
Leigh in her own right is an extraordinary journalist. I admire her respect and approach to grief and tragedy and suffering. The way she describes the emotional impact in asking personal and particular questions show the humanity in us all. And sometimes we need to sit back and remind ourselves of the power of resilience, and that we are all humans and we all generally 'feel' on the same way (apart from sociopaths).
Leigh in her own right is an extraordinary journalist. I admire her respect and approach to grief and tragedy and suffering. The way she describes the emotional impact in asking personal and particular questions show the humanity in us all. And sometimes we need to sit back and remind ourselves of the power of resilience, and that we are all humans and we all generally 'feel' on the same way (apart from sociopaths).