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Autostraddle Summer Book Club 2011 12 years, 2 months agoThis is a weird request, but does anyone have any recommendations for self help-ish books? I don’t normally have much interest in this kind of thing, but I’m in a living situation where I don’t have a lot of people to talk to and could use a little general life guidance from the universe. Self Help Areas of Interest: Being More Zen, Surviving Your…[Read more]
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Eh, self-help really isn’t my thing, but my mom has been reading a book called Quiet Your Mind: An Easy-To-Use Guide to Stop Chronic Worry and Negative Thoughts and Start Living a Calmer Life by John Selby. My mom has been dealing with clinical anxiety and panic disorders for years now, along with borderline compulsive behavior, and she says this…[Read more]
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In terms of Being More Zen, I really liked Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance by Robert Persig. It’s a memoir and a philosophical novel, and the author seeks the nature of truth especially as it relates to writing, as he takes a 17-day trip from MN to CA on his motorcycle.
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I’ve heard good things about this!
I don’t know if this is quite what you are looking for.. but I am currently reading Eastern Body, Western Mind: Psychology and the Chakra System as a Path to the Self by Andoea Judith and like it so far!
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Hey everyone. Thanks for the tips! I’ll definitely check out those books- knew I could count on AS for a few ideas. Honestly, I think what I’m looking for is some kind of made up, really extended version of the No Fucks to Give/How to Deal with Non-Traditional Life Courses posts. Katrina should write this book and I will buy it
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Autostraddle Summer Book Club 2011 12 years, 4 months agoThird Grade Book Reports Part One (or “You Guys! I actually read two of the books on my list like I said I would!”)
Bossypants by Liz Lemon
#1 Feeling: Aaah soo funny
Other Feelings: I literally ‘lol’ed the entire way through this book. Since I live in an Asian city where I am one of very few foreigners, this way not the best way to either a)…[Read more]-
i read the hunger games series earlier this year, and by the end of mockingjay, i actually threw the book across the room. maybe it’s more honest for the character, but i was frustrated about how katniss seemed to just wilt and we spent most of the book following her into dark corners where she could sleep. i felt like i’d lost my hero.
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this is the cutest ever, i’m serious
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Autostraddle Summer Book Club 2011 12 years, 4 months agoAlso, worth a read is Sara Breslor’s great piece on YA lesbian fiction over at Idol Mag: http://idiommag.com/2011/06/teenagers-in-love/
“The more refined these coming-out stories are as instructional tools, the less literary they become, and the less true. It is second nature to judge their politics; it is the responsibility of being an “actual l…[Read more] -
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Autostraddle Summer Book Club 2011 12 years, 4 months agoI’m reading Autostraddle Pick: If You Follow Me and loving it. I teach English overseas, so I can really relate to the story and the emotions. Not the most engrossing or enthralling story I’ve read, but definitely interesting and worth the time.
The Summer To Read List:
-Bossypants
-Mockingjay
-Never Let Me Go
-Norwegian Wood
-The Year of Magical…[Read more]-
I LOVE THE YEAR OF MAGICAL THINKING
it made me sad but also changed my life
—- excited to hear about sweet valley confidential. i wonder if elizabeth will come out
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Yay! Awesome endorsement for YoMT. I’ll buy it as soon as I finish Mockingjay.
My money is on Lila as Sweet Valley’s resident lesbian. She was way too up in Jessica’s business for a platonic frenemy
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I just got If You Follow Me in the mail! Can’t wait to read it.
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I just finished it and loved it. It’s really sad in parts , but overall it was great. There are certain parts of the love storyline that bothered me, so I’m interested to find out what you think of it
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I really liked Never Let Me Go. Looking forward to hearing what you think about it.
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The Handmaids Tale is one of my favorite books of all time! (OF ALL TIME)
Never Let Me Go is excellent as well. The movie trailers looked completely different than how I pictured things in my head. A different tone, coloring, etc. So I never saw the movie but the book is great!-
Yeah I don’t want to see that movie, the trailer looked all wrong.
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Glad to hear it! I watched the movie trailer for Never Let Me Go and wasn’t interested, but have heard such good things about the book. I can’t wait to dive into it!
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If you like Never Let Me Go & haven’t read it already, it’d be worth trying The Remains of the Day too – never have I identified so much with an aging English butler living in the Fifties..! & I agree with everyone else, the film isn’t great – it’s okay, but not great.
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Oh, glad to hear your rec for TRotD, I’ve been kind of thinking about reading it. I read his Artist of the Floating World this winter, which didn’t resonate with me the way Never Let Me Go did, but which nonetheless was interesting.
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