What book do you wish more people would/have read?
 

Physique and Character, Manic-Depressive Insanity and Paranoia (Emil Kraepelin), My Hidden Race (Anyika Onuora), Ugly (can’t remember the name of the author but I remember reading it circa 2009, for whar it’s worth) and The Fall (Dayo Benson) are top-of-head ones for me.

Ugly: Constance Briscoe. That’s it.

Das Kapital.

The Quran

Altered Carbon.

Also I do really like Encyclopedias, so I would encourage people to read any of them tbh.

I love an encyclopaedia :lovedup:

Although when I hear the word or see one though I think of Joey in Friends. :laugh:

The Bible, King James Version

:laugh: Me too. I also think of him when anyon3 mentions a thesaurus

What Encyclopedias did Joey from Friends like to read?:laugh:

Out of interest, what Encyclopedias do you like to read, Benjamin?

The V volume. He kept trying to start a convo about Vesuvius, Vatican and vivisection :laugh:

Omg.:joker:

‘Bipolar disorder is a made-up disease that didn’t exist until celebrities came out of the woodworks to over-pathologise mood swangs. We all have our ups and downs.’

Manic-depressive insanity and paranoia says hello.

It’s true that there’s not a great deal of evidence surrounding this condition but they haven’t ploughed millions into research soooo


:: I think it’s a legit condition..

Stats indicate it tends to run in families..

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Mental health experts think it's a result of chemical imbalances in the brain. It seems to run in families, but no genes have yet been linked to it. It causes unusual mood swings. A person will have periods of extreme joy, elevated mood, or irritability (called mania).


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That’s exactly what I’m saying. I’m imploring people who underestimate the severity or legitimacy of bipolar disorder and depression to read that book (Manic-Depressive Insanity & Paranoia). For people who really want to know the historical and spiritual full spectrum of mood disorders/affective psychoses, that’s the book to dig into and put some shallow conceptions to bed. Ignorance from the general public and even some doctors (especially clueless GPs) has nothing to do with the rich historical veracity of these disorders.

The vague notion of “chemical imbalance” is a classic hallmark of people who don’t really have much to say when it comes to the aetiology of these mental illnesses.

Far from the Madding Crowd by Thomas Hardy.

The beano annual

Never got into Beano, but my grandfather loved Fred Bassett and loved those as a kid.

…I felt completely traumatised by a ‘scene’ in that…

…books/stories/movies etc are strange beasts, though…in that some have felt hugely impactful for me for so many reasons…but then, when others have read them…?…it’s more, yeah it was ok/fine, type thing…I think the meaning of these things come from us and the meaning we give them, rather than the book story itself…

Anyone got any books from childhood they’d still rake through given the chance?

Yep that makes sense.

Lots, the Chronicles of Narnia, the Ann of Green Gables books, Little Women, Octagon Magic, Wind in the Willows, The Secret Garden, Little House on the Prairie, Little House in the Big Woods, Swallows and Amazons, Lorna Doon... I read a lot as a kid and still have them all.

Ahhh Ann of Green Gables. Loved those books. Gilbert:love:

I loved the Anne Rice Vampire series (Interview with the Vampire etc) as a teen, I may re read them soon actually

Gil was my first love. You too?

Yes :love:

My friend and I loved these books too....

The far away tree and famous five were some of my faves when I was a kid.

:love: and to make it even better Christian Slater was in the film version and I was obsessed with him back then :laugh:

Yeah loved those too when I was a kid, the Secret Seven as well

I remember thinking tom Cruise would be rubbish as Lestat but he did a decent job.

I loved Christian Slater too :love:

Did you read the What Katy Did books too?

My mum always bought us books. I had a gorgeous set that were blue leatherette with gold leaf round the edges - I felt so fancy :laugh:

I wasn't gone on him as Lestat tbh I thought Brad Pitt was good as Louis though

Yes, I read the Katy books too.

That's the thing about you Annie. You are fancy.

I remember my Mum reading The Magic Faraway Tree to me when I was little. A very happy memory. I see Jacqueline Wilson has rewritten it. Can't imagine why.

…some great childhood books already mentioned and I loved Black Beauty, also …and The Railway Children…

Yes :love:

Are kids books still the same these days? Feels like we've lost that sense of imagination and adventure that used to define them but maybe I'm just being a grumpy old bugger

People say that with every generation that passes.

You're probably right but technology and social media have caused a massive change from even the 90s