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3.66 AVERAGE
3.66 AVERAGE
This isn’t really my kind of book, but it was fine. I will never read it again, and the message was not unique in any way. Basically: slow down, make meaningful connections, and CANDLES.
This book is about 3.5 stars but I'm rounding up mostly because of bad reviews which complain about a country with a strong social welfare system having the audacity to credit it for helping more people live happier lives without the anxiety of extreme poverty and food and housing insecurity. Sorry, Karen, I know you were looking for a book on how you can be happier while practicing "I got mine, screw everybody else" but maybe don't look to a socialist country for life tips and expect them to tiptoe around your conservative sensibilities by pretending it's absolutely possible for a whole country to be happy while f*cking over poor people. (End Rant)
This is a cozy, pretty little book that doesn't exactly share earth-shattering enlightenment, but I don't think that's what it sets out to do. What it does, however, is remind us to slow down, to savor life and simplicity and cozy pleasures more intentionally, to care about and connect with others as well as ourselves, and to be more present in the every day moments that add up to a life. I found value in these reminders, while reading this book with hot coffee and a warm blanket on a frosty January morning. I think the Danes are on to something, and even though the hygge "trend" seems to have become ubiquitous, and tied to dismaying attempts to harness it to consumerism, at its core hygge is something simple and accessible, and comforting especially in such fraught times. I'm curious to see how other countries and cultures approach this concept as well.
This is a cozy, pretty little book that doesn't exactly share earth-shattering enlightenment, but I don't think that's what it sets out to do. What it does, however, is remind us to slow down, to savor life and simplicity and cozy pleasures more intentionally, to care about and connect with others as well as ourselves, and to be more present in the every day moments that add up to a life. I found value in these reminders, while reading this book with hot coffee and a warm blanket on a frosty January morning. I think the Danes are on to something, and even though the hygge "trend" seems to have become ubiquitous, and tied to dismaying attempts to harness it to consumerism, at its core hygge is something simple and accessible, and comforting especially in such fraught times. I'm curious to see how other countries and cultures approach this concept as well.
Dit is vooral een heel gezellig boek. Het is een heerlijk boek om lekker mee op de bank te zitten met een warme kop thee. Ik werd zelf enorm blij van het boek en de vormgeving is ook echt prachtig!
Excellent little book. Not sure everything in here translates to audio (recipes especially) and there could have been some better editing (like not ending a disc in the middle of a recipe), but I enjoyed listening to Wiking read. I love his way of speaking and laughed out loud several times. This book taught me more about hygge and had lots of practical implications, but the listening experience itself was quite hyggily.
All this book was tell me that my lifestyle of reading, drinking tea, wearing lots of layers of warm clothes and pyjamas, preferring to stay home, my love of Yankee Candle, baking and real wood fires is very Hygge and I should keep doing it.
The language notes and statistics were somewhat interesting although I'd love to know how exactly they are measured and how they account for multiple interpretations of different concepts but who am I to question the Happiness Research Institute?
It was a bit repetitive and not very enlightening but I got a few interesting recipes to try out of it, it really made me want to drink any hot drink I could get my hands on, visit Denmark (even more than I originally wanted to), go on a group skiing trip, and (to be fair) gave me some pretty good ideas for things to do with my friends at weekends.
The money I paid for information I could have probably found for free on the internet was really made up for by the prettiness of the cover as it is really very pretty and the graphics inside are equally so.
Apart from that, I really feel like it wasn't anything special and could have been much shorter.
The language notes and statistics were somewhat interesting although I'd love to know how exactly they are measured and how they account for multiple interpretations of different concepts but who am I to question the Happiness Research Institute?
It was a bit repetitive and not very enlightening but I got a few interesting recipes to try out of it, it really made me want to drink any hot drink I could get my hands on, visit Denmark (even more than I originally wanted to), go on a group skiing trip, and (to be fair) gave me some pretty good ideas for things to do with my friends at weekends.
The money I paid for information I could have probably found for free on the internet was really made up for by the prettiness of the cover as it is really very pretty and the graphics inside are equally so.
Apart from that, I really feel like it wasn't anything special and could have been much shorter.
I think I'm Danish, or meant to live there... or meant to live my introverted Hygge life wherever I am. I even made one of his recipes the day I listened to it and another it up for next week. Quick read.
I find these Hygge (hoo-ga) books by Mr. Wiking very hyggeligt. The illustrations are adorable and the layout is simple. Most of the items in this book are common sense, but the writing style is pleasant and I'd like to try to incorporate more of the hygge ideas into my days. Who wouldn't want to be happier? Lighting a candle right now! :)
informative
lighthearted
reflective
fast-paced