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A story about "Never Let Me Go (Movie Tie-In Edition) (Vintage International)"

nobody@allconsuming.net (animeg3282) — Sun, 26 Sep 2010 04:44:37 GMT

Never Let Me Go (Movie Tie-In Edition) (Vintage International)

by Kazuo Ishiguro

But from the library- I hate movie tie in covers.

A story about "How Psychotherapy Really Works"

nobody@allconsuming.net (animeg3282) — Sat, 29 May 2010 14:37:33 GMT

How Psychotherapy Really Works

by Willard Gaylin

Even though this book isn’t really about its title- this guy is a dinosaur- as modern psychotherapy does not involve much free association or dream analysis. The present is the focus of much therapy, with the future also being important. Dude doesn’t even cover cognitive behavioral therapy, which is the dominant mode nowadays!

However, he does have some good insights, and going back to the roots of psychotherapy can bring new light to the psychotherapy of today. I wouldn’t recommend this to someone who wants to learn about how psychotherapy works today, but it’s a good historical text, despite apparently being written in the 2000s…

A story about "Intern: A Doctor's Initiation"

nobody@allconsuming.net (animeg3282) — Sat, 22 May 2010 22:54:30 GMT

Intern: A Doctor's Initiation

by Sandeep Jauhar

I loved this book. I loved how through doubts, sleepless nights and existential debates, Jauhar fought to keep the faith. I also liked how he depicted his ethical struggles- his tension between the demands of the profession and his desire to do more for his patients, the tension between the attitudes of other doctors and his own attitudes. He finds some peace at the end, but he has earned it.

A story about "The Story of Stuff: How Our Obsession with Stuff Is Trashing the Planet, Our Communities, and Our Health-and a Vision for Change"

nobody@allconsuming.net (animeg3282) — Sat, 22 May 2010 22:45:11 GMT

The Story of Stuff: How Our Obsession with Stuff Is Trashing the Planet, Our Communities, and Our Health-and a Vision for Change

by Annie Leonard

While this book is an important book, I had a hard time reading it. It was heavy on statistics, and lists of the chemicals in everything that will give you a list of unpleasant diseases. The illustrations were charming, and the author clearly knew her book was depressing as it was littered liberally with a reason for hope icons. Of course, the hope seemed rather weak after another chapter about African children dying from toxic waste.

I would recommend this book more as a reference work, as it does include a lot of information. I would not recommend this book as pleasure reading, as it fails to balance eye opening expose with hope or something we can reasonably do about this. And no, joining Greenpeace isn’t it.

A story about "Telling Lies: Clues to Deceit in the Marketplace, Politics, and Marriage"

nobody@allconsuming.net (animeg3282) — Tue, 20 Apr 2010 13:22:22 GMT

Telling Lies: Clues to Deceit in the Marketplace, Politics, and Marriage

by Paul Ekman

A long hard slog to read, but it has some good information in it.

A story about "The Dance of Anger: A Woman's Guide to Changing the Patterns of Intimate Relationships"

nobody@allconsuming.net (animeg3282) — Mon, 23 Feb 2009 05:08:05 GMT

The Dance of Anger: A Woman's Guide to Changing the Patterns of Intimate Relationships

by Harriet Lerner

I preferred fear and other uninvited guests, but still a good book.

Too Thin, Unsatisfying (rated 1 star)

nobody@allconsuming.net (animeg3282) — Thu, 29 Jan 2009 04:41:05 GMT

Against Medical Advice: One Family's Struggle with an Agonizing Medical Mystery

by James Patterson

This story needed more depth and detail to really do justice to the subject matter.

A story about "Water Logic: An Elemental Logic Novel"

nobody@allconsuming.net (animeg3282) — Wed, 17 Dec 2008 18:08:31 GMT

Water Logic: An Elemental Logic Novel

by Laurie J. Marks

Man, this book makes me want to read the next book, but it is not written yet.

Some indirect spoilers:

Through water logic, two people are one.

Through water logic, a woman loses and gains back her soul

Through water logic, hey, yay for lesbians and sword fights!

A story about "Shutting Out the Sun: How Japan Created Its Own Lost Generation (Vintage Departures)"

nobody@allconsuming.net (animeg3282) — Sat, 13 Sep 2008 13:44:29 GMT

Shutting Out the Sun: How Japan Created Its Own Lost Generation (Vintage Departures)

by Michael Zielenziger

This book needed a lot less orentialism and a lot more talk about the culturebound syndrome of hikkomori. Culture bound syndromes can be a symptom of cultural issues, but I don’t think a lack of Christianity and the banking system not being flexible is that much of interest.

A story about "The New Moon's Arms"

nobody@allconsuming.net (animeg3282) — Thu, 21 Feb 2008 03:01:53 GMT

The New Moon's Arms

by Nalo Hopkinson

This is the sort of book that should never be made into a movie. The strength of the book is the fact that the central character changes only a little bit- she does gain a better connection with her daughter, and starts to accept more of the past and the future, but in a movie, instead of the subtle changes shown here, it’d be hosed down in sludgy glurge.

A story about "Naked Pictures of Famous People"

nobody@allconsuming.net (animeg3282) — Wed, 02 Jan 2008 05:01:07 GMT

Naked Pictures of Famous People

by Jon Stewart

Many of the references are dated, so even if a story would have been funny in the time it was printed, it’s much less funny now.

A story about "The Black Swan: The Impact of the Highly Improbable"

nobody@allconsuming.net (animeg3282) — Fri, 29 Jun 2007 02:41:03 GMT

The Black Swan: The Impact of the Highly Improbable

by Nassim Nicholas Taleb

Some good ideas, but I get the impression that this guy is kind of a douche.

A story about "Genshiken, Vol. 2: Model Citizens"

nobody@allconsuming.net (animeg3282) — Sat, 09 Jun 2007 13:43:25 GMT

Genshiken, Vol. 2: Model Citizens

I even watched the bonus Kujin Unbalance episode.

A story about "Persuasion (Oxford World's Classics)"

nobody@allconsuming.net (animeg3282) — Wed, 23 May 2007 17:46:41 GMT

Persuasion (Oxford World's Classics)

by Jane Austen

Although I’m reading the penguin classics edition with all the notes in it. I love notes in older books, although I wish they’d put them on the bottom of the page instead of the back.

A story about "You Know Better: A Novel"

nobody@allconsuming.net (animeg3282) — Thu, 26 Apr 2007 14:37:37 GMT

You Know Better: A Novel

by Tina Mcelroy Ansa

(spoilers) Through this book, we learn that only ghosts can save enabling grandmothers, love withholding man chasing mothers and silly children from themselves

A story about "Midnight Robber"

nobody@allconsuming.net (animeg3282) — Sat, 10 Mar 2007 02:42:52 GMT

Midnight Robber

by Nalo Hopkinson

The best book ever! Ok, I say this about every 3rd book I read. But I really enjoyed it. It was hard to read at times because of the nonstandard English, but the story was enticing, amazing and not your average space opera. I gladly am taking the fine for this.

A story about "Noah's Arc - The Complete First Season"

nobody@allconsuming.net (animeg3282) — Mon, 26 Feb 2007 21:21:37 GMT

Noah's Arc - The Complete First Season

by Patrik-Ian Polk

Holy shirtless black men! Mmm mm!

A story about "The Cult of Personality: How Personality Tests Are Leading Us to Miseducate Our Children, Mismanage Our Companies, and Misunderstand Ourselves"

nobody@allconsuming.net (animeg3282) — Mon, 15 Jan 2007 15:23:39 GMT

The Cult of Personality: How Personality Tests Are Leading Us to Miseducate Our Children, Mismanage Our Companies, and Misunderstand Ourselves

by Annie Murphy Paul

I was worried that I had read this before, but apparently I haven’t.

A story about "Jubilee"

nobody@allconsuming.net (animeg3282) — Sun, 07 Jan 2007 17:43:30 GMT

Jubilee

by Margaret Walker Alexander

They should make college freshmen read the whole book in english 101.

A story about "The Color Purple"

nobody@allconsuming.net (animeg3282) — Thu, 04 Jan 2007 16:46:44 GMT

The Color Purple

by Alice Walker

Best book ever! You should read the book instead of the movie because it has good bits about colonialism and lesbianism in there. Also Celie could read, and she did go to school til she got pulled out, so I could see her writing.

A story about "John Tucker Must Die"

nobody@allconsuming.net (animeg3282) — Sat, 25 Nov 2006 16:13:33 GMT

John Tucker Must Die

by Betty Thomas

I have no clue why vegan girl was the butt of ‘slut’ jokes. John Tucker had been screwing the whole school, where are the jokes at his expense? Overall an amusing romp, except for some sexism and some bad afterschool specialitis at the end.