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Greco · 04-28-2012, 01:53 PM

"Toxic Psychiatry"
by Dr. Peter Breggin

Greco

WingsOnFire · 04-28-2012, 02:36 PM

Scarpetta Series by Patricia Cornwell on audio.

Kobi · 04-28-2012, 02:59 PM

The Lost Years - Mary Higgins Clark

Murder mystery. Nice short chapters

socialjustice_fsu · 04-29-2012, 06:02 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by greco

"Toxic Psychiatry"
by Dr. Peter Breggin

Greco

Would love to hear your thoughts on this book. I read it many years ago. It certainly will raise one's skepticism scale related to use/misuse of ECT, psychotropics in adults and in children.

girl_dee · 04-29-2012, 06:11 PM

Read this today, this is the most lovely woman!

The JD · 04-29-2012, 06:22 PM

Reading 3 different books in different formats- anyone else do that?

-The Help by Kathryn Stockett (hard copy, on loan from library and overdue...oops)
-My Horizontal Life by Chelsea Handler (on Kindle)
-The Consequences of Love by Sulaiman Addonia (I own it, but reading it oh-so-slowly because I keep getting caught up in other books)

Liam · 04-29-2012, 06:30 PM

The Joy Diet by Martha Beck *10 Daily Practices for a Happier Life* (Awesome book!)
The Tibetan Book of Living and Dying by Sogyal Rinpoche (Awesome book!)
Extreme Measures by Vince Flynn (Mindless political thriller...)

aishah · 04-29-2012, 07:03 PM

i loved the color of water and the tibetan book of living and dying

i finished wild and wasn't very impressed with it...maybe my friend saw something in it i just can't. i've started rereading maggie stiefvater's wolves of mercy falls trilogy - it's a ya fantasy series that i read the first two books of a few years ago (and got to meet maggie! she's awesome). i haven't read the third book yet so i'm rereading the first two and reading the third after. the titles are shiver, linger, and forever. she also has two books about fairies called lament and ballad - they're really good too.

Fancy · 04-30-2012, 07:49 AM

Look Me in the Eye: My Life with Asperger's
John Elder Robison
[ame="http://www.amazon.com/Look-Me-Eye-Life-Aspergers/dp/0307395987"]Amazon.com: Look Me in the Eye: My Life with Asperger's (9780307395986): John Elder Robison: Books[/ame]

Kobi · 04-30-2012, 02:10 PM

Half Broke Horses - Jeannette Walls

Wasnt sure I would like it but it is an amazing autobiographical novel of a woman who paved her unique way in the world back in the early 1900's. Her philosophy, fortitude, perserverence, independence.... my kind of role model.

Slowpurr · 05-02-2012, 01:42 PM

Eli Pariser,"The Filter Bubble"

http://www.ted.com/talks/eli_pariser...r_bubbles.html

Fancy · 05-02-2012, 07:03 PM

Heroes for my Daughter
By Brad Meltzer

The JD · 05-05-2012, 10:04 PM

I confess...

I'm reading Fifty Shades of Grey. I'm only twelve pages into it, and it's horrid. oKAY, oKAY, she's getting all flushed and flustered during the interview, no doubt responding to his natural dominance or some shit. I GOT it. Is the whole book this overplayed???

aishah · 05-05-2012, 10:26 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by The JD

I confess...

I'm reading Fifty Shades of Grey. I'm only twelve pages into it, and it's horrid. oKAY, oKAY, she's getting all flushed and flustered during the interview, no doubt responding to his natural dominance or some shit. I GOT it. Is the whole book this overplayed???

i heard it was one of those books that was originally an online published fanfiction and the author remade it into an original fiction piece. as a fanfic fan/author myself...it tends to be a little overwrought. i haven't read the book yet though.

The JD · 05-05-2012, 10:29 PM

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Originally Posted by aishah

i heard it was one of those books that was originally an online published fanfiction and the author remade it into an original fiction piece. as a fanfic fan/author myself...it tends to be a little overwrought. i haven't read the book yet though.

Ohhh, got it! That makes so much sense! What character/show/concept was the original focus of the fanfiction?

aishah · 05-05-2012, 10:35 PM

still slowly meandering through sex and disability...also slowly going through spiritual journaling: writing your way to independence by julie tallard johnson. i was looking for journaling books and this one's aimed at teens but i liked the kindle sample so i bought it. a friend of mine rated it badly but i'm not sure how i feel about it yet.

i'm trying to decide which other book i want to read next, now that i've finished the wolves of mercy falls trilogy. maybe madness by marya hornbacher. her book wasted is one of my favorites...it's been a constant companion for most of my life.

aishah · 05-05-2012, 10:39 PM

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Originally Posted by The JD

Ohhh, got it! That makes so much sense! What character/show/concept was the original focus of the fanfiction?

i think it was originally an erotic twilight au (alternate universe) fanfiction.

sometimes turning erotic fanfic into original fiction works out pretty well...a friend of mine who is also a fanfiction author managed to get one of her ncis fanfic works published and it's quite good. i've read lots of fanfic that is better than some original fic i've read.

but i think twilight, and fanfiction in general, kind of lend themselves to overwrought, melodramatic sort of romance...so i'm curious to see the reception of fifty shades of grey.

The JD · 05-06-2012, 12:34 AM

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Originally Posted by aishah

i think it was originally an erotic twilight au (alternate universe) fanfiction.

but i think twilight, and fanfiction in general, kind of lend themselves to overwrought, melodramatic sort of romance...so i'm curious to see the reception of fifty shades of grey.

Okay, I'm 50 pages into it, and now that I know it came out of Twilight fanfic, it's ALL I can see. It's set in the Pacific Northwest...narrated in first-person by a young woman described as "closed-off" who spurns all previous romantic overtures, and falls head over heels in love (and hate, and love, and hate) with a rich wise-beyond-his-years and strikingly handsome man with all-knowing eyes and an ever-present smirk. Oh, and there's even a competing love interest, a dark-skinned muscle-bound easy-going best friend. Yep, sounds like Twilight alright.

But then Twilight was based on Pride and Prejudice (as Stephenie Meyer admitted), with the independent and outspoken Elizabeth Bennet having her own love/hate reaction to the rich and aloof Mr. Darcy.

So maybe Fifty Shades of Grey is actually the BDSM version of Pride and Prejudice? Hmmm.

SugarFemme · 05-06-2012, 03:38 AM

I'm reading this book as well

Quote:

Originally Posted by Fancy

Heroes for my Daughter
By Brad Meltzer

SugarFemme · 05-06-2012, 03:57 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by The JD

I confess...

I'm reading Fifty Shades of Grey. I'm only twelve pages into it, and it's horrid. oKAY, oKAY, she's getting all flushed and flustered during the interview, no doubt responding to his natural dominance or some shit. I GOT it. Is the whole book this overplayed???

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Kobi Infamous Member How Do You Identify?: Biological female. Lesbian. Relationship Status: Happy Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Hanging out in the Atlantic. Posts: 9,234 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 9,840 Thanked 34,636 Times in 7,642 Posts Rep Power: 21474861	Half Broke Horses - Jeannette Walls Wasnt sure I would like it but it is an amazing autobiographical novel of a woman who paved her unique way in the world back in the early 1900's. Her philosophy, fortitude, perserverence, independence.... my kind of role model. __________________

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The JD Be the Fearless Bunny How Do You Identify?: Hers. Preferred Pronoun?: he Relationship Status: Medusa’s Snake Charmer Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: This must be the place. Posts: 649 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 1,740 Thanked 2,677 Times in 540 Posts Rep Power: 21474851	I confess... I'm reading Fifty Shades of Grey. I'm only twelve pages into it, and it's horrid. oKAY, oKAY, she's getting all flushed and flustered during the interview, no doubt responding to his natural dominance or some shit. I GOT it. Is the whole book this overplayed??? __________________ I don't deserve any credit for turning the other cheek as my tongue is always in it. ~Flannery O'Connor

05-05-2012, 10:35 PM	#1296
aishah Member How Do You Identify?: queer stone femme shark baby girl Preferred Pronoun?: she, her, little one Relationship Status: dating myself. Join Date: Jan 2012 Location: dallas, tx Posts: 1,495 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 13,823 Thanked 6,442 Times in 1,288 Posts Rep Power: 21474851	still slowly meandering through sex and disability...also slowly going through spiritual journaling: writing your way to independence by julie tallard johnson. i was looking for journaling books and this one's aimed at teens but i liked the kindle sample so i bought it. a friend of mine rated it badly but i'm not sure how i feel about it yet. i'm trying to decide which other book i want to read next, now that i've finished the wolves of mercy falls trilogy. maybe madness by marya hornbacher. her book wasted is one of my favorites...it's been a constant companion for most of my life.