#cait flanders

[freshlybrewedbookreviews]

I wanted to be surrounded by those who valued living over working, spending time outdoors over spending time online, and doing things for themselves over paying for every possible convenience.

Cait Flanders (The Year of Less)

[larchwood]

Books I read in 2019

For shits and giggles I decided to track the books I read this year.  (Partially inspired by Pres Obama’s annual list).  I think Goodreads is toxic, so I just kept it on a google doc.  I actually read much non-fiction than I was expecting.  And of course, this is NO WAY amounts to how much I read on AO3.....

January

Everything Changes by Melanie Hansen (A)(r)

Knight’s Salvation by Sherrilee Gray (A)

Cross Breed by Lora Leigh (A)

Daily Stoic by Ryan Holiday (E) (NF)

Cut & Run by Urban and Roux (A)(r)

  February

Circe by Madeleine Miller (E)

Magician’s Nephew by CS Lewis (A)(r)

Sticks & Stones by Urban and Roux (A)(r)

Summoned to the 13th Grave by Darynda Jones (E)

Connections in Death by JD Robb (E)

Fish & Chips by Urban and Roux (A)(r)

Prisoner of Night by JR Ward (E)

The Archer by Abigail Roux (E)

Divide & Conquer by Urban and Roux (A)(r)

March

Armed & Dangerous by Abigail Roux (A)(r)

Confederacy of Dunces by John Kenney Toole (A) *

When All of the Girls Have Gone by Jayne Ann Krentz (A)

Stars & Stripes by Abigail Roux (A)(r)

Touch & Geaux by Abigail Roux (A)(r)

April

Shock & Awe by Abigail Roux (A)(r)

The Savior by JR Ward (E)

Year One by Nora Roberts (E)

A Year of Less by Cait Flanders (A) (NF)

Ball & Chain by Abigail Roux (A)(r)

Cross & Crown by Abigail Roux (A)(r)

Crash & Burn by Abigail Roux (A)(r)

The Ides of April by Lindsey Davis (A)

Outer Order, Inner Calm by Gretchin Rubin (E) (NF)

Lagom by Niki Brantmark (E) (NF)

The Bone Orchard by Abigail Roux (E)(r)

Keeping a Warrior by Melanie Hansen (E)

May

Enemies at Home by Lindsey Davis (A)

Waste-Free Kitchen Handbook by Dana Gunders (E) (NF)

Deadly Election by Lindsey Davis (A)

The Dry by Jane Harper (E)

Graveyard of the Hesperides by Lindsey Davis (A)

Gideon’s Sword by Douglas Preston (E) *

June

The Third Nero by Lindsey Davis (A)

Pandora’s Boy by Lindsey Davis (A)

Not Your Backup by CB Lee (E) (YA)

July

A Discovery of Witches by Deborah Harkness (E)

Nemesis by Agatha Christie (E)(r)

Umbrella Academy, Vol 1 (E)

August

True Grit by Charles Portis (E)

Blood Truth by JR Ward (E)

The Secret Adversary by Agatha Christie (A)(r)

September

Of Blood and Bone by Nora Roberts (E)

The Plantagenets by Dan Jones (A) (NF)

Unrequited by Abigail Roux (E)(r)

The Bone Orchard by Abigail Roux (A)(r)

October

Force of Nature by Jane Harper (E)

The Crusades by Thomas Asbridge (A) (NF)*

Vendetta in Death by JD Robb (A)

Deosil by Jordan L. Hawk (E)

Stars and Stripes by Abigail Roux (A)(r)

Shadow of Night by Deborah Harkenss (E)

The Innocent Man by John Grisham (A) (NF)

A Great Deliverance by Elizabeth George (A)(r)

Crash & Burn by Abigail Roux (A)(r)

November

The Shadows by JR Ward (E)(r)

The Book of Life by Deborah Harkness (A)

The Last Cherokee Warriors by Phillip W. Steele (PB)(NF)

Ned Christie:  The Creation of An Outlaw and a Cherokee Hero by Devon Mihesuah (HB)(NF)

Where Winter Finds You by JR Ward (E)

December

Norse Mythology by Neil Gaiman (A)

The Radium Girls:  The Dark Story of America’s Shining Women by Kate Moore (E)(NF)

The Templars by Dan Jones (A)(NF)

Ivanhoe by Walter Scott (E)(r)

Total 68 books.  Some of the non-fiction audio were just at the whim of what was available that day to download on Overdrive.

A - audiobook

E - ebook

NF - non-fiction

HB - hardback

PB - paperback

YA - young adult

r - reread

* - didn’t finish cuz I thought it sucked.

[afulltimenerd]

More was never the answer. The answer, it turned out, was always less.

The Year of Less by Cait Flanders

[larchwood]

So, I've been reading a lot of decluttering type books (Gretchen Rubin's Outer Order, Inner Calm, Cait Flanders' The Year of Less, Niki Brantmark's Lagom: Not Too Little, Not Too Much - and of course, Marie Kondo on Netflix).

I have come to the realization that I've got 3 obstacles to overcome

the mindset that I might need that some day

the mindset that I paid money for that

MY FAMILY

Once I get past those - piece of cake!

[crookedreads]

One lesson I’ve learned countless times over the years is that whenever you let go of something negative in your life, you make room for something positive.

Cait Flanders, The Year of Less, 2018

[crookedreads]

More was never the answer. The answer, it turned out, was always less.

Cait Flanders, The Year of Less, 2018

[freshlybrewedbookreviews]

The Year of Less by Cait Flanders

I had been wanting to read this book for awhile (and Flanders's efforts to buy nothing had inspired me to do multiple months of no clothes buying in 2019). I enjoyed the practical "how-to" moments of this memoir, but reading about Flanders's life was compelling, and more the focus of the book than a "how to go with less" manual. It's the story of her life up until this moment and this decision, and I was able to learn more about Flanders and learn some things about myself as well.

[monique-snyman]

The Year of Less by Cait Flanders could be a Game Changer ...

The Year of Less by Cait Flanders could be a Game Changer …

It’s no secret—we live in a consumerism-driven society. We work, we buy, and eventually we die. Why? After reading The Year of Less by Cait Flanders, I realized what makes us so consumed with the idea of “wanting all the things” … What’s more, I honestly feel this indoctrination of mankind as we know it could very well be why we’re all so incredibly sad. It’s a cycle, one that is explained by…

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