The Art of Non-conformity - Chris Guillebeau

right now...
 

:eatinghersheybar:[ame="http://www.amazon.com/Chained-Desk-Second-Workaholics-Clinicians/dp/0814775977/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1289605751&sr=1-1"]Chained to the Desk: A Guide for Workaholics, Their Partners and Children, and the Clinicians who Treat Them[/ame] by Bryan Robinson.

This is a fantabulous book that I keep on my coffee table; I haven't read it all, yet--but I'm savoring it all. As a teacher (and I consider this to be a "helping profession"), I've always needed help establishing boundaries between work and play.

:vigil:[ame="http://www.amazon.com/Where-Hope-Begins-Tragedy--Reporter/dp/B003IWYG84/ref=sr_1_10?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1289606120&sr=1-10"]Where Hope Begins: One Family's Journey Out of Tragedy-and the Reporter Who Helped Them Make It[/ame] by Alysia Sofios.

Amazing story of trauma--and survival.

:blueheels: [ame="http://www.amazon.com/They-Other-Stories-Borzoi-Books/dp/037584323X/ref=ntt_at_ep_dpi_8"]How They Met & Other Stories[/ame] by David Leviathan--how can the world get any lovelier? This is like Mardi Gras for the brain and heart. Damn, I love this author. He's like David Sedaris with a peppermint. Seriously, he's sweet, witty, and...gawd, so adorable. Don't forget his [ame="http://www.amazon.com/Boy-Meets-David-Levithan/dp/0375832998/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1289606514&sr=1-1"]Boy Meets Boy[/ame]. Both of his books that I've mentioned will make absolute heart-warning Valentines' gifts.


Sending my love out to all you bibliophiles! :hangloose:

Sedaris is a writer that has consistently massaged my every emotion. His storytelling is amazing. For me, I would go from tears to really laugh outloud episodes that literally scared my cats off of the couch. Make SURE you read When You Are Engulfed In Flames. Let me know your critique of his writing style. ~ T.

Losing Control: Canada's Social Conservatives in the Age of Rights by Tom Warner

Still Alice
Lisa Genova, author.

This book focuses on a 50 year old Harvard Professor of Psychology Linguinstics. She begins to have some unusual symptoms that lead her to the diagnosis of early onset Alzheimer's disease. It follows her descent into forgetfulness, the loss of her dignity and so on. This is a must read for anyone that may be genetically loaded for this disease or if you are caring for anyone in the middle stages of this dreaded diagnosis.
Although the character is fictional the disease facts and the sequential events as the disease progresses is factual. The book has a most unusual ending.

This is worth the time, money and energy to read. I highly recommend it.

The Kite Runner -Khaled Hosseini

this book made me cry. loved it.

just finished The Girl Who ___ series. loved it too.

I am reading 'Unbearable Lightness' by Portia de Rossi. This is a memoir of her life with a focus on modeling, Hollywood, family issues, and her eating disorders. What an intense and well-written book. She really pours her soul into the pages. Celeb books are always questionable but this one feels genuine and shows talent.

Oh, and it's also about coming out as a lesbian and being married to Ellen DeGeneres, of course! :)

On Our Backs Guide to Lesbian Sex :)

(for the second time lol)

JP
 

Letta Neely [ame="http://www.amazon.com/Here-Poetry-Letta-Neely/dp/0966309758"]Here[/ame]

Friday Nights

Mona nibbling neck in the restroom at the theatre.
Lisa didn't think she would make it
through dinner and a movie without coming.
Mona take her food into her mouth slow, she chew slow,
she smile when she chew. She take in every
taste, look up a Lisa. Swallow when
she ready. Smile again. Chew.

Some Friday nights, Lisa
don't wear no panties.
Some Fridays she like
it when Mona rip 'em off
and she got to search
the Sunday ad pagers
for lingerie sales. Some
Fridays she put Mona's dick
and harness in her purse.
Tell Mona to hold her purse while
she go to the restroom. Tell Mona
her breath stank and to check in
there for some chewing gum or something.
Some Fridays, Lisa flirts with every butch
around while Mona watches. Some Fridays,
she let Mona dance with other femmes,
just so she can interrupt,
take her sweet daddy back
behind the coat rack,
give her something special
special, 'fore they
get home.

:)

just finished this--so good!!
 

[ame="http://www.amazon.com/Loved-You-Would-Tell-This/dp/1400068576"]If I Loved You, I Would Tell You This.[/ame]


One of the best short story collections I have ever read (and I am not usually a fan of short fiction!).

Almost done with "An Interview with a Cannibal: Armin Mewin". Um, it's interesting. It's creepy.

Fixing to start "Holocaust: Eastern Jewry".

Bit of a story: In past 8 wks or so, we've had 10 residents pass away. The last one was a bitter blow for me. So, I'm not a fan of religion, but...picked up a bible, started thumbing through it. It's interesting. So I'm reading that too.

Cleopatra by Stacy Schiff

The fascination with Cleopatra has endured through the centuries and Stacy Schiff has written this Pulitzer Prize winning biography that does the most famous woman of the ancient world justice. A brilliant read.