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Hello! I was on this forum something like 4 years ago... but then I went back to school for a second master's and haven't had time to do much reading since (I didn't quit my job so things got busy). But I'm done with all of my coursework and am DYING to get back into reading!! So here I...

Not my favorite Wally Lamb book, but still pretty good. Unpleasant at times, since there's a lot of self-destructive behavior, but I have a weakness for stories about human struggle and coming of age. Well-written, powerful, more realistic than a lot of stories out there. :) Honestly, I had...

The Amateur Marriage -- Anne Tyler The Wednesday Letters -- Jason Wright Without a Map -- Meredith Hall Home Safe -- Elizabeth Berg The Joke -- Milan Kundera She's Come Undone -- Wally Lamb

Finally just got around to reading this book. Not my favorite ever, but it was a good read, though I did find myself going through it quickly so that I could start on my next book. I liked that things didn't go the way that Ludvik had planned and that he wises up a bit, takes a more mature...

Maybe I'm missing something, but why will your sentences resemble someone else's book so closely if you're basing your arguments on the bible itself?

Yes. Plagiarism is stealing ideas, not just exact words, so throwing in some synonyms and rearranging a sentence or two or three doesn't make it your own, original idea. You can take information from someone else (as long as it's properly cited), but you absolutely have to put it entirely in...

YES, I AM ready to go back to school! I don't like my job prospects and have been looking around for a long time for a degree program that works for me. I really wanted to go for a PsyD (dr of psychology), but can't afford to give up my job for 5 years (Seriously, how would my rent get paid? The...

I worked in a correctional facility once, working one-on-one and in groups with the kind of people that are often considered "evil" -- those arrested for assault & battery, stealing, dealing drugs, etc. I have to say that being in that situation, talking with them, interacting with them, opened...

I hate when the second I get to work, my coworker starts peppering me with comments and questions about specific work-related issues. Please, for the love of God, give me time to unlock my filing cabinets, check my email, and drink some coffee.

Testimony - Anita Shreve Cutting for Stone - Abraham Verghese The Vanishing Act of Esme Lennox - Maggie O'Farrell Three Cups of Tea - Greg Mortensen & David Oliver Relin The White Tiger - Aravind Adiga The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society - Mary Ann Shaffer & Annie Barrows...

Haha this cracks me up. I got my BA in psychology while carrying a 3.94 GPA, and my MS while carrying a 3.87. I still haven't been able to find a real good job for myself, but I can't say that it ever occurred to me to sue someone because of that. Own up to your failures and move on, please...

I used to inadvertently steal paperbacks from my classrooms in elementary school because I always had a few going. I'd find them in my room somewhere halfway through the summer and think "Oooops!" Personally I don't think that I'd want to be going through books that quickly, even if I had the...

lmao. If my bf wasn't in the army and if it was legal... he'd do the same ;-)

Usually I just read one at a time, but lately I've gotten into audio books and have one of each (paper and audio), like saliotthomas does. Certainly makes walking the dog more productive ;-)

That article is so infuriating. Like walking past those books in a library (or *gasp* even reading them) is going to turn kids gay and make them have big sex orgies. Keep kids ignorant, that way they'll never be curious and want to experiment. Ugh. People. Come on.

I remember liking "Running with Scissors" much more than "Dry." I liked the crazy situations in Running with Scissors, and the fact that he was still a kid so there was time to make everything all better in his life. And nothing really seemed that serious. Dry was just plain depressing :-/ Then...

I find it disturbing that throughout high school and college, I had never even heard of Toni Morrison, much less had to read her novels for class. What were my English & Literature teachers/ professors thinking? It wasn't until I befriended an older, very intelligent librarian in grad school...

I requested this book from my library based on this thread, and I finally made my way to the top of the holds queue last week! Anyway, I'm about 3/4 of the way through, and the fact that I didn't find time to finish it last night makes me sad. At first, I read it obligingly, but the more that I...

When I was in 9th grade, my English teacher required outside "pleasure reading." Bookworm that I am, I started plowing through the Sue Grafton alphabet series ("A is for Alibi," "B is for Burglar," etc.). I went through them 2-3 a week until my teacher FORBADE me to read them anymore. She said...

Kinsey (famous sex researcher) found that for men, homosexuality is more of a black-and-white dichotomy: gay or straight. For women, however, homosexuality runs more on a continuum, so while some may be 100% gay or 100% straight, there are people all along the middle. Either way, there isn't a...