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  • moretonbayfig
    moretonbayfig Australia Posts: 805
    'Lost in Translation' by Nicole Mones - beautifully written, subtle and engaging. Not at all like the movie (in a good way).
  • F Me In The Brain
    F Me In The Brain this knows everybody from other commets Posts: 31,804
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    First one was great, this started off well.
    The love he receives is the love that is saved
  • The Longest Ride - Nicholas Sparks
  • vant0037
    vant0037 Posts: 6,170
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  • Jnich2424
    Jnich2424 Posts: 608
    I want to start reading this one. It's on my Kindle and I am planning on starting it soon. Reviews have been amazing for it.


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    You’ve never read a book like The Reason I Jump. Written by Naoki Higashida, a very smart, very self-aware, and very charming thirteen-year-old boy with autism, it is a one-of-a-kind memoir that demonstrates how an autistic mind thinks, feels, perceives, and responds in ways few of us can imagine. Parents and family members who never thought they could get inside the head of their autistic loved one at last have a way to break through to the curious, subtle, and complex life within.

    Using an alphabet grid to painstakingly construct words, sentences, and thoughts that he is unable to speak out loud, Naoki answers even the most delicate questions that people want to know. Questions such as: “Why do people with autism talk so loudly and weirdly?” “Why do you line up your toy cars and blocks?” “Why don’t you make eye contact when you’re talking?” and “What’s the reason you jump?” (Naoki’s answer: “When I’m jumping, it’s as if my feelings are going upward to the sky.”) With disarming honesty and a generous heart, Naoki shares his unique point of view on not only autism but life itself. His insights—into the mystery of words, the wonders of laughter, and the elusiveness of memory—are so startling, so strange, and so powerful that you will never look at the world the same way again.

    In his introduction, bestselling novelist David Mitchell writes that Naoki’s words allowed him to feel, for the first time, as if his own autistic child was explaining what was happening in his mind. “It is no exaggeration to say that The Reason I Jump allowed me to round a corner in our relationship.” This translation was a labor of love by David and his wife, KA Yoshida, so they’d be able to share that feeling with friends, the wider autism community, and beyond. Naoki’s book, in its beauty, truthfulness, and simplicity, is a gift to be shared.
  • Who Princess
    Who Princess out here in the fields Posts: 7,305
    Just finished this one:

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    Now reading:

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    "The stars are all connected to the brain."
  • ShimmyMommy
    ShimmyMommy Posts: 7,505
    Another jammer just mentioned I should check out Ishmael by Daniel Quinn...so that's what I am starting today :mrgreen:
    Lots of love, light and hugs to you all!
  • Another jammer just mentioned I should check out Ishmael by Daniel Quinn...so that's what I am starting today :mrgreen:
    a very interesting read, for sure.
    We were but stones your light made us stars
  • ShimmyMommy
    ShimmyMommy Posts: 7,505
    Another jammer just mentioned I should check out Ishmael by Daniel Quinn...so that's what I am starting today :mrgreen:
    a very interesting read, for sure.

    I hope so...I love books with interesting things :mrgreen:
    Lots of love, light and hugs to you all!
  • peacefrompaul
    peacefrompaul Posts: 25,293
    Excerpts from The Social Construction of Reality by Peter L. Berger and Thomas Luckmann
  • smarchee
    smarchee Windsor, Ontario Posts: 14,539
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  • jumbojet
    jumbojet Posts: 1,484
    Norwegian Wood by Haruki Murakami

    Just ordered Kafka on the shore of Murakami. Inspired by Stone. :geek:
    What's your part, who you are?

    2012: Arras, Berlin 1-2
    2013: Sao Paulo, Buenos Aires
    2014: Milano, Trieste, Vienna, Berlin
    2016: NY MSG 1
  • jumbojet
    jumbojet Posts: 1,484
    Jnich2424 wrote:
    I want to start reading this one. It's on my Kindle and I am planning on starting it soon. Reviews have been amazing for it.

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    You’ve never read a book like The Reason I Jump. Written by Naoki Higashida, a very smart, very self-aware, and very charming thirteen-year-old boy with autism, it is a one-of-a-kind memoir that demonstrates how an autistic mind thinks, feels, perceives, and responds in ways few of us can imagine.

    Wow, thank you, I would definitely be into this one, have a close family member suffering from mild autism.
    What's your part, who you are?

    2012: Arras, Berlin 1-2
    2013: Sao Paulo, Buenos Aires
    2014: Milano, Trieste, Vienna, Berlin
    2016: NY MSG 1
  • jumbojet
    jumbojet Posts: 1,484
    wasa1971 wrote:
    I started reading How to Win Friends and Influence People, but had to take a break. So I'm halfway through that.
    I tried to read this a couple of times, just didn't hold my attention. Now I'm reading Snakes in Suits, quite entertaining and relateable to people I have worked with over the years.

    I also cannot read any self-help books. :roll:
    What's your part, who you are?

    2012: Arras, Berlin 1-2
    2013: Sao Paulo, Buenos Aires
    2014: Milano, Trieste, Vienna, Berlin
    2016: NY MSG 1
  • jumbojet
    jumbojet Posts: 1,484
    mcgruff10 wrote:
    Stalingrad by anthony beevor. Man both the Germans and Russians were sick fuckers in ww2.

    Hell yeah. :!: :!: :twisted:
    What's your part, who you are?

    2012: Arras, Berlin 1-2
    2013: Sao Paulo, Buenos Aires
    2014: Milano, Trieste, Vienna, Berlin
    2016: NY MSG 1
  • jumbojet
    jumbojet Posts: 1,484
    Up next....one from our very own:

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    :)

    Still need to check "Bioluminescence" in the dictionary. :)
    What's your part, who you are?

    2012: Arras, Berlin 1-2
    2013: Sao Paulo, Buenos Aires
    2014: Milano, Trieste, Vienna, Berlin
    2016: NY MSG 1
  • guypjfreak
    guypjfreak Posts: 2,281
    http://undpress.nd.edu/book/P00504 good read .

    just finished the air war over Malta which was great amazing that they had more bombs dropped on them than London and the island is smaller than London .must go there again lovely place ..
  • Byrnzie
    Byrnzie Posts: 21,037
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    Frank Edwards - 'Strange People - Strange, sub-human, Superhuman People who have baffled the World'

    The Monkey girl and the alligator boy
    The woman who came back from the dead
    People who could see without eyes
    The man who was hanged three times
    The man with the radar brain
    The boy who returned from the grave
    The man with the burning breath
    The man with four eyes
    The mentalist who solved murders
    The man who never slept
    The elephant boy and the dog-faced boy
    The man who could see through the Earth
    The man who would not die
    The girl who could read un-opened letters

    and much, much more!
  • ShimmyMommy
    ShimmyMommy Posts: 7,505
    Another jammer just mentioned I should check out Ishmael by Daniel Quinn...so that's what I am starting today :mrgreen:
    a very interesting read, for sure.

    I hope so...I love books with interesting things :mrgreen:

    I have finished it...wow...the depth of it was excellent...now off to find "My Ishmael" :mrgreen:
    Lots of love, light and hugs to you all!
  • Almost done with the last lecture.