Reads and Recovery
Monthly featured books related to recovery, mental health, and wellness.
September Book Receives 5 tail wags
on the Recovery Readometer!
“The Bell Jar ” by Sylvia Plath (Author), Maggie Gyllenhaal (Narrator)
Here’s a view of our Recovery Readometer scale for your reference:
1 Bark – Not really engaging, but had a couple of interesting moments.
2 Wags – A pleasant read with some enjoyable parts.
3 Woofs – Engaging and enjoyable, a solid read.
4 Paws – Really loved this book; it was hard to put down.
5 Tail Wags – An all-time favorite, resonated deeply on a personal level.
Next Book Review Episode – October 30th
“An Anthropologist on Mars: Seven Paradoxical Tales ” by Oliver Sacks (Author, Narrator), Jonathan Davis (Narrator)
Welcome to Reads and Recovery, a unique and enriching segment of the podcast where literature meets personal growth. Here’s how you can join this transformative experience:
- Join the Discussion: After you’ve listened to or read the book of the month, join the discussion. Share your insights, reflections, and how the book’s themes relate to your own experiences at [email protected] or submit your comments here on the contact page.
- Monthly Book Selection: Each month, we choose a book that resonates with themes of recovery, self-discovery, and personal resilience. These carefully selected reads aim to inspire, challenge, and accompany you on your journey of healing and self-growth.
- Interactive Sessions: Look out for our monthly interactive posts on social media. These can include guided group reflections. These sessions are designed to deepen your understanding of the book and its relevance to your personal journey.
- Contribute to the Reading List: Feel inspired? Submit your suggestion for book of the month. Selected contributions will be featured on our Reads and Recovery segment.
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Reads and Recovery is more than just a book club; it’s a journey of collective healing and sharing through the power of literature. I’m excited to have you join me in this enriching experience where every page turned is a step forward in our journey of recovery.
Sep Book
“The Bell Jar “ by –
The Bell Jar chronicles the crack-up of Esther Greenwood: brilliant, beautiful, enormously talented, and successful but slowly going under – maybe for the last time. Sylvia Plath masterfully draws the reader into Esther’s breakdown with such intensity that Esther’s insanity becomes completely real and even rational, as probable and accessible an experience as going to the movies. Such deep penetration into the dark and harrowing corners of the psyche is an extraordinary accomplishment and has made The Bell Jar a haunting American classic.
Oct Book
“An Anthropologist on Mars: Seven Paradoxical Tales ” by Oliver Sacks (Author, Narrator), Jonathan Davis (Narrator) –
Fascinating portraits of neurological disorder in which men, women, and one extraordinary child emerge as brilliantly adaptive personalities, whose conditions have not so much debilitated them as ushered them into another reality.
Here are seven detailed narratives of neurological patients, including a surgeon consumed by the compulsive tics of Tourette’s syndrome unless he is operating; an artist who loses all sense of color in a car accident, but finds a new sensibility and creative power in black and white; and an autistic professor who cannot decipher the simplest social exchange between humans, but has built a career out of her intuitive understanding of animal behavior.