I finished Book 6 last night: Predators: Pedophiles, Rapists, And Other Sex Offenders by Anna Salter. It was informative, suitably disturbing, and probably more important for me to read than I gave it credit for because it has a section on sociopaths and deception. I am one of those people that believe deep down that there is good in everyone, so ( Read more... )

Does anyone have any friends/family members with Schitzoaffective Disorder? I'm trying to lean more about it as someone I care about very deeply may have it. I did a little research, but I'd like to hear personal experiences.

I finished book #5 tonight, "A Father's Story" by Lionel Dahmer. Obviously, Jeffrey Dahmer's father. I really enjoyed it- it didn't deal much with the crimes themselves, but rather the father looking back on his son's life in retrospect, wondering what signs he missed, wondering what he might have done to contribute to the issues his son had, ( Read more... )

The Big Read thinks the average adult has only read six of the top 100 books they've printed below ( Read more... )

Book 4 was "Choke" by Chuck Palahniuk. It was good, but I had a conversation with a friend of mine prior to reading it where she told me how it was so disturbing she was embarassed to read it in public lest someone see the title and KNOW what she was reading. I didn't find it disturbing at all, and kept finding myself waiting to be shocked. Note ( Read more... )

I finished book #3 today, "We Need To Talk About Kevin" by Lionel Shriver. What an amazing book! It took a little while to get started, but once it did- Damn!! It is written in the form of letters from the mother of a high school student who killed 9 of his classmates to her estranged husband. The last segment of the book has such a twist, though ( Read more... )

Finished book # 2 today: Stealing Buddha's Dinner by Bich Minh Nguyen. It was as much a memoir of covetted 80s food and pop culture as it was about being Viet Namese in Grand Rapids. It made me hungry for both junk food and Asian delicacies! Very strange cravings aside,it was still a good book.



2 / 52 books. 4% done!

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Tonight is the Policeman's Ball at Mar-a-lago, which for those of you non-floridians, is Donald Trump's house/private club. I have never been to a ball before, let alone one held in a place fancy enough that The Donald had his wedding reception there. I am currently sitting in my living room with 2 boxes of dye on my hair, I just re-tried on my ( Read more... )

The first book I finished this year was "A Thousand Splendid Suns" by Khaled Hosseni. I LOVED this book, and would like to see it make the required reading list in American high schools ( Read more... )