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I am at 12 books for the month so far (I anticipate reaching 13 before Feb 1. I am astounded because I was a major slack-ass before when it came to reading, but now that I have been doing more of it, it's easier to digest books faster than normal.

I am currently reading Working Stiff by Judy Melinek, MD.

I used to love to watch Dr G Medical Examiner so this is right up my alley. This book is grossat times because I imagine these autopsies happening to myself and I get weirded out, but other times the doctor brings through much of her humor and personality which makes it an enjoyable ride despite the gross.

Current Mood: dead

Task #3 of the BookRiot Read Harder Challenge:

📚A classic of genre fiction (I chose sci-fi) - The Illustrated Man by Ray Bradbury

I've always had a fondness for Bradbury. This was a cool little collection of sci-fi stories. Bradbury liked Mars, especially since there is another called The Martian Chronicles that I read in high school. One story in particular was a rocket crew that exploded out of the rocket in all different directions.The story is their conversation over their communication devices until the signal finally cuts. It freaked me out because space is scary.

Current Mood: sleepy

Task #2 of the BookRiot Read Harder Challenge:

🔪A book of true crime - Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic, and Madness at the Fair that Changed America by Erik Larson

I was dancing around this title for years, and never took the plunge because it appeared to be more geared toward the World's Fair in Chicago. My intuition was correct. It seemed like every two chapters you would read a bit about H.H. Holmes and the rest was the inception, construction, and completion of building the "White City". Turns out this fair was the first place a Ferris Wheel was constructed, so that was an interesting tidbit.

Current Mood: hungry

Task #1 of the BookRiot Read Harder Challenge:

💀A book published posthumously - The Mysterious Stranger by Mark Twain

I saw a snippit of this story depicted in my all-time favorite movie from when I was a youngster - The Adventures of Mark Twain, a claymation film. It dragged on a bit but it was a good representation of the main subject - A lack of a moral sense in the angel named Satan and how it affects the life of three boys. "I can do no wrong for I do not know what it is."

Also, for my Goodreads 2018 reading challenge, I am up to 6 books so far! I'm a madman!!

Current Mood: dorky

I read a great e-book called The Day I Died by Ray Harris. I read a lot of NDE books, but this one was great because he was instructed to bring back a message to humanity. This book wasn't cheesy, I liked it a lot. The only gripe is his shameless plugs toward the middle/end of his other e-books. he also talks about 5th dimension awareness, which is the concept that past present and future are occurring simultaneously (not linear) and that we are all connected. There is no separation despite the fact being in a body gives us a sense of separateness.

From the book:

•First dimension: The scientific description of One Dimension is a horizontal line. A line that is either from left to right or right to left. There is no up or down. A consciousness that lives in One Dimension cannot perceive any higher dimension than this, not because the higher dimensions are not there, but because it cannot expand its consciousness to that higher level of understanding.

•Second dimension: The scientific description of Two Dimensions is a flat surface (or even a flat surface that’s been bent into a tube). That means that in this dimension, there is forward and back, and left and right that can be experienced.

•Third Dimension: The scientific description of Three Dimensions is a Cube, Cylinder or Sphere, where a creature can move left and right, forward and backwards and up and down. In other words, in a Three-Dimensional world, it could move in any direction within that Cube, Cylinder or Sphere.

•Fourth dimension: The scientific description of the Fourth Dimension is a temporal dimension, being the dimension of time.

•Fifth dimension: To put it simply, the concept of Fifth-Dimensional Consciousness is largely about comprehending the existence of life in all of its various potentialities as one entity. It is a Dimension that brings space-time into a conscious understanding that all things are happening now. The Fifth Dimension and the associated elevated awareness that accompanies it, create a movement of consciousness rather than a movement on the physical plane.

Once we change our perspective, this raises our vibrations and we can ascend to said vibrations in our waking life. This may sound like crazy-town but it resonates with me. I especially like when he discusses the dying process. I'd love your input!

I just finished reading the start of another series (The Order of the Sanguines) called The Blood Gospel.

A soldier, a priest, and an archeologist walk into a bar... not really. They are all in Israel in an attempt to uncover the Blood Gospel, a book reportedly written by Christ in his own blood. And hey! The Bathory story is also woven into this story. There are vampires, called the Strigoi, and those called Sanguinists. The latter are priests that follow the church and drink a wine infused with Christs blood by special consecration or blessing, as opposed to human blood. This is all brought about by an old prophecy and the book ends before a new mission so I am assuming book 2 will pick right up.

Another book I am reading, published in 1887, is called Ten Days in a Mad-House written by a woman named Nellie Bly, a reporter, who fakes her way into an insane asylum in order to report her findings on the treatment of patients, etc... I instantly think Lana Winters from season 2 of American Horror Story.

Current Mood: thoughtful

Just finished this psychedelic gem. The only statement I can offer after reading this is that I'd like to try mescalin. Just half of the usual dose, because that's how I do. I know I'm in the right state of mind to go on this journey ;). The fact remains... we don't grow peyote 'round these parts.

(I hope there are no Beetlejuice sand-worms here)

( Like so... )

Current Mood: caffeinated

I finished Heartsick by Cain. I loved it. I am already on to the second one, called Sweetheart.

( Spoilers )

Current Mood: bouncy

I'm sick for the second time this year, which is unusual, but the germs just become germier until one day we cannot stand.

At least there is a NEW Twin Peaks teaser showing some of our favs 25yrs later. I'm pretty stoked about the whole thing, but unless I go to my mom's to watch I won't be able to see it until the next day.

I'm reading Norse Mythology by Neil Gaiman. It's simple to read, and entertaining. It's also not long as hell, which I appreciate. If you love Norse mythology, definitely read it.

Current Mood: sick

The fact that this boy made it through his childhood trauma is a genuine miracle. While "multiple personalities" is still doubted today, this book takes you through a harrowing tale of a boy who acts out in a violent way. He loses time and forgets people and things. In this book, his adoptive mother takes you with her on the journey from adoption, to hospitalizations, to horrible flashbacks and blackouts and then comes full circle with therapy, integration, and recovery.

( Spoilers... )

Current Mood: sympathetic

Talk about a dysfunctional family built upon a grave filled with lies and secrets! In trying to hide trauma, a family decides to take measures that only make matters worse. Poor, sweet Audrina. What's most horrifying is that the subject matter in these books are occurring in families all around the world.

( Spoilers... )

Current Mood: weirded out

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Entries tagged with book reviews

Working Stiff

Classic Genre Fiction

A Book of True Crime

Read Harder

5-D Living

New Series and an Older Book

The Doors of Perception, Huxley

Heartsick

Saturn's Day

The Magic Castle by Carole Smith

My Sweet Audrina by V.C. Andrews

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