Readers thread: what or who are you reading right now?

[Tornadic Thoughts]

From the library...

Queer Eye : Love Yourself, Love Your Life, by Antoni Porowski, Tan France, Jonathan Van Ness, Bobby Berk, and Karamo Brown ; with Monica Corcoran Harel ; photographs by Denise Crew and Gavin Bond ; illustrations by Paige Vickers

The Big Book of Mod Podge : Decoupage Made Easy, by Plaid Enterprises

 

[whiteraven]

The Muslim Next Door: The Qur'an, the Media, and That Veil Thing
by Sumbul Ali-Karamali

 

[Tornadic Thoughts]

I've been enjoying a book on cd from the library in my travels as of late...Every Time I Find the Meaning of Life, They Change It: Wisdom of the Great Philosophers on How to Live, by Daniel Klein.

 

[Lucycat]

Susan Calman - Cheer up love.
I have it as an audiobook and am loving it. Entertaining, but a really serious look at depression too.

 

[blackemerald1]

Hunt the Wolf. Don Mann

Good book. Fiction adventure. Written by an ex SEAL.

 

[Tornadic Thoughts]

Birds of the Blue Ridge Mountains: A Guide for the Blue Ridge Parkway, Great Smoky Mountains, Shenandoah National Park, and Neighboring Areas, by Marcus B. Simpson, Jr.

 

[Lucycat]

Crime on the fens, by Joy Ellis. Just started it today (audiobook) while busy in the kitchen. It has me gripped already.

 

[NatBird]

How We Became Human, Joy Harjo
What the Living Do, Marie Howe

These are poetry collections so I am re turning to, dipping in and out of

Also reading play Fix Up by Kwame Kwei Armah

It takes me ages to read anything. I used to be able to gobble up books. Now it takes days to chew a sentence. Anyone else experience this?

 

[ChildofGod]

A Child Called It, by Dave Peltzer.

My heart breaks for him, my story is not unlike his. I feel much compassion for him, it allows me to give myself compassion as well.

I am truly happy he not only survived, but is thriving now.

 

[blackemerald1]

Now it takes days to chew a sentence. Anyone else experience this?

^yes. This used to be a very scary aspect of my ptsd. I never thought it would get better but it did. I'm not sure why but now I'm able to concentrate for longer. Some days though I will lapse badly but I'm less scared that it's now a permanent feature. If I put the book down for a few minutes or even a day or so... and then try again usually I'm ok. If I have too much going on in my head the ability to read, comprehend and remember are dismal so being in the right frame of mind and being mindful about the process of reading are important for me. I need self-discipline now whereas once I simply opened a book and it happened... ..sigh... those were the days...

The Moscow Sleepers - Stella Rimington - Bloomsbury Publishing 2018

A spy novel in the series with Liz Carlyle as the female protagonist. A good read - fairly light weight but entertaining.

 

[HealingInProcess]

Augustine's City of God.

 

[Tornadic Thoughts]

The Craving Cure: Identify Your Craving Type to Activate Your Natural Appetite Control, by Julia Ross....still on chapter 1...had to put it down to eat a pint of Cherry Garcia nice cream.