I read The Life-Changing Manga of Tidying Up - 2 Stars - Although I have Marie Kondo’s original book, and I keep telling myself that I’ll read it someday, I don’t think that it will be anytime soon, if at all. I struggle with the self-help/self-improvement genre. Knowing that I will likely never read the original book, I picked up this edition when we were in my favorite bookstore in Miami almost a year ago.
This was a quick and fun graphic novel. I assume that it’s a condensed version of the original book. I didn’t care for the character Chiaki or the romance/story aspect of it, probably because I’m too old. The art is cute and simple.
I’ve watched a few episodes of her show and I get the idea. It’s not really for me. I may take her up on how to fold some of my clothes. That’s about it. I’m not going to fold all my clothes. I want to see them, plus I don’t have enough drawer space. I’m also not able to only keep things that spark joy. There are many things that I am obligated to keep that don’t spark joy. I’m also not into some of the Shinto practices – thanking items, clapping books, and so on.
Lydia Cassatt Reading the Morning Paper - 2 Stars - The concept of this book appealed to me and I was so looking forward to reading it. I love Mary Cassatt’s art, impressionism, and reading about Paris during those years – with Degas, Renoir, and so on. This ended up being a monotonous read and I couldn’t get into it. The paintings in the book were pretty, but the story was missing something. It was boring.
