Comments on: Bibliotherapy Q&A

By: Brittany at Mommy Words

Brittany at Mommy Words — Sat, 05 Sep 2009 01:42:05 +0000

I am SO doing this meme. I love books. I live for books (and my family of course). I have never even heard of bibliotherapy but I could use a little therapy. Thanks so much!

By: geekymummy

geekymummy — Fri, 04 Sep 2009 05:45:33 +0000

Where on earth do you find the time to read so much NS? The one thing I miss the most about my life before kids is being able to completely lose myself in a good book, and sit and read it until I was done. This is one of the reasons I secretly love business trips and obsess about getting the perfect book to read on my flights. Margaret Atwood is one of my favourites (Love the Blind assasin), and John Irving (Either prayer for owen meany or a widow for one year). However I also quite liked Empire falls! I’ll check out some of your other authors. I’m a sucker for PD James, Ruth Rendall and possibly my all time favourite books are AS Byatt’s “Frederica” series, The Virgin in the Garden, Still Life, Babel Tower and A Whistling Woman. A wonderful history of one fictional womans journey though feminism in the 1950′s and 60′s.

By: andrea

andrea — Fri, 04 Sep 2009 00:31:20 +0000

i’m so glad you’re getting started on the bibliotherapy! (*pats self on back for remembering sister’s interest in school of life and giving such a fantastic gift) i think i’ll have to dust off my blog and post this “meme” for myself.

By: Jo

Jo — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 22:32:01 +0000

I need to read up on the School of Life, but I loved the Q&A. Very interesting questions that made you think before you answered.
Free therapy is always a good thing.
jo

By: andrea

andrea — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 22:12:35 +0000

I love it! You must get your hands on Zeitoun by Dave Eggers (new here). I actually didn’t like him before, but it’s amazing (about a Syrian-American family post-Katrina). ALSO, you should check out Elizabeth Strout (Amy and Isabelle/Olive Kitteridge). ALSO, I just finished Dan Balz and Haynes Johnson’s book The Battle for America 2008 – awesome awesome look at the election. I love that I left graduate school and can finally read things I love. I miss you!