I am reading the first book I have been able to pick up since nursing school... it's called "Precious", and it is depressing, and it is semi-annoying to read because it is written ebonics-style.
I kind of miss being interested in reading for pleasure. Nursing school ruined me with books.
Don't worry, you get over that--eventually
God, so atrocious in the Old Testament, so attractive in the New--the Jekyl and Hyde of sacred romance.
-Mark Twain
If people are good only because they fear punishment and hope for reward, then we are a sorry lot indeed.
-Albert Einstein
I hope so... I used to be such an avid reader...
I've been reading Bentley Little's "The Store". It's a horror novel about a haunted Walmart. (LOL)
He's really not that terrific of a writer, but his novels are alot of fun if you like cheesy horror ala Stephen King.
“Inside every cynical person, there is a disappointed idealist”--George Carlin
I am listening to an audiobook called "The Help". It's pretty good. Set in 1960's Mississippi, and it's about the black maids that worked for white people.
Author: Thomas Lojek
Title: The ADAM Principles - Create your new Life with Men and get the Love you deserve
“The ADAM Principles” will give you deep insight into men’s true feelings: How are men aware of women? How are men aware of YOU? How do you recognize manipulation and unfair intensions? Are you merely his affair, his best friend, a sex object or are you the woman of his dreams? And how can you become what ever you want to become for a man?
“How do I make him fall in love with me?”
“How will I know that he’s truly in love with me?”
“How do I date a man to make him fall in love with me rather than just wanting sex?”
“How do I understand men’s secret body language?”
“Why is it, that I always end up as the mistress or an affair?”
“What makes a relationship exciting and vivid to a man?”
“How do I get a man to commit himself permanently?”
With “The ADAM Principles” you will not only get the answers – you will also learn about methods and techniques to max out any situation for yourself as a woman. Nothing but the real stuff: tricks for real situations in everyday life with men.
TABLE OF CONTENT
CHAPTER 1 - GENERAL BASICS
The patterns of seduction
The perfect seduction according to a woman
Phase 1: Flirt
Phase 2: Interest, Trust, Comfort
Phase 3: Seduction
The perfect seduction according to the notion of a man
Phase 1: Flirt
Phase 2: Interest, Trust, Comfort
Phase 3: Seduction
The special difference
The concept of social value
How a woman determines the social and personal value of a man
You are the prize! An important basic principle of male fascination
A barrier on the way
CHAPTER 2 - EXTENTED BASICS
How men function and how women pick up on them
The meaning of repertoire
How does a man’s emotional awareness work?
Attraction unlike male motivation levels: Passion - Affection - Bonding
The effect of attraction
Which are the “women categories” that men classify women into?
Category 1: Sex-without-Emotions-and-Commitments-Woman
Category 2: The sexual dream girl
Category 3: Girlfriend Material
Category 4: Best Friend
What effect do the “women categories” have on you and your love life?
The “women categories” in detail
Women of category 1: Sex-without-Emotions-and-Commitments-Woman
Women of category 2: The sexual dream girl
Women of category 3: Girlfriend Material
Women of category 4: Best Friend
Fake Attraction
IPC – When love turns into pain
CHAPTER 3 - EMOTIONAL BASICS
How men’s emotions work
How does a man fall in love?
The stages a man goes through when falling in love
Stage 1: The first moment of discovery
Stage 2: The moment of talking to her the first time
Stage 3: The first conversation
Stage 4: Increasing desire
Stage 5: Desire grows and feelings develop
Stage 6: Closing the Deal
Stage 7: Sex
Stage 8: After sex
Stage 9: After sex II
Stage 10: After sex III – returning to her
Stage 11: The early phase after sex to building up a permanent relationship
CHAPTER 4 - THE BODY REGIONS OF MEN AND THEIR EMOTIONAL SIGNIFICANCE (1)
Hands, Forearms, Elbows, Upper arms, Shoulder sides (upper arms), Rear shoulders (area of his back), Face, Head, Back of his head
Got bored of the Slash autobiography when he started becoming a 'new man', started on an AC/DC one, but kind of lost interest, so I'm back to reading: Mindhunter: Inside the FBI elite serial crime unit. it's written by John Douglas (& Mark Olshanker) who is a pioneer of FBI profiling. the whole serial killer thing interests me a lot, so it's right up my alley. I'll report back with my thoughts.
"The Rolling Stones Interviews" by Jann Wenner and Joe Levy is my at work book. Got it at Borders on their clearance rack for $4.99. I love that place.
Reading "Pretty in Plaid" by Jen Lancaster at home.
So, so you think you can tell Heaven from Hell,
blue skies from pain.
Can you tell a green field from a cold steel rail?
A smile from a veil?
Do you think you can tell?
And did they get you to trade your heroes for ghosts?
Hot ashes for trees?
Hot air for a cool breeze?
Cold comfort for change?
And did you exchange a walk on part in the war for a lead role in a cage?
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, Hunter S. Thompson
I gave you my heart
I gave you my soul
Now I'm just another number
at the Center for Disease Control
Towelhead.
I hate the title, but am enjoying the book. In fact, I read half of it while sitting in the bookstore before I even bought it.
Dawkins - The Selfish Gene
My mom just started reading The Help. Seems to be enjoying it since she's recommended it to EVERYONE.
I've picked up a couple of Bill Bryson's books in the last few weeks - I LOVE his writing. I read A Walk in the Woods (about the Appalachian Trail) and I'm almost finished with Notes from a Small Island (traveling Britain). Definitely enjoyable if you like that type of humor.
Aside from that, a few books on math - one is called The Art of Mathematics and one is a light-hearted but very long history of important mathematicians called The Men of Mathematics.
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I do not think I will ever be able to read an actual book again. Fiction or nonfiction
I can't even remember the last time I read for pleasure. I tried this winter break, but got bored after about 20 minutes