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Fire Away

I just finished reading Brain on Fire: My Month of Madness, by Susannah Cahalan, and although it's a cliche to say so, I truly could not put this book down. I read it on the bus; I read it on my lunch break; I read it at home when I was supposed to be washing dishes. What about this memoir makes it so engrossing? The story begins when then-24-year-old Susannah Cahalan, a sparky and driven reporter for the New York Post, suddenly starts acting strange: erratic behavior, wild mood swings, and symptoms like numbness and hallucinations. As her condition worsens, [...]

2016-12-31T17:58:59-07:00June 7th, 2013|Tags: , , |

“Going Clear”: A Master-piece?

Thanks to the library, I have my hot little hands on a copy of Going Clear: Scientology, Hollywood, and the Prison of Belief, by Lawrence Wright. Previously, I'd read Wright's fantastic article in the New Yorker about David Miscavige, the successor to Scientology's founder L. Ron Hubbard. And now there's so much more to wallow in! I'm only about 100 pages in so far, but already it's an astonishing portrait of a bizarre, delusional, overbearing, narcissistic larger-than-life personality. With this background, I'm now realizing how eerily accurate Philip Seymour Hoffman's performance in The Master really was. (It doesn't make me [...]

2016-12-31T17:59:01-07:00April 11th, 2013|Tags: , , |

More Book Swap Party Ideas

Everything You Need to Throw a Great Book Swap Party We’re big fans of the book swap party! It’s a fun, budget-friendly way to get new-to-you books and share your favorites with your friends. Read our book swap party guide to learn the basics, and then check out these ideas for book swap party invitations, games, menus, and activities — even a book swap party for kids.       Reader-friendly Invitations Send out some memorable DIY book swap party invitations made out of real Library Checkout Cards($10/pkg of 100). Use a good old-fashioned date stamp to mark the party [...]

2016-12-31T17:59:02-07:00March 6th, 2013|Tags: , |
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