I thumbed through it in a store for a few minutes. It's really funny. I'm number 40 on the library waiting list. Should be a few weeks before I get to read it.

Readin "The Screwtape Letters".. wow is that a messed up book. \
I love the part where the author says that he refuses to tell you how he came upon these letters..(insert Twilight Zone theme music)

Ah my dear, dear Wormwood. Heheh -- I love that book.

So that's where Calvin's teacher's name came from!
"Clever girl.."

I just finished Tamsin by the same author.

Helping Someone With Mental Illness by Rosalyn Carter.

Yes, the former First Lady.

I have an autographed copy.

OK, I'll admit it, it was unintentional. You know those massive remaindered book sales ... the ones where hardbacks are $3 and paperbacks are $1?

That's how I got mine, several years ago. It just percolated up to the top of the book pile.

I didn't even know that there was an autograph in it, until I started reading it earlier this week.

It's actually a pretty good guide to dealing with a mental illness, whether you're a family member or friend, professional, or the mentally ill person. Goes over diagnoses, medications, treatment, support groups ... pretty much the whole gamut, includes appropriate inspirational stories, but also makes the realities and difficulties faced by the chronically mentally ill quite clear.

So what does he have to say about it?

I've read several of Card's things. I really really liked Ender's Game, but I was profoundly ambivalent about most of the others.

I also loved Ender's Game. I figured that it was so good, Card must be a great writer, and I read a buch of his stuff too. At first I enjoyed everything, but then I read a few books with no substance and realized he was just phoning it in. Then there's the whole political aspect of Card in the real world, but that's already been covered here in the past.

Since HP 6 is now finished, I had to find some new books to tide me over... plus I'm not in school anymore, I have no job and law & order reruns are starting to bore me... so far this summer I have enjoyed:

Lovely Bones - Alice Sebold - Fabulous
Lunch at the Picadilly by Clyde Edgerton - NC book
An Innocent, A broad - Anne Leary
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory - Roald Dahl
Witches - Roald Dahl
James and the Giant Peach - Roald Dahl

Dumb books that I read:

Nights in Rodanthe by Nicholas Sparks - I thought it was really stupid. I know a lot of people like his books, and I thought I would be one of them, but this book was just dumb...

Right now I'm trying to read A Gallant Company - The Men of The Great Escape by Jonathan Vance.

Mental Patients keep interfering with my reading time.

just finished JANE EYRE and THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING ERNEST. Going to dig into some more classic stuff, if the eyes hold out. Need reading glasses all of a sudden! So freaking hot out--can't do anything but stay indoors and read. Might as well be depths of winter.

Another goodie--THE GOLDEN BOOK OF FAIRY TALES, ed. Jane Werner, illustrated by Garth Williams.

Just finished the second-to-last Dark Tower book; waiting for the last to come out in trade paperback.

Started "Kushiel's Dart" based on a friend's recommendation--I don't normally like high fantasy at all, but my friend said this was palatable and so far she's been right.

I'm cheating : I don't read them currently but I enjoyed them. :biggrin:
Do you forgive me ? :blush:

“A People’s History of the United States. 1492 – Present”
HarperCollins Publishers
written by Howard Zinn, professor in Boston University
the history of US seen by people who usually can’t tell their point of vue : Indians, slaves, trade unionists, soldiers, farmers, GIs in Vietnam…
A 800 pages bible. Very, very interesting.
I’m desperately looking for such a book about France.
How US constitution was written, racism was enacted in law, Texas and California were add to US, wars were decided…

To begin with new age :
“The celestine prophecy” James Redfield
“The Secret of Shambhala : In Search of the Eleventh Insight” James Redfield

Very interesting but not always true :
“Conversations with God, an uncommon dialogue” Neale Donald Walsch

“Mutant message down under” Marlo Morgan.
HarperCollins Publishers
American doctor initiated to Australian aboriginal mysteries. Excellent, easy to read.

“the biggest secret” : 1999 David Icke
(As for me, I know that all that’s esoteric (energy, symbols…) in this book is possible)
for people who enjoyed World history, UFO, Da Vinci Code, Illuminatis…
Even if you think it’s impossible and crazy, everybody should read such a book once.
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg...08743?v=glance

In the same kind of book “Le livre jaune n°5” and “Le livre jaune n°6”
It’s a little less “crazy” than David Icke. I’ve just found it in French but it’s free on the web :
http://chronos66.free.fr/pdf/jvh.pdf
http://www.leseditionsfelix.com/livrejaune.html

After those books we can read the Genesis in the bible.


A very creative art in France (and Belgium, like French fries) comics (sorry it’s not those I prefer) :
http://www.read-box.com/
Clic ENTRER, bibliothèque on top, chose a picture, clic “lancer la lecture”, suite, zoom, suite page suivante…
I prefer page 9 : ”La conjuration d’opale”, ”le combat ordinaire” (excellent, need to be french to understand ?), p13 ”Où le regard ne porte pas”, p16 ”Thorgal”, p1 ”Bételgeuse”, p19 ”XIII”…

Maybe you can find a US one which is a masterpiece :
Maus : A Survivor's Tale : My Father Bleeds History / Here My Troubles Began
by Art Spiegelman about the Shoah
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg...books&n=507846

Favorite french classic novels :
“Count of Monte Cristo” Alexandre Dumas : really better than all films inspired by it.
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/AS...865737-2808743
“Michael Strogoff” Jules Vernes restless adventure without any boring description he’s used to.
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/AS...865737-2808743
“The Fortune of the Rougons” by Emile Zola
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg...glance&s=books


Good reading !

Would that be of any help in dealing with alzheimer's? My 65 year old uncle out in CA lives by himself and has a pretty significant case of it. We, usually my mom who's an RN, try to go out there at least once every month or so to help him out, but we normally have to resort to dealing with issues over the phone.. which can be quite stressful for both parties.