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The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up: The Japanese Art of Decluttering and Organizing - Community Reviews back

by Marie Kondō
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Folding Paper & Spilling Ink
Folding Paper & Spilling Ink rated it 5 years ago
I was one of those people who made fun of this book when it came out. I watched it fly off shelves and take over the cultural dialogue, and I thought it was silly. Why all this hubbub about cleaning up your house? C'mon people, this isn't revolutionary - just clean your damn house. Well, here I am a...
Words of a Bibliophile
Words of a Bibliophile rated it 7 years ago
Some of the tips in this book can be quite useful, while a few others are a bit ridiculous. KonMari's method is arguably partly rooted in Japanese culture and spiritualism, but some of the more bizarre techniques seem to stem from her own ritualistic, OCD-like behavior -- which I do get in a sense s...
Mirkat Always Reading
Mirkat Always Reading rated it 7 years ago
Marie Kondo earnestly believes that the objects she possesses want more than anything to please her, and that thanking them for their service, as if they are military veterans returning from combat, keeps them happy. Silly girl. The inanimate objects despise you and are silently plotting against y...
A Reading Vocation
A Reading Vocation rated it 8 years ago
I like to live a basically decluttered life, but as someone who is also thrifty and a little sentimental, my downfalls are always cheap books and gifts. I buy very little for myself besides food and the occasional replacement for something essential that has broken, but my shelves and drawers contin...
Kaethe
Kaethe rated it 8 years ago
Kind of wonderful, kind of wacky. I'm fascinated that she found her own way to fold laundry, and I appreciate that it both takes up less space AND makes it easier to find clothes. On the other hand, she seems to want to put all the clothes in drawers so that she can use closets for other things. She...
The Reading Perusals of Rose Summers
Initial reaction: 3.5 stars. Some helpful tips but perhaps a bit too general for me in places.Full review: Marie Kondo's "The Life Changing Magic of Tidying Up" isn't so much just an organizational book as it is a psychological one. It has a methodology, but it doesn't lie with a specific set of ste...
fruitcakes
fruitcakes rated it 9 years ago
I found this book extremely charming, and it had some helpful thoughts about cleaning.
Watch - Eat - Read
Watch - Eat - Read rated it 9 years ago
A very approachable book. The contents are easy to follow and the advice fairly realistic. I did struggle with the lack of hobbies/others/children/sports that was included. I have to admit I would recommend this organising book to anyone and I have reserved the next book at my local library
She reads, she watches and sometimes she goes outside
A very approachable book. The contents are easy to follow and the advice fairly realistic. I did struggle with the lack of hobbies/others/children/sports that was included. I have to admit I would recommend this organising book to anyone and I have reserved the next book at my local library
Silvie's bookshelf
Silvie's bookshelf rated it 9 years ago
Useful tips and more than enough marketing fluff. I am somehow sceptic that the author wrote the book.
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