Rebecca's Write Inspirations

I think it's always good to start somewhere when you want to learn more about yourself, your health, and your brain. Overall, the brain is a mystery to doctors across the world. Once they feel they've started to understand one aspect of the brain, the way it learns or how it processes emotions, they soon find out that there are many more pieces to the puzzle that they haven't uncovered yet.  Bill Bryson recently published The Body: A Guide For Occupants ,  another excellent read, that shares its own section on the brain and of what and how it is made up and of its  functions. An interesting and factual read, it also sheds light on the complexity of the brain and its workings. He's very frank in his appraisal that the brain is the "most extraordinary thing in the universe..." (pg 48). His book dives into the research started years ago and demonstrates how far from learning, in particular, how memory, in this case, works but as to "how difficult it is to

As you may have noticed, I'm a fan of reading a plethora of genres. Throughout this willingness to take on new reading experiences, I find myself drawn to books that others share with me as well. When a friend mentions a book that he or she has loved, especially from their childhood, I find myself wanting to read the book. This is such a case as the one with My Side of the Mountain by Jean Craighead George . When I was told that this book represented a large part of my friend's childhood, I was intrigued. I wondered how this book, read repeatedly throughout the years, could have impacted my new friend. Curiosity led me to pick up my own copy and find out more about this novel starring a young boy who wanted to live off in the country all by himself.   Jean Craighead George passed away in 2012, and up until the end, she did what she loved doing best: writing books. She finished her last novel about four days before she died. That book, The Cougar of Flat Creek , as we

Truman Capote is a name almost synonymous with In Cold Blood and Breakfast at Tiffany's . Both literary works have been acknowledged as Capote's most popular and often read works from his career as an American novelist, short-story writer, and playwright. He received four O. Henry Memorial Awards for his work, including a short story called "Miriam."  Born and raised in New Orleans, Louisiana on September 30th, 1924, Truman Streckfus Persons became Truman Capote during his writing life and passed away in Los Angeles, California on August 25th, 1984. During his lifetime, he became engrossed with journalism at one point in his writing career, and this evolved into his research and narrative nonfiction book, In Cold Blood .  In 1959, a family of four were murdered in their home, and the reason pointed to robbery, but the police had a difficult time finding the culprits at first. Shortly after hearing about the Clutters, Capote decided this was the story he w

When you're reading one book, and you go to another and think, "This reminds me of the last book I just read," it feels like a wonderful text-to-text moment. You're able to see the connections from one read to the next, and it brings what you read to an even more mind-blowing place. Because you find that the experiences, wisdom, and knowledge are being taken to a whole new level and have another author's voice to back up what you're learning.  That is an amazing experience. It gives me the chills when I think of the handful of times  that's happened, and the reasons why something in one book strikes me as connecting with something I read in another book. I love it!  So, what are these two books, you ask? Well, they are the two books that I'm posting reviews for simultaneously today. The other review might have caught your eye already: Nobody's Victim by Carrie Goldberg , and this book Red Flags  by Wendy L. Patrick Ph.D.