What are you reading?

[cinnamongrrl]

I've also begun reading 1776 by David McCullough...for.when Eleanor of Aquitaine becomes too dry. Plus, I just love that era in history. And I hear good things about Mr. McCullough.. This will be the first book of his that I read.

[dark_crystal]

Schismatrix Plus by Bruce Sterling

[deathbypoem]

Got this from the Library yesterday. Looks to be a really interesting read.

"
This captivating bestseller tells the true story
of a miraculous encounter between a teenaged girl
and a baby whale off the coast of California.
It was the dark of early morning; Lynne was swimming
her last half mile back to the pier after a long
workout when she became aware that
something was swimming with her.
The ocean was charged with energy as if a
squall was moving in; whatever it was felt large
enough to be a white shark coursing beneath her body.
In fact, it was a baby gray whale following alongside her.
Lynne quickly realized that if she swam
back to the pier, the young calf would follow
her onto shore and die from collapsed lungs.
On the other hand, if Lynne didn't find the
mother whale, the baby would suffer from
dehydration and starve to death. Something so enormous
--the mother whale would be at least fifty feet long
--suddenly seemed very small in the vast Pacific Ocean.
How could Lynne possibly find her?
This is the story--part mystery, part magical tale--of what happened."

[Kätzchen]

Lately I've been reading primarily extensive work-related materials, which can be time consuming.


But I recently read an interesting article in The Journal of American Medicine, concerning wage differentials among nursing professionals. The troubling aspect in that short study revealed that male nurses were often better compensated vs their female counterparts. Not sure what to think about the data presented in the study, but it's a harsh reminder that women are not receiving equitable treatment and are marginalized in what has typically been anchored by an predominant female work force (body of labor).

Reference:
J.A.M.A., March 24/31, 2015, vol. 313, issue 12, pp., 1265.

[Canela]

Loosening the grip...for class...
Isaiah 53, for me,
Concurrently...

[homoe]

I just finished reading two books that made my blood boil! Extortion and Throw Them All Out by Peter Schweizer (yes, he's the author of Clinton Cash too)

These tell about the wheeling and dealings that politicians make that are 100% legal for THEM but should the average Joe do them, they'd wind up in jail!

[randrum]

I finished Red Rising by Pierce Brown yesterday. So good! Probably my favorite book so far this year.

I'm starting The Accident by Chris Pavone today.

[Talon]

"Black Mass" by Dick Lehr and Gerard O'Neil



"The true story of an unholy alliance between the FBI and the Irish Mob"

[bright_arrow]

'Departure' by A.G. Riddle.

It's been less than two weeks and in this time I've read:

The Lion, The Lamb, The Hunted by Andrew Kaufman
Twisted by Andrew Kaufman

On my list to read are:

Last Train to Istanbul by Ayse Kulin
Life of Pi by Yann Marten
The Mad Tatter by J.M. Darhower
The Hangman's Daughter by Oliver Potzch
Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen
Shiver by Maggie Stiefvater

[jools66]

I have just begun this book called Judy.
Its about a dog that was a POW during the time of the japanese consentration camps.
I found it purely by accident in a discount bookshop.
I thought it sounded really good.
So I came home, looked at the reviews on amazon, and everyone loved the book.
And here I am reading it.
The first part gets you insight into how the authors research went to write the book.
Then you get into the story.
And now I have to say I can't put it down.
So far its wonderful.
Will let you know more later

[aishah]

bodymap by leah lakshmi piepzna-samarasinha.
octavia's brood, edited by walidah imarisha and adrienne maree brown.

[Liam]

I just finished Cinnamon and Gunpowder, by Eli Brown. Who can resist a story with a bad ass female pirate, who is the captain of her own ship? Not me! A great novel for your summer reading.

Now I'm into A Cultural History of the Grateful Dead, a fascinating look at the band as well as, the beat scene, the summer of love, and the psychedelic movement here in San Francisco.

[Jesse]

At the moment I am reading, "Into A Desert Place"- A 3000 Mile Walk Around The Coast of Baja California- Graham Mackintosh.

[Kobi]

What Comes Next and How to Like It" is an extraordinarily moving memoir about many things, but at the center is a steadfast friendship between Abigail Thomas and a man she met thirty-five years ago.

Through marriages, child-raising, the vicissitudes and tragedies of life, it is this deep, rich bond that has sustained her.

Readers who loved "the perfectly honed observations of a clear-eyed and witty writer" ("Newsweek") in Thomas's "spare, astonishing" ("Entertainment Weekly") memoir, "A Three Dog Life," will relish this beautiful examination of her life today--often solitary, but rich and engaging, with children, grandchildren, dogs, a few suitors, and her longtime best friend.
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Entertaining, thought provoking, and the longest chapter is 3 pages. Perfect for beach reading.

[Humanesque]

Gamers Gate- Game of Fear

Article sent to me by a friend.

http://www.bostonmagazine.com/news/a.../28/gamergate/

[Kobi]

When Abigail Thomas's husband, Rich, was hit by a car, his brain shattered. Subject to rages, terrors, and hallucinations, he must live the rest of his life in an institu-tion. He has no memory of what he did the hour, the day, the year before. This tragedy is the ground on which Abigail had to build a new life. How she built that life is a story of great courage and great change, of moving to a small country town, of a new family composed of three dogs, knitting, and friendship, of facing down guilt and discovering gratitude. It is also about her relationship with Rich, a man who lives in the eternal present, and the eerie poetry of his often uncanny perceptions. This wise, plainspoken, beautiful book enacts the truth Abigail discovered in the five years since the acci-dent: You might not find meaning in disaster, but you might, with effort, make something useful of it.

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Engaging. Quick read.

[Kobi]

Rachel Cusk's Outline is a novel in ten conversations. Spare and stark, it follows a novelist teaching a course in creative writing during an oppressively hot summer in Athens. She leads her students in storytelling exercises. She meets other visiting writers for dinners and discourse. She goes swimming with an elderly Greek bachelor. The people she encounters speak, volubly, about themselves: their fantasies, anxieties, pet theories, regrets, and longings. And through these disclosures, a portrait of the narrator is drawn by contrast, a portrait of a woman learning to face a great loss.

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Good beach reading.

[PaPa]

Journal articles about Positive Psychology. Paper due at the end of the week.

Also reading DSM5 diagnoses to formulate my paper for my directed study course.

[randrum]

Comic books have been at the top of my list lately. I've been enjoying Marvel's Secret Wars arc. And the new(ish) female Thor.

I'm also reading Star Wars: Heir To The Jedi.

[Wrang1er]

I read Gone Girl this weekend. I was sorely disappointed with the ending. Someone told me the movie ending is better. I will have to watch it and see.