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mgranera's review against another edition
3.0
I like this book a lot. Shauna is an amazing writer and brings my inner feelings to life, leaving me inspired. It’s unfortunate that she writes from a place of blind white privilege, which I couldn’t get past and ended up dragging through the book. It colors some of her self described painful experiences that she chose to share, and made it difficult to take her seriously from my own deep pain. Also, Africa is a continent made up of over 50 independent countries, and the Christian “missionary” narrative is tired and colonial.
Overall, I left the book feeling excited and energized. The message is similar to one of my favorites Home Behind the Sun by Timothy Willard & Jason Locy.
Overall, I left the book feeling excited and energized. The message is similar to one of my favorites Home Behind the Sun by Timothy Willard & Jason Locy.
pixie_hallows's review against another edition
3.0
“Friendship is acting out God’s love for people in tangible ways.”
There were some gems here, but I think I would have enjoyed this book more had I read it when I was younger. Reading it made me feel like I was watching the author come to some good revelations in her life but that she still needed more life experience to give them depth.
There were some gems here, but I think I would have enjoyed this book more had I read it when I was younger. Reading it made me feel like I was watching the author come to some good revelations in her life but that she still needed more life experience to give them depth.
brookiebee's review against another edition
3.0
Shauna Niequist is great at telling anecdotes of her life and using them to think about bigger things, usually God. I like this book, but I found it less captivating than I hoped. I would read a few pages and then put it down for a few days. It has good things to say but didn’t hold my attention for very long.
thatswhatiloveaboutreading's review against another edition
5.0
This was my second time to read Cold Tangerines, and I enjoyed it all over again! Shauna Niequist is one of my favorite authors, and her writing about the joy in the ordinary is spot on.
mjarmel's review against another edition
4.0
I've been meaning to read this book since I started reading Shauna's blogposts a while ago. I meant to read it more when I started her devotional book last year. I meant to read it even more when I saw her speak in November. Then my library made it available as an audiobook with Shauna herself as the reader, and the time became now, which is really well timed. I don't think I would have been as receptive to her encouragement about celebration in the face of busyness and hard seasons if I had read it any earlier. This book is what I needed to read (hear) today. I needed her honesty about the harm that comes of being tough on yourself. I needed her wisdom about choice and shalom. I needed her stories to breathe life into mine.
1. a book published this year
2. a book you can finish in a day: Sum
**3. a book you've been meaning to read**
4. a book recommended by your local library or bookseller
5. a book you should have read in school
6. a book chosen for me by a loved one
7. a book published before you were born: 7 Habits
8. a book that was banned at some point
9. a book you own but have never read
10. a book you previously abandoned
11. a book that intimidates you
12. a book you've already read at least once
1. a book published this year
**3. a book you've been meaning to read**
4. a book recommended by your local library or bookseller
5. a book you should have read in school
6. a book chosen for me by a loved one
8. a book that was banned at some point
9. a book you own but have never read
10. a book you previously abandoned
11. a book that intimidates you
12. a book you've already read at least once
penny_quotes's review against another edition
3.0
Rating: 3.5 stars
I’ve always lived my life for the big moments – birthdays, graduation, etc. – but I’ve started to realise that waiting for the big moments makes you miss out on the joy of the everyday. Cheesy, I know, but it is important nonetheless. This book serves as a good reminder to those of us who are often disenchanted by the routines of life, that there is beauty in small things. And if you revel in this beauty enough, you can find a sense of fulfillment on most days, if not all.
Cold Tangerines is a collection of personal essays that showcase celebrations of everyday life. It is written beautifully and is lyrical at times. I could still relate to the stories even though I was not at a similar stage in life to the author. It’s funny how experiences can be unique to each person, but feelings are universal. So, while I haven’t had a child myself, I know the feeling of not wanting any harm to come to someone you love.
This is a Christian book, but don’t let that discourage you from reading it. Niequist does not try to shove religion down our throats. It is less a book about God, and more about life in general. The ups, the downs and the in-betweens.
I had to take away 1.5 stars because of the fat shaming littered throughout the book. Mind you it was written in 2007, so a different time. But I don’t think that’s a good enough excuse to wish that someone you’re jealous of should become fat (yep, she really wrote that). Problematic indeed. I found it kind of hypocritical considering that it's meant to be about God and accepting others.
Would I read this book again? Probably not. But I enjoyed it enough as a one-time read.
Memorable Quote:
“And like with anything you’re looking for, or anything you collect, the more aware of them you are, the more you see.”
Review also on (my blog)
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Penny Quotes
I’ve always lived my life for the big moments – birthdays, graduation, etc. – but I’ve started to realise that waiting for the big moments makes you miss out on the joy of the everyday. Cheesy, I know, but it is important nonetheless. This book serves as a good reminder to those of us who are often disenchanted by the routines of life, that there is beauty in small things. And if you revel in this beauty enough, you can find a sense of fulfillment on most days, if not all.
Cold Tangerines is a collection of personal essays that showcase celebrations of everyday life. It is written beautifully and is lyrical at times. I could still relate to the stories even though I was not at a similar stage in life to the author. It’s funny how experiences can be unique to each person, but feelings are universal. So, while I haven’t had a child myself, I know the feeling of not wanting any harm to come to someone you love.
This is a Christian book, but don’t let that discourage you from reading it. Niequist does not try to shove religion down our throats. It is less a book about God, and more about life in general. The ups, the downs and the in-betweens.
I had to take away 1.5 stars because of the fat shaming littered throughout the book. Mind you it was written in 2007, so a different time. But I don’t think that’s a good enough excuse to wish that someone you’re jealous of should become fat (yep, she really wrote that). Problematic indeed. I found it kind of hypocritical considering that it's meant to be about God and accepting others.
Would I read this book again? Probably not. But I enjoyed it enough as a one-time read.
Memorable Quote:
“And like with anything you’re looking for, or anything you collect, the more aware of them you are, the more you see.”
Review also on (my blog)
Love,
Penny Quotes
jessicraig's review against another edition
3.0
“I want my everyday to make God belly laugh, glad that he gave life to someone who loves the gift”
So I had the highest expectations for this book - it was very sweet but very scattered! It wasn’t as #relatable as I was hoping for, but I loved the authors outlook on life and how God works.
So I had the highest expectations for this book - it was very sweet but very scattered! It wasn’t as #relatable as I was hoping for, but I loved the authors outlook on life and how God works.
daybreak1012's review against another edition
4.0
I practice my religion differently from Shauna, more traditionally, but that doesn't stop there from being profound, fundamental similarities as well. And this applies to more than just the way she practices her Christianity. There were parts of what she shared that were foreign to me, because they are thoughts and experiences I haven't had, just as there were pieces of her soul laid bared that resonated so deeply I had to pause to feel the moment of recognition, of seeing myself in what she wrote of her own self. It's startling, really, to see yourself in and through the words of someone else. I have to wonder at some of the reviews I read, readers who couldn't find even a single anecdote with which they identified, because some of the base emotions and fears and flaws revealed in these pages seemed like something every human life has encountered, in some way or another, when we look honestly through our individual eyes. Did Shauna seem preoccupied with herself and whiny at times? Sure, because she was being real and honest and raw, and I don't know a single person, even the very best of all the people I know, but most especially myself, that hasn't been preoccupied or whiny...or scared or lonely or self-conscious. Most of us could do with a good, hard, long, honest look at ourselves though, and I felt like Shauna's writing really encourages that. Because, man oh man, what a beautiful gift this everyday life is, even when it's messy and hard, maybe mostly when it's messy and hard.
kiahchamp's review against another edition
emotional
funny
hopeful
inspiring
reflective
fast-paced
4.75
So beautifully written! A great read <3