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Hell's Paradise: Jigokuraku, Vol. 1
Yūji Kaku
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Hell's Paradise: Jigokuraku, Vol. 1
Yūji Kaku
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London Falling: A Mysterious Death in a Gilded City and a Family's Search for Truth
Patrick Radden Keefe
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London Falling: A Mysterious Death in a Gilded City and a Family's Search for Truth
Patrick Radden Keefe
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Important to bear in mind here is that Joe the author actually has not owned Trader Joe's the company since 1979, has not worked at the company since 1988, and has been deceased since 2020. So this book has very little to do with any current events related to TJ's and instead reads more like a memoir, which it basically is; the fact that Joe worked as a management consultant for many years before he died certainly colors some sections as more advice-oriented, but they vibe with the overall memoir feel since they are almost always presented as "here's how I did it."
Ok, with that said, I really enjoyed this one! As I mentioned when I started reading, I was ready for it to be full of preachy rich old white guy bullshit, but instead I was very pleasantly surprised to discover the story of a smart, quirky, and all-around decent dude who had a "Chief Skunk" sign on his office door instead of "CEO," refers to store workers as his "front-line troops," and went in to work the register himself when stores were open on Thanksgiving or Christmas Day. I suspect a hint of neurodivergence as well, and just generally found his observations and opinions on the events of his life and business decisions very interesting, specifically because they are not your typical shareholder-oriented, squeeze-the-life-out-of-everything-else kind of opinions. Also a lot of insights into business in the 60s-80s that are absolutely fascinating just on like a historical time capsule level. He definitely has some questionable opinions about government regulations, unions, etc, but instead of coming across as skeezy it was more like, these are the various puzzles that Joe came across in the course of doing business, and how he solved them; he will be the first to admit he didn't always get it right and I can appreciate that things are not always as straightforward as they may seem.
Would definitely recommend to anyone interested in business, retail, memoir, or Trader Joes specifically lol
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My Dreadful Darling
H.D. Carlton
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My goosebumps have goosebumps 🫣 and perhaps those goosebumps goosebumped may have additional third tier goosebumps on top. It’s a goosebump threesome.
…the word goosebumps has now ceased to sound like a real word I’ve said it so often 🤣 in reality I’m just procrastinating before I go back to reading this creepy book HAHAHHA
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My Dreadful Darling
H.D. Carlton
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My Dreadful Darling
H.D. Carlton
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“He saw how cops lied to suspects, to witnesses, to juries. They lied about what they saw, what they heard, what they smelled. They ignored evidence; they planted evidence; they destroyed evidence. They forced confessions. They covered for one another. He learned how Stepdad wasn’t an anomaly—just an acute symptom of a general disease. He learned that the ones who didn’t do dirt also didn’t do a thing about the ones who did.”
And therein lies the motherfucking problem. They get mad when you say there’s no good cops, though.
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A Violent Masterpiece
Jordan Harper
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The Author Weekend
Laura Zigman
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Liar's Dice
Juliet Faithfull