1shrram
Hi everyone, so excited to be here! I’m new to LibraryThing but am excited to see how enthusiastic readers are on here about supporting each other through their journeys of finding new things to read. I’m an undergrad at Georgia Tech, and have done a load of tech-related reading, but would love to get some refreshing new perspectives on some books as I near graduation. If anyone has any suggestions within these categories, I’m open to hearing, as I’m still in the process of finding ones that match these. If that’s a little vague of a request, feel free to suggest a couple of your favorites in my thread or on my wall :)
“We have to change books if we want books to change us”
1. Light-hearted romance: I read The Rosie Project last winter and appreciated it for how well it represented a unique form of love beginning. I have a preference for realistic fiction-like romance, but am open to other types.
2. Controversial & sociological perspectives: My friends say I have a rather EQ-driven mind, but I love to see my perspectives on the world challenged, especially when they relate to how people function in groups versus individual versus in other settings. We read an excerpt of the Presentation of Self by Goffman in class recently and it’s astounding to see such offensively, eye-opening views on human interaction.
3. Autobiographies: The Diary of Anne Frank was one of my childhood favorites, and now I’m reading the well-acclaimed Just Mercy in hopes of getting a more personal understanding of some of the most challenging times in history.
4. Neuroscience Nonfiction: I’ve been recommended to read The Brain That Changes Itself and its on my TBR, but would love to know of any others in this category.
5. Other misc genres: historical fiction, short story, young adult, classics, self-help
“We have to change books if we want books to change us”
1. Light-hearted romance: I read The Rosie Project last winter and appreciated it for how well it represented a unique form of love beginning. I have a preference for realistic fiction-like romance, but am open to other types.
2. Controversial & sociological perspectives: My friends say I have a rather EQ-driven mind, but I love to see my perspectives on the world challenged, especially when they relate to how people function in groups versus individual versus in other settings. We read an excerpt of the Presentation of Self by Goffman in class recently and it’s astounding to see such offensively, eye-opening views on human interaction.
3. Autobiographies: The Diary of Anne Frank was one of my childhood favorites, and now I’m reading the well-acclaimed Just Mercy in hopes of getting a more personal understanding of some of the most challenging times in history.
4. Neuroscience Nonfiction: I’ve been recommended to read The Brain That Changes Itself and its on my TBR, but would love to know of any others in this category.
5. Other misc genres: historical fiction, short story, young adult, classics, self-help
3shrram
Dibs in Search of Self by Virginia M. Axline
What a lovely read about an emotionally disturbed boy outproving his highly unattached and confused parents. It's fascinating to see how different forms of attention can affect a child's development.
What a lovely read about an emotionally disturbed boy outproving his highly unattached and confused parents. It's fascinating to see how different forms of attention can affect a child's development.
4shrram
The Ordinary Virtues by Professor Michael Ignatieff
A harder book for me to get to given the style and intensity of factual details was sometime overwhelming for my rather fiction-driven taste, but eye-opening in its content.
A harder book for me to get to given the style and intensity of factual details was sometime overwhelming for my rather fiction-driven taste, but eye-opening in its content.
