Every waking moment is a bit dramatic, but Putins people by Catherine Belton opened my eyes to the horror of the Kremlin regime. And as everything in Ukraine unfolds in front of our eyes, and compassion fatigue sets in, it disturbs me where it’s all heading. Particularly with orange man imminent.
ajf1982 on
American Buffalo: In Search of a Lost Icon
History and a great modern story intertwined
James8719 on
Hyperion. Sol’s story haunts me to this day. I could sit here and cry just thinking about it, and I’m not an emotional person.
mountain_wavebabe on
The Dance of Anger by Harriet Lerner
Changed my mindset and response to others at a time when I felt like I was continuously repeating past actions.
Honestly all the books I’ve read by the author have been very helpful.
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An Immense World by Ed Yong
wanderain on
Cosmic Trigger: Final secret of the Illuminati by Robert Anton Wilson
Dangerous-Sail-4193 on
Adult Children of Emotionally Immature Parents by Lindsay Gibson
jandj2021 on
Shades of Grey and Red Side Story by Jasper Fforde
Latter_Wait3155 on
Not every waking moment, but Sophie’s World by Jostein Gaardner opened my eyes to philosophical thought.
Latter_Wait3155 on
Maria Chapdelaine by Louis Hemon greatly impacted me as a teenager; we read it for our French class and all moped around in existential romantic angst for weeks afterwards.
Agondonter on
The Urantia Book.
hmmwhatsoverhere on
*The Jakarta method* by Vincent Bevins
CharacterHot746 on
Manufacturing Consent. You can never look at the media the same way ever again.
Vtjeannieb on
Prophet Song. Right wing politicians get elected in a previously democratic country, and become authoritarian bit by bit. The country devolves into Sarajavo, Northern Ireland, Syria…take your pick. A hard book to read, and not just because the author doesn’t use paragraphs or quotation marks.
Dick_Grimes on
The Overstory. It’s beautifully written and everything about life.
Dear-Ambition-6333 on
Braiding sweet grass by robin wall kimmerer
Eddie_M on
A Prayer for Owen Meany by John Irving
fancykittens on
Winterset Hollow.
ChavaRuchama on
Into the Wild! Made me reevaluate my life and allowed me to daydream a bit more
AverageNotOkayAdult on
The Elements of Cadence series by Rebecca Ross if you like fantasy. I’ve read it twice in the past 7 months now and I still think about it on a daily basis
MutantNinjaChortle on
Every waking moment? Changed my perspective? Can’t think of anything that rises to that high bar, but I’ve reread A House for Mr. Biswas every five years for the last 30 years. V.S. Naipaul is problematic, but no book deals with the themes of belonging, identity, independence, and claiming space in a way that has resonated as much with me. Each reading hits differently. Mr. Biswas has become my alter ego, which is to say, as I’ve gotten older, I’ve embraced being a pathetic, insufferable and yet sympathetic a**hole.
The scene where he’s riding his bicycle through the dark, balancing the dollhouse for his daughter on the handle bars…. that always gets to me.
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Every waking moment is a bit dramatic, but Putins people by Catherine Belton opened my eyes to the horror of the Kremlin regime. And as everything in Ukraine unfolds in front of our eyes, and compassion fatigue sets in, it disturbs me where it’s all heading. Particularly with orange man imminent.
American Buffalo: In Search of a Lost Icon
History and a great modern story intertwined
Hyperion. Sol’s story haunts me to this day. I could sit here and cry just thinking about it, and I’m not an emotional person.
The Dance of Anger by Harriet Lerner
Changed my mindset and response to others at a time when I felt like I was continuously repeating past actions.
Honestly all the books I’ve read by the author have been very helpful.
An Immense World by Ed Yong
Cosmic Trigger: Final secret of the Illuminati by Robert Anton Wilson
Adult Children of Emotionally Immature Parents by Lindsay Gibson
Shades of Grey and Red Side Story by Jasper Fforde
Not every waking moment, but Sophie’s World by Jostein Gaardner opened my eyes to philosophical thought.
Maria Chapdelaine by Louis Hemon greatly impacted me as a teenager; we read it for our French class and all moped around in existential romantic angst for weeks afterwards.
The Urantia Book.
*The Jakarta method* by Vincent Bevins
Manufacturing Consent. You can never look at the media the same way ever again.
Prophet Song. Right wing politicians get elected in a previously democratic country, and become authoritarian bit by bit. The country devolves into Sarajavo, Northern Ireland, Syria…take your pick. A hard book to read, and not just because the author doesn’t use paragraphs or quotation marks.
The Overstory. It’s beautifully written and everything about life.
Braiding sweet grass by robin wall kimmerer
A Prayer for Owen Meany by John Irving
Winterset Hollow.
Into the Wild! Made me reevaluate my life and allowed me to daydream a bit more
The Elements of Cadence series by Rebecca Ross if you like fantasy. I’ve read it twice in the past 7 months now and I still think about it on a daily basis
Every waking moment? Changed my perspective? Can’t think of anything that rises to that high bar, but I’ve reread A House for Mr. Biswas every five years for the last 30 years. V.S. Naipaul is problematic, but no book deals with the themes of belonging, identity, independence, and claiming space in a way that has resonated as much with me. Each reading hits differently. Mr. Biswas has become my alter ego, which is to say, as I’ve gotten older, I’ve embraced being a pathetic, insufferable and yet sympathetic a**hole.
The scene where he’s riding his bicycle through the dark, balancing the dollhouse for his daughter on the handle bars…. that always gets to me.
The light pirate. I think about it all the time.