The Introvert's Way: Living a Quiet Life in a Noisy World (edition 2012)

The Introvert's way is collection of short, blog post like texts on introversion and the problems introverts may face in their everyday life. The book is based on Dembling's personal experiences and the comments she received in her blog. It's a mix of stories and practical advice written in a light, humorous way.

I think Dembling gives great advice, not really telling the reader exactly what to do but gently encouraging to try new ways. I think she could have talked about more topics, now the book is too focused on how to deal with parties. Overall, I enjoyed reading the book although it didn't offer me many actually usable tips. ( )

Since the publication of Quiet in 2012, introverts have started speaking up for themselves in numerous ways, including blogs and more books. This book by Dembling has the subtitle of "Living quiet in a noisy world". I very much enjoyed the first one-third or so of the book. As I read further, however, it dawned on me that the book is more than likely a re-working of entries from the author's blog. She focuses on introverts and parties as well as introverts' dislike of talking on the telephone in numerous chapters. More information on a broader array of topics would have been more helpful as opposed to more and more on the same subject matter. I pretty much had switched to "skim mode" by the time the end of the book rolled around. While the book makes some interesting points and will provide some degree of comfort and affirmation to other introverts, it's value is diminished by its repeated focus on a limited number of topics. ( )