What I'm Reading-December 2019

I truly love books, and visit my local library frequently. I'm sure some of you love to read too, and might be interested in some recommendations. So, I have decided that since I need content and you might want some reccos, I will post what I'm reading once a month. I encourage you to share what you are reading or what your favorites are with me on Instagram, Twitter or through email. Honestly, you can share anything with me really. I'm totally here for you.

"Twisted Twenty-Six" by Janet Evanovich

I have been obsessed with this series for years. I think I started the series when she was on book seven. She releases a new book every November, and I look forward to it all year. I am devouring it right now and should have it finished up in no time as it is an easy, fun read. I cannot recommend this series enough. Here is the rundown:

How far will Stephanie Plum go to protect the one person who means the most to her? The stakes have never been higher than they are in this latest adventure from #1 New York Times bestselling author Janet Evanovich.

"Bedlam: An Intimate Journey Into America's Mental Health Crisis by Kenneth Paul Rosenberg, MD

This book sounds really interesting. I love anything that focuses on how broken the mental health system is in the United States. I think it's important to keep shining a light on the dark corners of the mental health industry to expose all of the ways people are mistreated.

A psychiatrist and award-winning filmmaker exposes the mental health care crisis in the United States, and shares his harrowing personal experience with the system.

"Astro Poets" by Dorthea Lasky and Alex Dimitrov

I love all things astrology. I really enjoy learning about my sign and everything that goes along with it. And I really believe in horoscopes and read them daily. This book has it all, and is written in a really quirky way that makes it fun to read.

Full of insight. advice, and humor for every sign in the zodiac, the Astro Poets' unique brand of astrological flavor has made them internet sensations. Their long-awaited first book is in the grand tradition of Linda Goodman's Sun Signs but made for the world we live in today.

"Losing Reality: On Cults, Cultism, and the Mindset of Political and Religious Zealotry" by Robert Jay Lifton

This book really interested me because I am currently writing an outline for a book that is about this very same thing. I find cults and extremist groups to be very intriguing and the psychology behind their choices fascinating. I am really excited to read this one.

The author is a National Book Award-winning psychiatrist, historian, and public intellectual. In this book, he proposed a radical idea: that the psychological relationship between extremist political movements and fanatical religious cults may be much closer than anyone thought. Exploring the most extreme manifestations of human zealotry, Lifton highlights an array of leaders-from Mao to Hitler to the Japanese apocalyptic cult leader Shoko Asahara to Donald Trump-who have sought the control of human minds and the ownership of reality.

"I Know What I Saw: Modern Day Encounters With Monsters of New Urban Legend and Ancient Lore by Linda S. Godfrey

This book is all about weird encounters with weird things and I am so down.

Linda Godfrey is one of the country's leading authorities on modern-day monsters and has interviewed countless eyewitnesses to strange phenomena. In this well-researched book, Godfrey explores uncanny encounters with werewolves, goat men, Bigfoot, and more.

"The In-Betweens: Spiritualists, Mediums, and Legends of Camp Etna" by Mira Ptacin

This really spoke to the same part of me that loves astrology. I love all things mystical and this book sounds like magic.

"A marvelous exploration of a lost bit of history as well as a journalist's deep dive into the idiosyncratic world of American Spiritualism" -Susan Orlean, author of The Library Book