2018 Reading: Talking As Fast As I Can

#37 A book you meant to read in 2017 but didn't get to

One of these days I'm going to watch Gilmore Girls...

...One day.

Until then, this book was entertaining.

2018 Reading: The Sociopath Next Door

#26 A book about mental health

Right after reading the introduction I know I was going to have my issues with this book. This person insists that sociopaths are deplorable beings who should be avoided at all costs and have no redeeming qualities to them whatsoever. I know that sociopathy is defined by the lack of conscience, but that does not mean the person is a criminal or less than human. It is something that they are born without. She likens it too much to psychopathy which, although CAN be a genetic trait, is more commonly something that is forced onto a person or persons through psychological trauma. And while it is true that psychopaths are most, if not all, sociopaths, that by no means proves that all sociopaths are psychopaths. So, now that I've had my little rant, I will continue to read passed the introduction...

Aaaaaaand now that I have, I would like to say that I still hold the same principles, but am now more informed about the matter according to this doctor and though some of my views have changed on the subject, some have resolutely not.

I like how this book took different perspectives on the concept of sociopathy, such as philosophy and religion, as well as that of science and psychology.

2018 Reading: The Library of Babel

So, this is how this started...

...and then I read it.

You think I'm kidding?

What followed was an almost hour-long discussion of infinity and knowledge and religion and philosophy...

It was the greatest thing ever and I want to turn it into a podcast and do more of it forever.

2018 Reading: The Women in the Walls

#12 A book with alliteration in the title

I didn't really know what to think of this book. It was an advanced reader's copy from my mother's library that she gave me several years ago before the book officially came out and I put it on my shelf never to think about it again. Until, this challenge, that is.

I have to admit, the book had me from pretty much the very beginning and kept me interested for a long time. There was a while when my interest waned a little bit near, oh, I'd call it the 4/5ths mark, but then the last fifth caught me back up and saw me through the rest of it.

Not usually one for ghost stories, but this one was okay.

2018 Reading: Dream Boy

Ahhhh!!!! Just everything about this book. Everything. Did they make a movie of this? I need it in my life. But, it probably won't even compare. STILL!

All of the reviews and stuff told me that this book was going to be sad and as I got near the end, I totally started to see that and thought it would have ended way differently than it actually sis. OMG, I don't know what else I can say without giving away the ending, but this was a very important book and I want everyone to know about it and experience it for yourselves.