The Bookworm's Thread 2017

Serendipitious

From the library...




Published 2017

Set in the Arctic, the day after tomorrow.

Brilliant novel taking climate change issues as its theme. 10/10 for the read, the challenge of the debates, the plot - in fact the lot.

Unputdownable in many ways.

Best read by a warm fire. I needed a hot water bottle.

VfM4meplse

Book 38:



6/10. I found this interesting to start with, as it helped me understand the perspective of an autistic woman, and directed me to some useful reference material. It provided some useful insights but as I proceeded (it was stretched out for longer than necessary) I just found the author to be completely self-absorbed. Which is fair enough, I suppose - as the book was about her! I've read autobiographies where the author is less so.

VfM4meplse

Has anyone come across this website, that tells you how long a book will take to read?

To test it, I typed in my nemesis "Ulysses". Apparently it should take 5 hours and 50 minutes to read. Wrong: it's been in my bookshelf for 20 years and I still haven't got past p6

Wednesday2000

I'm reading another health book.
Healing Without Freud or Prozac: Natural approaches to curing stress, anxiety and depression - David Servan-Schreiber.

VfM4meplse

Wednesday2000 wrote: »

I'm reading another health book.
Healing Without Freud or Prozac: Natural approaches to curing stress, anxiety and depression - David Servan-Schreiber.

Does it work?

I don't buy into Freud myself. But I have seen good results with Prozac

Wednesday2000

VfM4meplse wrote: »

Does it work?

I don't buy into Freud myself. But I have seen good results with Prozac

Well, I only started reading it yesterday.:p He breaks it down into 7 sections to try.

1. Meditation
2. EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing)
3. Gradually Waking Up Using a Light Box
4. Acupuncture
5. Omega-3 Fatty Acids
6. Exercise
7. Social Interaction

I already do mindfulness meditation and have recently started doing it again and it does work for me with anxiety. I have a physical health problem and I was thinking of trying acupuncture anyway. I tried it once and didn't really notice anything, but then there wasn't anything wrong with me at the time, lol.

One thing I'm going to try and make sure I have is Omega-3 as I'm vegan and am not very careful about that. Flaxseeds in smoothies or on porridge, I think.:)

VfM4meplse

Wednesday2000 wrote: »

One thing I'm going to try and make sure I have is Omega-3 as I'm vegan and am not very careful about that. Flaxseeds in smoothies or on porridge, I think.:)

Same here (veggie). But I cannot stand flax seeds, dread to think what they do to my insides. 1, 6 and 7 are known to work. Omega-3s have other health benefits.

But I digress. You may want to read 59 seconds by Richard Wiseman.

Wednesday2000

VfM4meplse wrote: »

You may want to read 59 seconds by Richard Wiseman.

That looks interesting from the Am*zon reviews. I probably will read it, thanks.:)

pollypenny

Vegetarian here, too. And not careful about anything until the last few years. I started taking B12 as I realised I had far tongue every time I was away from home and marmite. None in Boots at the moment.

Books - just finished the first Jeffrey Deaver that wasn't that good. The Kill Room was plodding.

VfM4meplse

Book 39:



9/10. So wonderfully compelling and poignant, I just couldn't put it down. A bit of fiction for a change, that incorporated subjects of interest: slavery and female emancipation. Sue Monk Kidd is such a gifted writer.