Spiritus Mundi

Reviews Without Spoilers is a series in which I review the books I've read without giving away any more than the inside cover plot summary would. It seemed like practically everyone was reading Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine  by Gail Honeyman. For some reason, perhaps the overwhelming popularity of the book or the silly-sounding title, I'd assumed this was a light, maybe even humorous novel. While there are certainly laugh-out-loud funny parts, my assumptions of this book were most definitely wrong. I'd gone in totally blind, not even reading a single synopsis before I started it. All I knew was that it was part of Reese's Book Club...which was likely another reason I thought it'd be a light story, considering the Hallmark-y-ness of the last Reese book I read, One Day in December (you can see my review on that book here) . I didn't even have the more-telling white version of the book's cover to go off of. So, if you'd like to be a bit more

In  Self Love, Part 1 , I talked about the problems with the way we view obesity. One of the results of this is limited access to clothing. One of the most common names for girls in the US is Emily, so we'll use that name for the average woman in America. EMILY Emily is 5'4"; according to the CDC , the average waist size of a woman is about 38 inches. Look up a size chart to see what sort of clothes Average Emily would fit into. Some size charts strangely  skip over her; others just let you assume  what her size might be. The most valuable  apparel brands in 2018 were Nike, H&M, Zara and Adidas. In each of these stores, respectively, Emily would be a size XL, XL, nonexistent, and XXL. Average Emily should at least be able to find clothes in 3 of these 4 stores, so let's look at her options. As we do, let's remember that "average" includes a lot of people bigger and smaller than that 38 inch waist. So let's keep those other sizes in mind,

Reviews Without Spoilers is a series in which I review the books I've read without giving away any more than the inside cover plot summary would. One Day in December  by Josie Silver is the book everyone has been posting about for the entire 2018 holiday season. If you missed out, no worries: I'm here for you (says the girl who didn't finish reading it until January). I'm glad I waited, though. A part of Reese's Book Club, this cozy love story is exactly what I needed to start off my year on a happy note. The premise of the story (as visualized in the cover art) is that girl sees boy while she's on a bus. Boy sees girl. They make romantical eye contact through the window, but boy misses bus. They instantly become obsessed with finding each other, which they do, but under very different circumstances. As you read, you'll hear from mainly girl's perspective (her name is Laurie), but you'll get some of boy's voice (Jack), too. I will say t