What are you reading?

Kurt Vonnegut, Mother Night. Awesome book, wonderfully tight writing style. It's my first Vonnegut and I'm hooked. I have Breakfast of Champions next.

Still reading the odd article in the one book and a chapter here and there in a couple of others. I should stop being a flea brain and settle down to savour them individually.

[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.

[nycfem]

Omg, that book you mentioned was so good and so obscure, so it was funny to see your post on it. Would you mind linking me to the books you read on BPD and giving your own brief reviews? As a therapist I'm always particularly fascinated by BPD. I also dated someone with BPD in college and that contributed to my interest in lesbians with BPD.

My fave books on Borderlines are:

[ame="http://www.amazon.com/Girl-Need-Tourniquet-Borderline-Personality/dp/158005305X/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1356198959&sr=8-1&keywords=girl+in+need+of+a+tourniquet"]Girl in Need of a Tourniquet: Memoir of a Borderline Personality: Merri Lisa Johnson: 9781580053051: Amazon.com: Books[/ame]

This one is by a woman with BPD. It has an odd writing style and is very quote heavy. At first I decided it wasn't a good book, and then in retrospect I found that aspects of it did have a memorable impact, and I decided I liked it. It's a lesbian memoir.

and

[ame="http://www.amazon.com/Borderlines-A-Memoir-Caroline-Kraus/dp/0767914287/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1356198999&sr=8-2&keywords=caroline+borderlines"]Borderlines: A Memoir: Caroline Kraus: 9780767914284: Amazon.com: Books[/ame]

This is a memoir with a lesbian twist of sorts by a woman who was best friends with and somewhat romantically involved with a woman with BPD. Excellent writing.

Originally Posted by 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.

[puddin']

Originally Posted by nycfembbw

Omg, that book you mentioned was so good and so obscure, so it was funny to see your post on it. Would you mind linking me to the books you read on BPD and giving your own brief reviews? As a therapist I'm always particularly fascinated by BPD. I also dated someone with BPD in college and that contributed to my interest in lesbians with BPD.

My fave books on Borderlines are:

Girl in Need of a Tourniquet: Memoir of a Borderline Personality: Merri Lisa Johnson: 9781580053051: Amazon.com: Books

This one is by a woman with BPD. It has an odd writing style and is very quote heavy. At first I decided it wasn't a good book, and then in retrospect I found that aspects of it did have a memorable impact, and I decided I liked it. It's a lesbian memoir.

and

Borderlines: A Memoir: Caroline Kraus: 9780767914284: Amazon.com: Books

This is a memoir with a lesbian twist of sorts by a woman who was best friends with and somewhat romantically involved with a woman with BPD. Excellent writing.

as a mental health professional, i say bpd has to be da most truly challengin' folks to work wit'. they bring out ALL your countertransference shite! i've learnt mo' from bpd individuals than from ana otha major mental illness i've had da privilege to work wit'...