So now it is your turn: what books have you read recently? Anything worth sharing? How do you remember the books you have read?

It is a love story of two people living in two very different places, trying to finally reach each other. It was sweet and so very romantic. Now, 20-some years into marriage and working in the mental health field, I am deeply concerned about Griffin.

4. The Book that Reads VERY Differently the Second Time: Griffin & Sabine by Nick Bantok. This series of books is written in the form of postcards and letters which one literally opens, telling of the mysterious connection between the two titular characters.

3. Best Fluff: Bookshops and Bonedust by Travis Baldree. I'm not into DnD but everyone around me is, which is how I found this book. It is perfect reading for those days the world is burning up around us.

people's behavior with us. Are they an asshole? From there the book provides practical insight into navigating the assholes of life in a way that I still find superior to most things I have read from the pop psych world on narcissism.

Rather than focusing on people's diagnoses, which isn't our business unless we are their therapist, and avoiding stigmatizing mental health issues in general by making a mental health diagnosis an insult, this book encourages us to focus on people's behavior with us.

2. Best Non-Fiction: The No Asshole Rule by Robert I. Sutton. I first read this book when in came out in 2006 or so. As our culture has shifted in the last 20 years to focusing on narcissism and personality disorders, I find this book so much better than any accusation of narcissism.

1. Book that proves our high school literature teachers had good taste: The Scarlett Letter. Hester Prynne is a badass. I have so much respect for her.

20 Non-fiction (three not related to work)
23 Fiction
1 Mythology
Notable awards for the books this year go to:

For those who have known me for a while, I know what you are thinking. It is November 1st; will she be posting her book list again this year? The answer is, absolutely YES!
Between November 1st 2024 and October 31st, 2025 I completed 44 books.

We now live in a democracy for corporations and serfdom for the rest of us.

Colorado Springs says Hands Off!

Let's cause some good trouble, necessary trouble, to redeem the soul of our nation.

*endorsed

Go to you senators' and representatives' offices. Their staff is polite. They take notes. Be prepared for dialogue over argument. Bring a relevant story to back up your position. Focus on the win-win. 10 minutes with your representatives is more powerful than any share on social media.

Medicaid and Medicare health care payments were temporarily stopped yesterday. AP News says that it shouldn't be affected no matter Monday's court decision on the freeze, but clearly the freeze had the effect once already. This is chaos.

I got an email from my state to all healthcare providers who take Medicaid that funding for Medicaid had stopped abruptly today but has been reinstated and seems to be okay moving ahead. Not that it was a mistake or just rumors, but that it did actually stop.

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