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

[Teasel]

This happened to me
Kate Price

 

[DharmaGirl]

I just finished Notes on Infinity and I'm almost done The Poppy Fields. I read a lot. I think I'm reading my way through losing my mom.

@whiteraven, I enjoyed The Institute but I'm a SK fan.

 

[DownwardSpiral]

I've been reading Crash by J. Ballard. It's just as shocking as the movie was, as in, not very. It is interesting to read about how worse everyone gets. After this, I want to reread either Dad's nuke or start on Blood Meridian. Maybe another Vonnegut book? If my workload allows it.

Have a good day today, even if its 1AM.

 

[captain jigglypuff]

I’m reading this message right now.

 

[whiteraven]

Two Nights, by Kathy Reichs

 

[Teasel]

Releasing ultra processed people
Chris Van tulleken.
I love the book.
I love people like him, doing the right thing.

 

[whiteraven]

I read Cut today. Only because it's banned, and I ordered it with a bunch of others to put in Little Free Libraries when I go on vacation. This one looked...familiar.

 

[VioletButterfly]

I'm hoping to get started on listening to Illusions by Richard Bach. I've read and listened to it before, but always seem to find something new each time.

I'd also like to finish up listening to Hinds Feet On High Places by Hannah Hurnard. This book has been a journey for me to get to the end....

 

[whiteraven]

On vacation and started Chasing Evil by John Edward and Robert Hilland. Good book!

 

[whiteraven]

I enjoyed The Institute but I'm a SK fan.

Oh, me, too!

 

[chrysaliscrushed]

Richard Dawkins, the blind watchmaker. I used to hold onto beliefs and was into into them. But I want to learn another point of view and if do agree with it then my perception of everything might shatter and I'm okay with that

 

[Rose White]

“Ishmael” by Daniel Quinn. About a gorilla that teaches a man

Ended up putting it down, too pedantic.

Finished reading “Murther and Walking Spirits” by Robertson Davies. I really like his style of writing. Witty, ghostly, historical, psychological

Now I’m reading “The Analects” by Confucius. Little snacks of reading. Have to research at least one on every page because the metaphors are lost on me, but it’s neat when I uncover the meaning, like a lens coming into focus.

It’s helping me reflect on my recovery, oddly, because interpreting the analects through a trauma lens gives it a whole new flavor. Like today’s question for myself… how does someone who was abused by their caregiver develop the gentlemanly quality of self-effacement when they are starting from self-erasure?

And that opened up the can of worms which is that when someone lives from a perspective of self-erasure their humility is inauthentic because you can’t be selfless without a self. So in order to develop true humility the adult who was a traumatized child has to nurture a self and then experiment with something akin to boastfulness (normal for a child not traumatized by their caregiver) and then develop the ability to notice that their pride is futile before hopefully developing something like true/natural modesty.