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Bait and Switch: The (Futile) Pursuit of the American Dream | Barbara Ehrenreich

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Having read this so shortly after Our Kids: The America Dream in Crisis was a #Powerful combination. If you aren't screwed by the opportunity gap in childhood, you're pretty likely to be screwed by the bottom-line mentality of the corporate world.

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4th bingo on my January #BookSpinBingo board @TheAromaofBooks

#MountTBR #ReadAway2024 @Andrew65 @DieAReader @GHABI4ROSES

DieAReader 🥳Great! 4h

TheAromaofBooks Great progress!! 2h

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Bait and Switch: The (Futile) Pursuit of the American Dream | Barbara Ehrenreich

Next from the towering TBR pile...

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jen_the_scribe

What Color is Your Parachute?: A Practical Manual for Job-hunters & Career Changers | Richard Nelson Bolles

Staying in an Air B&B in my hometown to visit friends and family, and just needed a moment for myself. 😮‍💨😌

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jen_the_scribe

What Color is Your Parachute?: A Practical Manual for Job-hunters & Career Changers | Richard Nelson Bolles

Next up is nonfiction. I‘ve been a stay-at-home mom for a long time now and I need all the help I can get to rejoin the workforce 😮‍💨

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jen_the_scribe

What Color is Your Parachute?: A Practical Manual for Job-hunters & Career Changers | Richard Nelson Bolles

Trying to level up my job search 😬😮‍💨

JamieArc @swishandflick Here you go 😂😂 7mo

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Kristy_K

Ultimate New Job: The Definitive Guide to Surviving and Thriving As A New Starter | James Innes

I normally don‘t post non-book related stuff, but I am so excited that I had to share: I accepted a job offer today! My current place of work has been incredibly toxic, and I am so happy to get out. The only downside is I have to move my library to the living room b/c the job is remote and I will be putting my desk here. Now for the challenge of culling my books and moving all of this.

#newjob #library

Caterina Congratulations! 🎉 And good luck with the book moving! I hope you don't have to cull too many, you have such a lovely collection 😍 9mo

Aims42 Congrats on the new job, nothing more exciting than leaving a toxic environment 🥳🤩🎉 9mo

LiteraryinLawrence Congrats, that‘s so exciting! 9mo

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Prairiegirl_reading Congratulations!! 9mo

TEArificbooks They books would look great as a backdrop though 9mo

RaeLovesToRead Congratulations! 😊 9mo

thegirlwiththelibrarybag Congrats on the new job and for leaving a toxic work environment. Good luck with the library move 😜 9mo

Branwen Congratulations! 9mo

Ruthiella Congratulations! 😃 9mo

dabbe Congrats! Can't you just move everything to another room? It's all so pretty! 🤩🤩🤩 9mo

Librarybelle Congratulations! 9mo

Roary47 Yay! Congratulations! 9mo

Tamra Good for you, taking the leap! 9mo

MallenNC Congratulations on your new job! 9mo

julesG Congratulations on your new job! 9mo

Kristy_K @Caterina Thank you! And I hope I don‘t have to either! I‘m hopeful most will still fit. 9mo

Kristy_K @Aims42 Agreed! It felt like a weight lifted from my shoulders when I signed the offer. 9mo

Kristy_K @LiteraryinLawrence @Prairiegirl_reading @RaeLovesToRead @thegirlwiththelibrarybag @Branwen @Librarybelle @Roary47 @Tamra @MallenNC @julesG Thank you!! 9mo

Kristy_K @TEArificbooks haha! So true. I‘ll have to think about that. 9mo

Kristy_K @dabbe Thank you! And I wish I could! I debated even putting my desk in my room just so I could keep my library here, but I know the cramped space would bother me. 9mo

julesG A small/minimalist desk solution in front of the shelves is not an option? 9mo

Kristy_K @julesG They‘re giving me two monitors, a laptop, and a docking station so I think it‘ll need a larger desk, but I‘ll look into the size required! 9mo

julesG Could work on a small-ish desk. My son's desk is small, I'd say 32 inch by 20 inch and he has two monitors and a laptop, plus mouse and additional gaming keypad. It's crammed, but he refused getting a larger desk. I'd give it a try before moving the library. Maybe check Pinterest for WFH desk ideas? 9mo

TheLudicReader Congrats on the new job. I would totally explore other desk options before moving all those books, though. 😂 9mo

bthegood Congrats🥳 9mo

MaureenMc Congratulations! 🎉 9mo

DaveGreen7777 Congratulations on the new job! 🙌 9mo

Kristy_K @TheLudicReader Thank you! Yes, it‘s looking to be quite the task to move them. @bthegood @DaveGreen7777 Thank you!! 8mo

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Bibliophile_22

What Color Is Your Parachute? 2019: A Practical Manual for Job-Hunters and Career-Changers | Richard N. Bolles

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If you‘re considering a change in careers this is the book for you.

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Flamethrower

Bait and Switch: The (Futile) Pursuit of the American Dream | Barbara Ehrenreich

so-so

I was expecting a more robust examination of the downsizing of the professional class. It was more of a first-person account, light on research and heavy on anecdote. I won‘t pan it outright because the writing is good, just not what I expected.

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Ultimate New Job: The Definitive Guide to Surviving and Thriving As A New Starter | James Innes

Not book related per se, but I'm really, really excited to finally leave the finance industry.

Pretty sure there's a bookstore trip happening tomorrow to celebrate. 🤓

DrexEdit 🎉 🎉woot! 😊 3y

Suet624 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻😁 3y

DogMomIrene Wahoo! Here‘s to new adventures🍷 3y

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Jas16 🙌🏽 3y

Ruthiella Congratulations! 😃 3y

DGRachel Congratulations 🎉 3y

Avanders Congrats!! 🍾🎈🎊 3y

JessClark78 Congratulations! 3y

Crazeedi Congrats!!🎊🎉 3y

CampbellTaraL Thank you everyone! 🤗💛 @DrexEdit @Suet624 @DogMomIrene @Jas16 @Ruthiella @DGRachel @Avanders @JessClark78 @Crazeedi 3y

Reggie Congratulations! 3y

Nute Congratulations! So very happy for you on the start of your new adventure!🎉 3y

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TheAromaofBooks

Blog, Inc.: Blogging for Passion, Profit, and to Create Community | Joy Deangdeelert Cho

So I've blogged on Wordpress for over ten years. Recently, they switched to the Block Editor, which I absolutely hate. You can kind of use the Classic Editor but it's a hassle to get to. Today when I logged on the entire dashboard has been completely “updated“ & is an absolute nightmare. For instance, I have individual pages to link to books I've reviewed by specific authors. Those are now listed by which ones have been most recently updated ⬇

TheAromaofBooks (cont'd) instead of in alphabetical order, with no option for sorting them any other way. The whole thing is a disaster.

All this to say - does anyone out there blog anywhere besides Wordpress? I just want my old, simple, straightforward blog host back where I type out a review & add one picture & move on. I don't need all this stupid drag & drop & each paragraph is its own little mini-blog & you can make it cool & shiny & everyone will want ⬇ 3y

TheAromaofBooks (cont'd) to pay you money!!! I literally just want to write basic book reviews so I can look them up five years from now when I'm trying to remember whether or not I liked that one book.

So if anyone is using a different blog host that they like & that has a simple interface, please let me know. I'm in the market to move because Wordpress is sending me over the absolute edge with their “updates.“ 3y

Nebklvr I hate the new version too 3y

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EvieBee Ugh! I understand completely. I went back to blogger and I‘ve enjoyed it. Gradually, they too have changed things to a newer platform that doesn‘t allow as much customization as before, but it‘s still very good considering it‘s free. 3y

TheAromaofBooks @Nebklver - I was somewhat able to work with the block editor even though I think it's awkward, clunky, and completely unintuitive, but the latest update that has changed the entire dashboard, how I access different aspects of the blog, my ability to find/edit Pages & Posts - it's SO horrible. I've used & loved WP for so many years & hate to leave it behind, but I can't deal with these updates any more! It's sucked the joy out of blogging for me. 3y

TheAromaofBooks @EvieBee - Blogger was definitely one of the ones I was thinking of checking out. I'm totally cool with minimal customization because that's just not important to me. I'd be happy with a page that looks like a Word document haha ... hmm, maybe I should just be typing into a Google document & sharing that 😂 3y

julesG I hate the new version too. I used to blog with Google's Blogger, but I don't think it's much better. 3y

DogMomIrene It‘s been 4 years since I used a free Weebly site for my classroom, so I don‘t know how “shiny” they are now. The drag & drop blocks were easy to add/manipulate. Generally, I had my lessons typed up separately, so I would copy & paste onto my “daily lessons & homework” page. I added other pages for special projects. Easy to add a picture block & move it around. At the time Weebly used themes, so one of the education ones might suit you. 3y

DogMomIrene I use Squarespace for my dog blog, which I do monetize. Squarespace is shiny, for sure, but I‘ve been using them since 2014, and I like how they‘ve developed. If you‘re looking at Squarespace and have questions, please feel free to ask. I‘m not an affiliate for them since I‘m not B2B marketing. I‘m just a happy Squarespace blogger. 3y

TheAromaofBooks @DogMomIrene - Thank you for your thoughts!! I will definitely check out both of those options. I'm just glad to even get some names of options since I'm not sure what choices are even out there!! 3y

Bookwormjillk I use Squarespace as well. I like it- very clean and easy to use. 3y

TheAromaofBooks @Bookwormjillk - That is good to know!! Thank you!! 3y

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