What are you reading?

[WolfyOne]

I'm out of books I want to read and was going through what I had here that I didn't read, so I've picked this book up 4 times over the last year to read and always put it away when I get a book I really want to read...with that said, I'm reading Wicked Lies by Lisa Jackson and Nancy Bush. I think I'm finally getting past what I consider boring parts.

I really need to go to Amazon and find some whodunits I haven't read yet, used and cheaply priced, so I can grab a few of them.

[txdoc]

American Gods by Neil Gaiman
-recommended by my eldest

[Kätzchen]

I came across an article from my reading list of materials this morning by Dr. E. Alexander, III (who is a highly skilled neurosurgeon) called:

Proof of Heaven



Companion link to article (HERE)

And in light of reading the article above, I think I have found a compelling reason to work on End-of-Life as a core focus during my doctoral studies because of several observations found within his own narrative experience. Quoting a phrase from the article:

"But these invitations, he acknowledged, do not mean that his theory is gaining ground among doctors. In private conversations, he said, very few of his colleagues offered counterarguments. Some agreed with his conclusion that science could not explain what he saw, but none of them were willing to be named in his book," -- Dr. E. Alexander, III (Leslie Kaufman, The New York Times, Nov. 25th, 2012).

I understand exactly where Dr. Alexander (III) is coming from because I have experienced facets of my own death events to a particular degree. My feeling is that unless a person survives a near death experience, it would seem especially difficult for the person who has not experienced death (in order to be able to wrap their mind around items of interest mentioned in the interview), so there's a proviso of useful counter-arguments for further exploration.

Dr. Alexander is a featured guest on Oprah Winfrey's program which airs this coming Sunday night (Super Soul Sunday). I think Dr. Alexander was onto something when his first initial idea was to name his book, An N of One. I'm going to read his book the first chance I have next week; so I can craft my doctoral statement and future study proposal based on findings I read in his book, as well as including an extensive reference list I already have on-hand pertaining to events of death and End-of-Life care.

[homoe]

Mr. Penumbra's 24-Hour Bookstore~ Robin Sloan

[falloutmk]

Originally Posted by txdoc

American Gods by Neil Gaiman
-recommended by my eldest

My girlfriend read that book and highly recommends it. Tell me what you think of it!

[falloutmk]

I am reading Sirens Song: My Marriage to a Borderline. It's a memoir from a medical students perspective of how luring a relationship to someone with Borderline Personality Disorder can be. As weird as it sounds I have been researching BPD since I discovered the ex who I had the longest relationship with had it... This is my 5th book on Borderline Personaility Disorder in 3 months.

[UofMfan]

Not reading anything at the moment. I just saw this on my FB feed and thought it apropos.

I hate the original song but this parody mad me smile.

[Duchess]

Caroline is the story of an extraordinary woman--beautiful, strong and mischievous. Putting her looks and wit to good use, the young Caroline seduces her friend Harry and his sister Adelaide. Once married to Harry, and living comfortably with him and Adelaide, Caroline enlarges and enlivens their menage by creating an "academy" for young -- and not so young -- women requiring in initiation into the rites of love.

[homoe]

Love Finds You in Victory Heights, Washington


Fiction ~Set in Seattle, it's a story about some of the women working at Boeing durning the war.

[homoe]

Slices of Life~ Georgia Beers


I loved loved loved this book

[puddin']

jus' started "quail fried rice". not sho' if it's gon' be all dat jus' yet...

[TimilDeeps]

National Audobon Society Field Guide to North American Insects and Spiders

[stonebutchinpa]

I am currently reading "Butch is a Noun". Very interesting read so far

[Medusa]

I just finished all 3 of the books I had going and am going to start on the first Game of Thrones book.

Will probably start on a biography of Albert Einstein as well.

[Talon]

Vlad The Impaler: The Man Who Was Dracula
By Sid Jacobson and Ernie Colon

Still reading Kurt Vonnegut
Still dipping in and out of a whole slew of books.
Just started reading the new fellowship book 'Living Clean'.
Just started reading Recovery is a Bitch...not as relevant to my own situation as I hoped but interesting and hilarious.

[Kätzchen]

I read a voluminous amount of materials each day... but when I read a book, I try to pick something that is new to me, most every time I go to the library or have money on hand to buy a book.

The latest books I have on hand now are authored by Chaim Potok (The Chosen and My Name Is Asher Lev), two of which I have read before. But I happened to come across a book while browsing in the non-fiction section, authored by Caroline Moorehead: A Train In Winter (2011). I have yet break into the larger part of the story, except I have read the introduction and other snippets on the book's cover. But what I have learned so far is that Moorehead authored Russell Bertrand's biography (who I believe to be a very smart man, I have enjoyed all works written by Bertrand) and that the contents of the book is "drawn upon interviews of women and their families; from German, French and Polish archives; and documents held by WW2 resistance organizations" so that the voice of the women, who were sent off to Auschwitz in 1943 (some were rescued, most of them didn't make it out alive), could have a place, a voice, among many who share memories of that era in time (pp. iiii - 11).

I'm really looking forward to reading A Train in Winter because it seems to naturally follow the story of Erik Larson's non-fiction account, during the same time period, within his book called In The Garden of the Beasts.

[easygoingfemme]

Always a few things going.

• The Awakening, for book club.
• Stone Butch Blues, which I have read several times in the past but now am reading alongside with my main squeeze.
• A textbook on the history and development of the Constitution, for a mini-course I'm doing with my daughter.
• A biography on Mary Todd Lincoln.

[Talon]

Originally Posted by Kätzchen

I read a voluminous amount of materials each day... but when I read a book, I try to pick something that is new to me, most every time I go to the library or have money on hand to buy a book.

The latest books I have on hand now are authored by Chaim Potok (The Chosen and My Name Is Asher Lev), two of which I have read before. But I happened to come across a book while browsing in the non-fiction section, authored by Caroline Moorehead: A Train In Winter (2011). I have yet break into the larger part of the story, except I have read the introduction and other snippets on the book's cover. But what I have learned so far is that Moorehead authored Russell Bertrand's biography (who I believe to be a very smart man, I have enjoyed all works written by Bertrand) and that the contents of the book is "drawn upon interviews of women and their families; from German, French and Polish archives; and documents held by WW2 resistance organizations" so that the voice of the women, who were sent off to Auschwitz in 1943 (some were rescued, most of them didn't make it out alive), could have a place, a voice, among many who share memories of that era in time (pp. iiii - 11).

I'm really looking forward to reading A Train in Winter because it seems to naturally follow the story of Erik Larson's non-fiction account, during the same time period, within his book called In The Garden of the Beasts.

I love Russell Bertrand..thank you, Katzchen, for posting this.

Is Russell Bertrand the same dude as the Brit, Bertrand Russell. The philosopher and Nobel lit. winner?