Thanks Caitlin for suggesting this week’s TTT topic, circulated and promoted by That Artsy Reader Girl! I’ve been sort of kind of procrastinating on the following books for very different reasons.
Other Minds: The Octopus, the Sea, and the Deep Origins of Consciousness
I love cephalopods, like many others. My mom once asked why all her high school students were obsessed with kraken and what they even were and I wrote her a mini research paper. I’m just not sure what to expect from this book and I don’t want to lose the wonderment of these intelligent, graceful, mysterious creatures of the deep.
Robot Sex: Social and Ethical Implications (The MIT Press)
It sounds like this is more of a thesis which worries me for two reasons: I’m concerned that since it’s written by MIT technical students it will be very over my head and also that it will be exceptionally dry as a read.
Microaggressions in Everyday Life: Race, Gender, and Sexual Orientation
This is a textbook a woman who was in my book club was reading for school. It would be helpful given my career in HR and just for self improvement and insight.
I want to read it because I understand the severely negative effects of microaggressions, which also makes me apprehensive as I’m sure I’ll find out how terrible of a person I am and how many micro-aggressive transgressions I make in a day. I also am not one hundred percent on the ball with reading a textbook for leisure.
The Other Einstein
I’m hesitant as I think it will be a lot of fictionalized scenarios involving or revolving around the Mrs. and the last book I read with a fictional version of Einstein was The Einstein Prophecy and I didn’t get much insight into him or anything about him that wasn’t already known, that he was a quirky, exceptionally intelligent man.
The Frame-Up (The Golden Arrow Mysteries Book 1)
I know I know I know, don’t judge a book by it’s cover, but the cover artwork does seem to target a younger audience. GoodReads doesn’t say that this is a YA novel but even the summary sounds like a great read for older teens. I haven’t been connecting to YA novels because I don’t connect with the internal or external issues that the characters deal with.
The World of Lore: Dreadful Places
I listen to Aaron Mahnke’s podcast, Lore, and I love it. This book, though, might just be a written version of episodes. One episode I listened to recently was about the Stanley Hotel in Colorado and the summary of the book references this as one of the “dreadful places” that Mahnke takes the reader to.
To the Bridge: A True Story of Motherhood and Murder
This is the true story about a woman, Amanda Scott-Smith, who drove to a bridge and tossed her seven-year-old daughter and four-year-old son over the side. Written by a journalist who dug into why she did this as well as documents and other items withheld before and during the trial. I can’t imagine a validation for throwing two kids over a bridge.
Lady Cop Makes Trouble (A Kopp Sisters Novel Book 2)
I loved Kopp Sister Book 1, Girl Waits with Gun, and I’m worried I may not like the sequel as much.
The Uncertain Art: Thoughts on a Life in Medicine
I’m a healthcare administrator, my background is human resources, patient scheduling, and clinical staffing. There is a high probability that this is geared toward medical professionals (doctors, nurses, nursing assistants, medical assistants, techs, etc.) and that I won’t gain from it or connect to it.
Zen and the Art of Making a Living: A Practical Guide to Creative Career Design
I feel like there is a good chance that Boldt gives unrealistic suggestions or that it’ll be tacky and not useful in general. I do love me some self-help and it’s no secret that we can all use some more zen in our lives, improve on less stress at work, and not bringing business stresses home to our personal lives. I also am not sure I’m prepared to make the changes this book might suggest, if they’re actually helpful. Change is hard.
Got books you’re procrastinating on? Read any of the above and can talk me down from this ledge? Comment! Give me some deets!
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