What are you reading?

[JustLovelyJenn]

3 different romance series... at once... teen romance at that... I'm sad...

[Kobi]

Communion : the female search for love / Bell Hooks

Beginning with All about Love (2000), hooks, a courageous, incisive writer whose compassion is backed by vigorous intellectualism, embarked on a provocative, invaluable dissection of the myriad obstacles to love in a society shackled by racism, the subject of Salvation: Black People and Love [BKL F 15 01], and patriarchal assumptions, the focus of this blazing inquiry.

Working from the premise that women of all backgrounds are still made to feel that their worth, or lovableness, is gauged not by inner qualities but by their appearance and how they serve others, especially men, hooks traces the dire effects of society's ongoing devaluation of women as she parses the dynamics of marriage, contrasts the experiences of different generations of women, analyzes women's collusion with patriarchal culture, and assesses feminism's achievements and failures.

Digging deeply into the snarl of sexist habits of thought and being, hooks concludes that women can have true love and autonomy in their lives only if, starting with mothers and daughters, they genuinely support each other in confronting misogyny in all its insidious forms.

[Katniss]

"The Seven Story Mountain" by Thomas Merton.

"Contemplative Prayer" by Thomas Merton

and......

"Pinewood Derby Speed Secrets; Design and Build the Ultimate Car" by David Meade


Katniss~~(Competition and Contemplative topics....it's all about balance!)

[tonaderspeisung]

finally finished
Dead Mountain: The Untold True Story of the Dyatlov Pass Incident
by Donnie Eichar

overall a pretty good easy read and i was all in all the way through

the author's theory of the hikers last night - chilling

mystery solved to my satisfaction

[~baby~doll~]

Queering Marriage: Challenging Family Formation in the United States (Families in Focus) by: Katrina Kimport

This is a fascinating book on how same sex marriage impacts heterosexual privilege. In certain ways it supports the family values of the past, while building new bridges into a new worldwide cultural expansion. It illustrates how we as gay people have altered the thinking of millions of heterosexual couples. They have understood marriage is more than just a fact of life which is natural and taken for granted. It is to be cherished because we have been fighting for the ability to love and share in marriage. Must read.

[homoe]

Pecan Man by Cassie Dandridge Selleck

It was described in a blurb I read as the Help meets To Kill a Mockingbird

[Redsunflower]

I'm reading 'Envy and Gratitude', a collection of papers by Melanie Klein.

The woman is awesome if not a little bit scary.

[Kobi]

Feminist theory from margin to center / Bell Hooks.

Black women: shaping feminist theory -- Feminism: a movement to end sexist oppression -- Significance of feminist movement -- Sisterhood: political solidarity between women -- Men: comrades in struggle -- Changing perspectives on power -- Rethinking the nature of work -- Educating women: a feminist agenda -- Feminist movement to end violence -- Revolutionary parenting -- Ending female sexual oppression -- Revolution: development through struggle.

[ONLY]

Originally Posted by ONLY

Finished "Orange Is The New Black" couple of weekends ago and have been reading "Dead Until Dark" by Charlaine Harris

Originally Posted by ONLY

Last night I finished "To Kill A Mockingbird" and started "Orange Is The New Black" Just as I enjoy a variety of music, anywhere from Bee Gees to Three doors down to Lionel Richie to Linkin Park, I have been enjoying a variety of very different books

Just finished "MockingJay" the 3rd book in the Hunger Games. Was pretty good. Now I think I will look through my books and start up a new read.

[Katniss]

"Art in Science: Selections from Emerging Infectious Disease" by Polyxeni Potter

The journal's highly popular fine-art covers are contextualized with essays that address how the featured art relates to science, and to us all. Through the combined covers and essays, the journal's contents -- topics such as infections, contagions, disease emergence, antimicrobial resistance -- find larger context amid topics such as poverty and war, the hazards of global travel, natural disasters, and human-animal interactions.

[tapu]

The Magic Mountain by Thomas Mann (new translation!)


Subliminal: How Your Unconscious Mind Rules Your Behavior by Leonard Mlodinow


No Respect: Intellectuals and Popular Culture by Andrew Ross

[Medusa]

I read "The Fault in Our Stars" yesterday and this morning and was surprised at the decency of the writing. Loved how the author captured the "otherworld" created with two people in love and two people in love and dying.
A nice, if not heart-jerking read.

John Green seems to be the newest author on my "read everything they've done" list.

"Looking for Alaska" is next. Working at home today and always enjoy a good audiobook while coding. Both sides of the brain engaged! WEE.

[princessbelle]

I am reading the "Fifty Shades" trilogy. I know i am slow on the uptake and it's been around a long time.

But. It's really awesome.

Forever a romantic i am.

[Fancy]

Reading a bunch of mind-bending stuff for a general semantics class.
Although, I'm getting pulled in by the works of Alfred Korzybski.

For fun, I'm still trying to find time to finish We Are Water by Wally Lamb. Each time I get to pick up the book I feel as though I'm starting over.

[Kobi]

The dance of deception : pretending and truth-telling in women's lives / Harriet Goldhor Lerner

Book List Review


While lying is socially taboo, pretending things are other than they are is not only sometimes acceptable but often encouraged and rewarded. Patriarchal culture teaches women to pretend and sometimes deceive, Lerner says, and in her study of the role this dissembling plays in women's lives, she shows how "pretending reflects deep prohibitions, real and imagined, against a more direct and forthright assertion of self." Lerner uses anecdotal examples to illustrate how and why women show the false and hide the real. Her examples and accompanying discussions cover self-deception, protection of others from painful truths, privacy, and family secrets, and each section clearly points out how deception is incorporated into women's lives and how they can learn to purge it from their behavior. She acknowledges that truth telling is not easy, yet her discussion of the many ways women lie and how lying affects them clearly shows the benefits of honesty and makes her prescription appealing. ~--Lindsay Throm

[Soon]

Originally Posted by Medusa

I read "The Fault in Our Stars" yesterday and this morning and was surprised at the decency of the writing. Loved how the author captured the "otherworld" created with two people in love and two people in love and dying.
A nice, if not heart-jerking read.

John Green seems to be the newest author on my "read everything they've done" list.

"Looking for Alaska" is next. Working at home today and always enjoy a good audiobook while coding. Both sides of the brain engaged! WEE.

I taught "The Fault in Our Stars" this semester to a group of Grade 12s. We all loved it!

[puddin']

finished "the goldfinch", by donna tartt mid-week. (tragic story-line, but a decent read)

finished "innocence", by dean koontz this mornin'. (love me some mr. koontz, a good read)

gettin' ready to start "looking for alaska", by john green.

[homoe]

The Monuments Men by Robert M. Edsel and Bret Witter

Thought I'd check out the book before the movie is released on Feb 7th. If your interested in art, history, or just looking for a very interesting read, I'd suggest this book!

[tantalizingfemme]

I am reverting back to my teenage years and rereading Flowers in the Attic.

[Butterbean]

Waking the Tiger: Healing Trauma: The Innate Capacity to Transform Overwhelming Experiences by Peter A. Levine and Ann Frederick

Dr. Levine is just an amazing psychologist. I've also had the pleasure of watching him work with traumatized patients and see the difference he can make.