en-US Mon, 02 Oct 2023 04:51:28 -0700 60 144 41 /images/layout/goodreads_logo_144.jpg 2245825 98 Joyce Carol Oates 0452267080 Suz 0 3.42 1990
author: Joyce Carol Oates
name: Suz
average rating: 3.42
book published: 1990
rating: 0
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date added: 2023/10/02
shelves: to-read, a-book-mentioned-in-a-book, literary-fiction, mental-health, open-library-internet-archive
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]]> 18308121 The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time is a murder mystery novel like no other. The detective, and narrator, is Christopher Boone. Christopher is fifteen and has Asperger's, a form of autism. He knows a very great deal about maths and very little about human beings. He loves lists, patterns, and the truth. He hates the colours yellow and brown and being touched. He has never gone further than the end of the road on his own, but when he finds a neighbour's dog murdered he sets out on a terrifying journey which will turn his whole world upside down.]]> 6 Mark Haddon Suz 5
The journey of this young boy shows all his intricacies, quirks, tolerances and rituals. He explains why he makes noises, why he can't tolerate things, and his literal sense of everything that happens to him.

His parents try very hard, in particular his father, and it is heartbreaking to see what happens to his family in reponse to the pressures they face on a daily basis. Christopher comes across many people who try their best for him, others that don't, and others that simply don't understand and tread him very badly.

I love his support teacher, Siobhan, her excellent way in his treatment tells us as readers how Christopher's mind works and why he acts in certain ways. He is also an excellent mathematician, explaining many processes via maths, many of which were lost on me, but this didn't matter. I captured him through his story, which was told by a story he wrote about his current happenings.

Christopher's mother struggled, which highlighted nicely the fact that not all mums need to conform to the glowing amazing successful mums; it's hard. His father was amazing but made two very bad choices, effecting his son deeply.

Written by a man who has worked with young people with Asperger's Syndrome, I felt this to be a believable, poingnant and a rip your heart out kind of story.

I listened to this on the BorrowBox platform, via my public library at 1.25 speed. Very happy to hit another 5 star read.]]> 3.87 2003
author: Mark Haddon
name: Suz
average rating: 3.87
book published: 2003
rating: 5
read at: 2023/08/24
date added: 2023/08/25
shelves: books-i-gave-away-to-listen-on-audi, library-frankston-city, a-book-mentioned-in-a-book, borrowbox
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Christopher is a young boy with Aspergers. The author has somehow captured this in an extremely well written story in the first person. I listened to the audio narrated by child actor Ben Tibber. He was remarkable, instantly making the voice so real. He read like he was an expert, so fluent, not missing a beat. Other smaller parts were played by different actors with small sound effects. Amazing.

The journey of this young boy shows all his intricacies, quirks, tolerances and rituals. He explains why he makes noises, why he can't tolerate things, and his literal sense of everything that happens to him.

His parents try very hard, in particular his father, and it is heartbreaking to see what happens to his family in reponse to the pressures they face on a daily basis. Christopher comes across many people who try their best for him, others that don't, and others that simply don't understand and tread him very badly.

I love his support teacher, Siobhan, her excellent way in his treatment tells us as readers how Christopher's mind works and why he acts in certain ways. He is also an excellent mathematician, explaining many processes via maths, many of which were lost on me, but this didn't matter. I captured him through his story, which was told by a story he wrote about his current happenings.

Christopher's mother struggled, which highlighted nicely the fact that not all mums need to conform to the glowing amazing successful mums; it's hard. His father was amazing but made two very bad choices, effecting his son deeply.

Written by a man who has worked with young people with Asperger's Syndrome, I felt this to be a believable, poingnant and a rip your heart out kind of story.

I listened to this on the BorrowBox platform, via my public library at 1.25 speed. Very happy to hit another 5 star read.
]]> 542700 Trauma and Recovery was first published in 1992, it was hailed as a groundbreaking work. In the intervening years, Herman’s volume has changed the way we think about and treat traumatic events and trauma victims.

In a new afterword, Herman chronicles the incredible response the book has elicited and explains how the issues surrounding the topic have shifted within the clinical community and the culture at large. Trauma and Recovery brings a new level of understanding to a set of problems usually considered individually. Herman draws on her own cutting-edge research in domestic violence as well as on the vast literature of combat veterans and victims of political terror, to show the parallels between private terrors such as rape and public traumas such as terrorism. The book puts individual experience in a broader political frame, arguing that psychological trauma can be understood only in a social context.

Meticulously documented and frequently using the victims’ own words as well as those from classic literary works and prison diaries, Trauma and Recovery is a powerful work that will continue to profoundly impact our thinking.]]> 247 Judith Lewis Herman 0465087302 Suz 0 4.37 1992
author: Judith Lewis Herman
name: Suz
average rating: 4.37
book published: 1992
rating: 0
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date added: 2023/05/08
shelves: to-read, a-book-mentioned-in-a-book, mental-health, non-fiction
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]]> 28645779 Mona Simpson Suz 0 4.13
author: Mona Simpson
name: Suz
average rating: 4.13
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rating: 0
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date added: 2022/09/15
shelves: to-read, short-stories, a-book-mentioned-in-a-book, open-library-internet-archive
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]]> 836643 352 Clara Claiborne Park 0316690694 Suz 0 4.10 1967
author: Clara Claiborne Park
name: Suz
average rating: 4.10
book published: 1967
rating: 0
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date added: 2022/07/13
shelves: to-read, a-book-mentioned-in-a-book, nf-families-relationships-parenting, non-fiction, memoir, mental-health
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]]> 884056 157 J.D. Salinger 0140021205 Suz 2
‘..My god. I can’t even sit down to lunch with a man anymore and hold up my end of a decent conversation. I either get so bored or so goddam preachy that if the son of a bitch had any sense, he’d break his chair over my head.’

“The rest, with very little exaggeration, with books. Meant-to-be-picked-up-books. Permanently left behind books. Uncertain-what-to-do-with-books. But books, books. Tall cases lined three walls of the room, filled to and beyond capacity. The overflow had been piled in stacks on the floor. There was a little space left for walking, and none whatever for pacing.”

I enjoyed Franny’s portion more, conflicted in the miniate and trivialness of her college cohort and their frivolous pursuits, although heartbreaking in her conflict of her spirituality and search for inner peace as she reads a spiritual book and becomes increasingly obsessed with the concept.

Her brother is a cocky bloke; the long conversation between he and his mother whilst in the bathroom was interesting. His sister is on the verge of a spiritual breakdown as he tries in vein to help her see sense and try to stop her from becoming more bogged down and desperate.

The Glass family is large and complex, children smart and assured. I was glad this was only small as it didn’t resonate with me as it would have with most readers; I imagine it would have been a classic in American high schools and colleges. I am glad I read this as a part of American classical literature.]]> 3.70 1957
author: J.D. Salinger
name: Suz
average rating: 3.70
book published: 1957
rating: 2
read at: 2021/09/22
date added: 2021/09/27
shelves: a-book-mentioned-in-a-book, library-wsu, classics, america
review:
I am not a literary fiction kind of gal. And have not yet to read a Salinger. This had been sitting on my shelf for a long time, borrowed from the academic library I work in. On a funny coincidence, my library copy looks almost exactly the same of this picture on 카지노싸이트, a little crease in the corner and the iconic penguin in the corner. I chose two portions that I liked:

‘..My god. I can’t even sit down to lunch with a man anymore and hold up my end of a decent conversation. I either get so bored or so goddam preachy that if the son of a bitch had any sense, he’d break his chair over my head.’

“The rest, with very little exaggeration, with books. Meant-to-be-picked-up-books. Permanently left behind books. Uncertain-what-to-do-with-books. But books, books. Tall cases lined three walls of the room, filled to and beyond capacity. The overflow had been piled in stacks on the floor. There was a little space left for walking, and none whatever for pacing.”

I enjoyed Franny’s portion more, conflicted in the miniate and trivialness of her college cohort and their frivolous pursuits, although heartbreaking in her conflict of her spirituality and search for inner peace as she reads a spiritual book and becomes increasingly obsessed with the concept.

Her brother is a cocky bloke; the long conversation between he and his mother whilst in the bathroom was interesting. His sister is on the verge of a spiritual breakdown as he tries in vein to help her see sense and try to stop her from becoming more bogged down and desperate.

The Glass family is large and complex, children smart and assured. I was glad this was only small as it didn’t resonate with me as it would have with most readers; I imagine it would have been a classic in American high schools and colleges. I am glad I read this as a part of American classical literature.
]]> 95747 Thich Nhat Hanhs enkla, rättframma stil går rakt in i hjärtat och förmedlar en stark känsla av sinnesnärvaro. Han vet hur man gör för att släppa taget om alla tankar som driver oss hit och dit och hindrar oss från att vara närvarande i stunden.
Praktiska övningar varvas med enkla berättelser ur vardagen som visar att vi alltid kan välja att fokusera på det väsentliga och därmed fånga nuet. Thich Nhat Hanh lär oss att diska varje kopp och tallrik varsamt, som om de vore heliga ting. På köpet lär vi oss att se värdet i vardagliga göromål och finna ro i oss själva.
Han delar också med sig av meditationsövningar som leder oss inåt mot vårt autentiska jag. Vi är större än vad vi tror och genom att iaktta och släppa taget om negativa tankar och föreställningar kan vi så småningom leva ett mer medvetet och glädjefyllt liv.]]> 140 Thich Nhat Hanh 0807012394 Suz 0 4.20 1975
author: Thich Nhat Hanh
name: Suz
average rating: 4.20
book published: 1975
rating: 0
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date added: 2021/06/07
shelves: to-read, help-yourself, library-at-the-hub, mental-health, non-fiction, a-book-mentioned-in-a-book
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]]> 82965 231 Patrick McCabe 0385312377 Suz 0 3.85 1992
author: Patrick McCabe
name: Suz
average rating: 3.85
book published: 1992
rating: 0
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date added: 2019/07/22
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The novel that became an award-winning play and a major motion picture and that has charmed generations of readers, Carson McCullers's classic The Member of the Wedding is now available in small-format trade paperback for the first time.

"A marvelous study of the agony of adolescence" (Detroit Free Press), The Member of the Wedding showcases Carson McCullers at her most sensitive, astute, and lasting best.

An alternate-cover edition for this ISBN can be found here.]]> 163 Carson McCullers 0618492399 Suz 0 3.82 1946
author: Carson McCullers
name: Suz
average rating: 3.82
book published: 1946
rating: 0
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date added: 2019/07/22
shelves: to-read, classics, a-book-mentioned-in-a-book, library-wsu
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