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3.54 AVERAGE
3.54 AVERAGE
I picked up this book on a lark wanting to get a different perspective on my yoga. practice. I was pleasantly surprised by the fact that not only does it cover some of the basics of yoga poses and theory as well as recount the authors fun experiences over a decade of becoming a yogi, but it also interspersed the yogic traditions with what was going on with the author's life and her outlook on life, love, and family at the time. The author recounts various phases of her life, her opinions, and what's going on in her brain over the 10-year period. It was enlightening, funny, heartbreaking, and relatable all at the same time. I'm so glad I picked up this book and was introduced to the author's witty, sardonic, and genuine style. I will definitely be picking up her next novel as well!
emotional
hopeful
inspiring
lighthearted
medium-paced
I really enjoyed this book and found myself relating to the character. not necessarily a good thing.. she was rather whiny and annoying.
I enjoyed this book more than I thought I would. At first, the stories were a little too mommy-ish for me, but then it moved into more about life than just taking care of your kids. Every chapter starts with a yoga pose and has a cute illustration. As Claire continues to practice yoga, she discovers more about herself. Fun, easy summer read
I am torn between four and five stars on this one. This book had me hooked from the first page and the writing is so natural. Yet I am still pondering "Poser's" impact on my life, so that makes me hold back a star. I'll come back and give it the extra star if I radically change some aspect of my existence thanks to Claire Dederer.
i loved loved loved this book and had to intentionally stop myself from devouring it so that i could instead enjoy and reflect on each chapter. yes, the structure is a little contrived with each chapter based on a different yoga pose and how the author related that pose's meaning to her life. but i loved that, and it actually inspired me to do a lot of writing about how yoga has influenced and continues to instruct my life. i feel that people will have a similar reaction to this book as they did to 'eat pray love': either you take its wisdom and introspective musings to heart and transform those insights into something relevant to your own life, or you consider it self-absorbent and narcissistic. obviously, i had the former reaction. my friend nicole felt such a personal connection to this book that she wouldn't let me borrow it, and after reading it, i totally understand why.
I liked this a lot. It’s about being a mother and a wife and a daughter and a friend and a young woman and a middle-aged woman and a novice and an always-learning expert. The extended metaphor worked for me without being too cheesy, and her kind of social-media-ready profundity felt comfortable. This is another good one if you loved personal blogs back in the golden days. (Audio was done by a reader and was fine, even though she mispronounced “greige.”)
I really wanted to like this book, and I think some day I will. But I wasn't able to make it through it this time. I'll revisit it sometime in the future.
Absolutely love this book. I really related to this author (we even share a tremor!). Found myself staying up too late to read--always a sign of a good book.
i bought this book based off of the clip of it in january's vogue, which i thought was wry and screamingly hilarious. the kind of self aware relatable book that seemed accessible to someone like me. a girl who loves yoga and is curious about other's experiences with it.
after reading the first 100 pages, i realized that clip from vogue was an amalgamation of the best writing in the first dozen chapters. the opening paragraph of the book features one of the authors many imaginary words: 'porny' (as in porn-like, i know, it took me a minute too). imaginary words work when you're a writer like diablo cody, but when you're not it kind of comes off like "writing lite".
i was severely underwhelmed by the quality of the writing. yeah, it was funny sometimes but not enough to carry it along on humor alone.
aside from yoga the book was heavily focused on the outcome of baby boomer's legacy of divorce and the hyper-perfection obsessed parents it produced. being neither generation x, a child of divorce, or someone with children, i really struggled for a way to relate to claire. it might also be that reading about people who are so fixated on their children that they completely forget about their own lives makes me want to have a panic attack, no matter how poor or excellent the writing.
not a book for me. i returned it.
after reading the first 100 pages, i realized that clip from vogue was an amalgamation of the best writing in the first dozen chapters. the opening paragraph of the book features one of the authors many imaginary words: 'porny' (as in porn-like, i know, it took me a minute too). imaginary words work when you're a writer like diablo cody, but when you're not it kind of comes off like "writing lite".
i was severely underwhelmed by the quality of the writing. yeah, it was funny sometimes but not enough to carry it along on humor alone.
aside from yoga the book was heavily focused on the outcome of baby boomer's legacy of divorce and the hyper-perfection obsessed parents it produced. being neither generation x, a child of divorce, or someone with children, i really struggled for a way to relate to claire. it might also be that reading about people who are so fixated on their children that they completely forget about their own lives makes me want to have a panic attack, no matter how poor or excellent the writing.
not a book for me. i returned it.