What are you reading?

Kätzchen · 04-02-2016, 02:59 PM

Several friends of mine were recently diagnosed with oral cancer. Back in the day, not all that long ago, my friends use to gargle with Listerene mouthwash practically more times a day than eating three sit down meals a day (or more). Same for brushing their teeth. Of course, back then, we didn't have too many brands of tooth paste to choose from. I remember the standard types by Colgate or Crest or new dazzling brands of Close-up or Ultrabrite.

Anyway, it turns out that what we put in our mouth can be dangerous, if not slowly fatal.

So...., I've been reading medical journal articles on cancer causing agents in toothpaste and mouthwash.

I am primarily reading articles about scientific findings concerning Oral Oncology from the website link, below:

http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/13688375

Venus007 · 04-03-2016, 01:56 PM

I am reading the Silmarillion by Tolkien yet again because I am getting ready to read LOTR yet again

Kätzchen · 04-08-2016, 11:31 PM

A friend of mine flagged (liked ) an post today on f.b., an post by Michelle Alexander.

I also recently read an article that she wrote for The Nation (Why Hillary Doesn't Deserve The Black Vote, February 10, 2016), so I followed up by reading posts on her f.b.page. It turns out to be that Michele Alexander is an associate professor of law at Ohio State, received her law degree from Stanford Law School, was director for the Racial Justice Project for the ACLU in Northern California, served in other roles for other Supreme court justices, as well as authoring an non-fiction book on racial injustice, titled:

The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration In The Age of Colorblindness (The New Press, 2010).

As soon as I can order an copy of her book, I plan to read what she has to say because Alexander takes an strong stand on how policy drawn during the Clinton years is strongly connected to the disenfranchisement of millions of African Americans and other people of color.

storyspinner70 · 04-09-2016, 12:52 AM

The Bazaar of Bad Dreams
Stephen King

Stephen has delivered a generous collection of stories, several of them brand-new, featuring revelatory autobiographical comments on when, why, and how he came to write (or rewrite) each story.

Magnificent, eerie, utterly compelling, these stories comprise one of Stephen's finest gifts to the constant reader—“I made them especially for you,” says King. “Feel free to examine them, but please be careful. The best of them have teeth.”

Greco · 04-14-2016, 08:04 PM

"Lying on the Couch" by Yalom

Good one...Greco

girl_dee · 04-14-2016, 08:46 PM

homoe · 05-06-2016, 09:33 PM

The Nest by Cynthia D'Aprix Sweeney

This is a first time novelist, and I'm really enjoying it.

04-03-2016, 01:56 PM	#2
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04-09-2016, 12:52 AM	#4
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04-14-2016, 08:04 PM	#5
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04-02-2016, 02:59 PM	#1
Kätzchen Member How Do You Identify?: Femme Preferred Pronoun?: She, please. Join Date: May 2010 Location: Somewhere over the rainbow ツ Posts: 16,060 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 30,111 Thanked 33,517 Times in 10,643 Posts Rep Power: 21474868	Several friends of mine were recently diagnosed with oral cancer. Back in the day, not all that long ago, my friends use to gargle with Listerene mouthwash practically more times a day than eating three sit down meals a day (or more). Same for brushing their teeth. Of course, back then, we didn't have too many brands of tooth paste to choose from. I remember the standard types by Colgate or Crest or new dazzling brands of Close-up or Ultrabrite. Anyway, it turns out that what we put in our mouth can be dangerous, if not slowly fatal. So...., I've been reading medical journal articles on cancer causing agents in toothpaste and mouthwash. I am primarily reading articles about scientific findings concerning Oral Oncology from the website link, below: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/13688375

04-08-2016, 11:31 PM	#3
Kätzchen Member How Do You Identify?: Femme Preferred Pronoun?: She, please. Join Date: May 2010 Location: Somewhere over the rainbow ツ Posts: 16,060 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 30,111 Thanked 33,517 Times in 10,643 Posts Rep Power: 21474868	A friend of mine flagged (liked ) an post today on f.b., an post by Michelle Alexander. I also recently read an article that she wrote for The Nation (Why Hillary Doesn't Deserve The Black Vote, February 10, 2016), so I followed up by reading posts on her f.b.page. It turns out to be that Michele Alexander is an associate professor of law at Ohio State, received her law degree from Stanford Law School, was director for the Racial Justice Project for the ACLU in Northern California, served in other roles for other Supreme court justices, as well as authoring an non-fiction book on racial injustice, titled: The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration In The Age of Colorblindness (The New Press, 2010). As soon as I can order an copy of her book, I plan to read what she has to say because Alexander takes an strong stand on how policy drawn during the Clinton years is strongly connected to the disenfranchisement of millions of African Americans and other people of color.

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