maybe one of these years I'll hit my reading goal
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44% complete! Michael Kovacs has read 11 of 25 books.
Tuberculosis has been entwined with humanity for millennia. Once romanticized as a malady of poets, …
Tuberculosis has been entwined with humanity for millennia. Once romanticized as a malady of poets, today tuberculosis is a disease …
Psychiatrist Viktor Frankl's memoir has riveted generations of readers with its descriptions of life in Nazi death camps and its …
Pulitzer Prize-winning author Carl Sagan traces our exploration of space and suggests that our very survival may depend on the …
The Way of Zen is a 1957 non-fiction book on Zen Buddhism and Eastern philosophy by philosopher and religious scholar …
In the rush of modern life, we tend to lose touch with the peace that is available in each moment. …
A scholar of American Christianity presents a seventy-five-year history of evangelicalism that identifies the forces …
went deep down the rabbit hole on Mormonism and the FLDS with Under the Banner of Heaven and Breaking Free, so I am really excited to read this and do the same with Christianity
A People's History of the United States is a 1980 nonfiction book by American historian and political scientist Howard Zinn. …
Tuberculosis has been entwined with humanity for millennia. Once romanticized as a malady of poets, today tuberculosis is a disease …
A memoir about growing up Korean American, losing her mother, and forging her own identity.
Michelle Zauner tells of …
A memoir about growing up Korean American, losing her mother, and forging her own identity.
…I really enjoyed this. The interconnectedness that she weaves with her Korean identity, food, and her mother is truly beautiful. When we remember the people who have left us in this way, their memory sticks around with us just a little bit longer.
Tuberculosis has been entwined with humanity for millennia. Once romanticized as a malady of poets, …
just got our signed copy in the mail today, really looking forward to this one!
A memoir about growing up Korean American, losing her mother, and forging her own identity.
…switched to paperback!
Two friends struggle against themselves and each other to move past friendship.
Two friends struggle against themselves and each other to move past friendship.
I think I don't like media with people who recognize that they don't feel good, but don't want to try and better their situation. It's hard to watch people make the same mistakes over and over again, to sacrifice their dreams and happiness, to cling to their suffering as if it makes them deeper or more artistically valid, rather than seeking help when it’s available. Maybe this uncomfortableness with this kind of content comes from my own life experiences and it is hard to watch happen again (and again and again throughout this book). As someone who has been to multiple therapists throughout my life, I understand mental health is complicated and just saying "get some help" is significantly harder than it can seem to people on the outside, especially if deep down you don't feel deserving of other people's help and overall attention. With all of that said, I …
I think I don't like media with people who recognize that they don't feel good, but don't want to try and better their situation. It's hard to watch people make the same mistakes over and over again, to sacrifice their dreams and happiness, to cling to their suffering as if it makes them deeper or more artistically valid, rather than seeking help when it’s available. Maybe this uncomfortableness with this kind of content comes from my own life experiences and it is hard to watch happen again (and again and again throughout this book). As someone who has been to multiple therapists throughout my life, I understand mental health is complicated and just saying "get some help" is significantly harder than it can seem to people on the outside, especially if deep down you don't feel deserving of other people's help and overall attention. With all of that said, I think it is fair to say I just don't like this kind of media where these characters are flawed and hurting, but they never seem to get a moment of reprieve from their internal struggles that feels optimistic and the story ends with them still just as flawed and hurting.
