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One reader's thoughts as she steps from book to book.
Books I've Finished
- "A Christmas Memory"
- by Truman Capote 12/8/12
- "Child's Christmas in Wales"
- by Dylan Thomas 12/7/12
- "One Christmas"
- by Truman Capote 11/29/12
- "The Thanksgiving Visitor"
- by Truman Capote 11/29/12
- Inside Mrs. B's Classroom
- by Leslie Baldacci 11/28/12
- The Bee Eater
- by Richard Whitmire 11/15/12
- There Are No Shortcuts
- by Rafe Esquith 10/28/12
- I'd Like to Apologize to
- Every Teacher I Ever Had
- by Tony Danza 10/21/12
- Corked
- by Kathryn Borel 10/15/12
- Year of Learning Dangerously
- by Quinn Cummings 9/30/12
- A Hologram for the King
- by Dave Eggers 8/23/12
- To Kill a Mockingbird
- by Harper Lee 7/18/12
About Me
- Christine
- I often have a few books with bookmarks in them at once. I enjoy classics more than contemporary works of fiction, often read historical fiction, and love to get glimpses into other people's lives by reading memoirs and biographies.
8 comments:
I finally let my curiosity get the better of me and I picked up "The Sociopath Next Door" out of the psychology section at the store. I read a little bit of it before my most recent shift and so far, it's creeping me out, but I still want to finish it. I'm curious as to whether the author will reveal how the mental health community has arrived at the conclusion that 4% of the population (1 in 25 people) has no conscience.
~Lisa
Yeah, I remember you looking at that the other day. Let us know how it turns out. Maybe you can present to a group of twenty-five on it.
I'm reading The Sketch-Book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gentleman, by Washington Irving. Who knew anybody could beat Hemingway for misogyny. Not that there aren't some fun stories in there. The Legend of Sleepy Hollow. The Tale of Rip Van Winkle.
Also picked up The Martian Chronicles by Bradbury. Not far yet, but enjoying it.
Hey Danika, just out of curiosity, in Irving's book, does he himself appear misogynistic in his writing, or is he merely presenting a misogynistic character?
I think I'll pass on the presentation, heh-heh. And actually, I might not get to pick it up again for a while because I didn't take it out of the store, and this week is shaping up to be busy. But I'll try to finish it within a couple weeks. It's interesting, but a little hard to wrap my brain around.
~Lisa
Sociopath Next Door is one I have been meaning to read for a long time! What makes it creepy? Does it have an accurate feel to it?
-Mary
Well, Irving is writing as Geoffrey Crayon, who is telling stories about people he met and places he went (and sometimes as this Knickerbocker character; I'm not really clear). However, the misogynistic tone seems to be pretty strong all through, so I suspect the attitude lay with Irving. Even if it doesn't, he's not remotely critical of it, and doesn't even comment on it.
I would love to re-read "The Martian Chronicles" - I remember really getting in to it. I am reading another "Sookie Stackhouse" book..."Living Dead in Dallas" is the title, I think. And bumbling through Darwin...
Hmmm...interesting, Danika. And kind of unfortunate I guess.
Mary, it's creepy just because there's a lot of talk about sociopaths in it, and they're creepy. I don't have anything more articulate to say about that. But I've only read the first two chapters or so, and I still don't know how they arrived at the 1 in 25 figure, or whether that's just for America or worldwide. I suppose it has an accurate feel in terms of describing how a sociopath might view the world, but I really am not sure.
~Lisa
It's rumored that the housing near NIU accommodates some strange characters, although I don't know about sociopaths...I am not sure what the proper definition of one is. I guess having no conscience wraps it up pretty well. Very creepy.
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