Katie's Updates en-US Tue, 29 Apr 2025 22:55:48 -0700 60 Katie's Updates 144 41 /images/layout/goodreads_logo_144.jpg Review7498068132 Tue, 29 Apr 2025 22:55:48 -0700 <![CDATA[Katie added 'The Night She Disappeared']]> /review/show/7498068132 The Night She Disappeared by Lisa Jewell Katie gave 5 stars to The Night She Disappeared (Hardcover) by Lisa Jewell
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Review7495158851 Thu, 24 Apr 2025 20:10:29 -0700 <![CDATA[Katie added 'Stolen Focus: Why You Can't Pay Attention� and How to Think Deeply Again']]> /review/show/7495158851 Stolen Focus by Johann Hari Katie gave 3 stars to Stolen Focus: Why You Can't Pay Attention� and How to Think Deeply Again (Hardcover) by Johann Hari
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Rating850868544 Thu, 24 Apr 2025 20:07:19 -0700 <![CDATA[Katie Macoy liked a review]]> /
Stolen Focus by Johann Hari
"I loved most of the book, there's been quite some good advice I've been able to use to start healing my focus and I found the sections on how these sites are intentionally made to worsen our attention problems very enlightening. There is however a caveat - the chapter (or was it 2 chapters) on ADHD. Now, I'm not completely against touching on this as the problems with attention and how the environment is made to make it very hard certainly doesn't help people with ADHD, but he comitts all of the cardinal sins; 1) Not neurodivergent, 2) Talks with scientists about ADHD, 3) The scientists are not psychologists, 4) Narrows down ADHD to only being about paying attention, 5) Does not talk to anyone with ADHD or ND organization, 6) Only focuses on children, 7) Talks about cases of children mistakenly getting ADHD diagnosis but all of them are basically cases of gross misconduct by those who did it like a child who got a diagnosis of ADHD because he couldn't pay attention and had been sexually abused. A lot of concern against ADHD medication but really any solution other then that you can improve your attention in other ways, but again attention problems is only one (and maybe not even the biggest) issue people with ADHD have.

So by and large the book was very good, but I did want to write this out. And just as an aside I am SO tired of NTs writing/talking ABOUT US instead of TO US or WITH US. Sigh."
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Review7495158851 Thu, 24 Apr 2025 20:06:52 -0700 <![CDATA[Katie added 'Stolen Focus: Why You Can't Pay Attention� and How to Think Deeply Again']]> /review/show/7495158851 Stolen Focus by Johann Hari Katie gave 3 stars to Stolen Focus: Why You Can't Pay Attention� and How to Think Deeply Again (Hardcover) by Johann Hari
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ReadStatus9342183483 Wed, 23 Apr 2025 02:34:44 -0700 <![CDATA[Katie is currently reading 'American Prometheus: The Triumph and Tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer']]> /review/show/7511695505 American Prometheus by Kai Bird Katie is currently reading American Prometheus: The Triumph and Tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer by Kai Bird
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Review7511680921 Wed, 23 Apr 2025 02:21:26 -0700 <![CDATA[Katie added 'The Grapes of Wrath']]> /review/show/7511680921 The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck Katie gave 5 stars to The Grapes of Wrath (Paperback) by John Steinbeck
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ReadStatus9342161935 Wed, 23 Apr 2025 02:20:21 -0700 <![CDATA[Katie wants to read 'The Black Prism']]> /review/show/7511680441 The Black Prism by Brent Weeks Katie wants to read The Black Prism by Brent Weeks
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ReadStatus9333721029 Mon, 21 Apr 2025 02:43:32 -0700 <![CDATA[Katie wants to read 'The Ministry of Time']]> /review/show/7505745674 The Ministry of Time by Kaliane Bradley Katie wants to read The Ministry of Time by Kaliane Bradley
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ReadStatus9333720387 Mon, 21 Apr 2025 02:43:08 -0700 <![CDATA[Katie wants to read 'Dopamine Nation: Finding Balance in the Age of Indulgence']]> /review/show/7505745209 Dopamine Nation by Anna Lembke Katie wants to read Dopamine Nation: Finding Balance in the Age of Indulgence by Anna Lembke
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Review7467097276 Sat, 19 Apr 2025 02:58:27 -0700 <![CDATA[Katie added 'Then She Was Gone']]> /review/show/7467097276 Then She Was Gone by Lisa Jewell Katie gave 4 stars to Then She Was Gone (Paperback) by Lisa Jewell
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