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I just finished a slice of New York Cheesecake, yumm yummm

The Lucifer Effect by Phillip Zimbardo Synopsis (from Amazon) In The Lucifer Effect, the award-winning and internationally respected psychologist, Philip Zimbardo, examines how the human mind has the capacity to be infinitely caring or selfish, kind or cruel, creative or destructive. He challenges our conceptions of who we think we are, what we believe we will never do - and how and why almost any of us could be initiated into the ranks of evil doers. At the same time he describes the safeguards we can put in place to prevent ourselves from corrupting - or being corrupted by - others, and what sets some people apart as heroes and heroines, able to resist powerful pressures to go along with the group, and to refuse to be team players when personal integrity is at stake. Using the first in-depth analysis of his classic Stanford Prison Experiment, and his personal experiences as an expert witness for one of the Abu Ghraib prison guards, Zimbardo's stimulating and provocative book raises fundamental questions about the nature of good and evil, and how each one of us needs to be vigilant to prevent becoming trapped in the 'Lucifer Effect', no matter what kind of character or morality we believe ourselves to have. The Lucifer Effect won the William James Book Award in 2008. Review Oh how long have I been reading this book? Seems like I have been reading it for months! It has taken a long time but not because it's uninteresting or badly written. In fact of the psychology books I've read aimed at none psychologists this is probably the best written. It doesn't use too much specialised language and, unlike the others I've read, when it does it seems to be explained well. I'm probably not the best person to say that as I have a psychology degree but I was trying to think of how people who know little about psychology would view it. Despite a good writing style I can't really say that it was easy to read. The subject matter was quite disturbing, in parts things which happened during the Stanford Prison Experiment and at Abu Ghraib were described in such detail that it actually made me feel a bit ill, there were pictures from Abu Ghraib that I've never seen before, and were nasty. The thought that anybody, any normal person, could do those sort of things is disturbing because it's one of those things you never imagine you could do, but maybe that's wrong. I'm glad to be aware of it though, it's like a guard against it. Certainly not an easy book to read, but an important one I think, and very interesting, I definitely recommend it. 4/5

You should catwoman, it's good, better than The Big Over Easy, at least in my opinion.

I read New Moon straight away, but I haven't read the other yet.

(Literally) just finished The Lucifer Effect

Yes I shall borrow Gone with the Wind off Mum, luckily it's one I should easily be able to get hold of. Oh and Frankie have you seen the ladybird note books (note books with the covers from ladybird fairytale books)? I think penguin do similar ones too. Rory would approve I think!

Have decided to take part in the Rory Gilmore Booklist challenge this year. So have a look at my lists (what I've already read and what I want to try and read) on the front page. I'd love opinions of which I should read. Am also adding what I've got or can easily borrow to my TBR pile

I copied the list last night, and marked out what I've read and what I want to read (but can probably be persuaded to read more). What I want to read: Atonement by Ian McEwan The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath Beloved by Toni Morrison Catch-22 by Joseph Heller Charlotte's Web by E. B. White Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoevsky Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson Emma by Jane Austen Fahrenheit 9/11 by Michael Moore The Fellowship of the Ring: Book 1 of The Lord of the Ring by J. R. R. Tolkien Frankenstein by Mary Shelley George W. Bushism: The Slate Book of the Accidental Wit and Wisdom of our 43rd President by Jacob Weisberg The Gnostic Gospels by Elaine Pagels The God of Small Things by Arundhati Roy Gone with the Wind by Margaret Mitchell The Gospel According to Judy Bloom The Graduate by Charles Webb The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald Hamlet by William Shakespeare Henry IV, part I by William Shakespeare Henry IV, part II by William Shakespeare Henry V by William Shakespeare High Fidelity by Nick Hornby The Hunchback of Notre Dame by Victor Hugo (Have started this one as a reading circle book on here but couldn't get past the first 100 pages, still I may go back to it) Macbeth by William Shakespeare Middlesex by Jeffrey Eugenides Northanger Abbey by Jane Austen Oryx and Crake by Margaret Atwood The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde Rapunzel by Grimm Brothers Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier The Return of the King: The Lord of the Rings Book 3 by J. R. R. Tolkien Rosemary's Baby by Ira Levin The Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk Kidd Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen The Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafon Slaughter-house Five by Kurt Vonnegut Snow White and Rose Red by Grimm Brothers The Sonnets by William Shakespeare Sophie's Choice by William Styron Tuesdays with Morrie by Mitch Albom The Virgin Suicides by Jeffrey Eugenides Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West by Gregory Maguire The Wizard of Oz by Frank L. Baum Wuthering Heights by Emily Bront� War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy And have read: To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee The Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey Niffenegger The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest by Ken Kesey Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck My Sister's Keeper by Jodi Picoult The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold Life of Pi by Yann Martel The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bront� Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire by J. K. Rowling Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J. K. Rowling Girl, Interrupted by Susanna Kaysen The Five People You Meet in Heaven by Mitch Albom The Da Vinci Code by Dan Brown The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark Haddon The Catcher in the Rye by J. D. Salinger Brick Lane by Monica Ali Babe by Dick King-Smith Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank Angela's Ashes by Frank McCourt Alice in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll (but so long ago my Mum actually read it to me) 1984 by George Orwell Am not actually thinking I will read all the ones I want to but will add what I have or can borrow to my TBR pile and the others can go on my bookmooch wishlist

I enjoyed the first few episodes but my digibox cut off the end of both of them, grrrr.

Well had my appointment today, I have changed my drugs. I have to ween myself off pizitofen first though, which I am not looking forward to! My new one is Amitriptyline and it's actually an anti-depressant but works to reduce migraines in small quantities, I'm trying Rizatriptan too for when I actually get a migraine.

I have just over 40 pages left of The Lucifer Effect, and am on the last chapter.

Ok, now I'm intrigued!

How old are you book fiend? Mine started when I was about 11, and they started getting worse when I was about 20, that's when I went on the pizitofen, and when I started getting hormone related ones (which the pill helped with, but now I'm not allowed on it).

Got about 80 pages of The Lucifer Effect left now, if I don't finish it this week, someone poke me til I do!

Glee, I taped it last night.

Am going to the doctors this week about my migraines, because despite recently upping my dose of pizitofen I've had 2 migraine since Christmas. Last time I was told the only other drugs I could try were beta blockers, which would make me tired, or epilepsy meds which carry all kinds of side effects. Am thinking of trying something new for when I actually get a migraine too, even if it's just enough to last me till the end of my shift at work that would be great (but probably a bit optimistic).

Generation XXL

Oh I'd love to join in this one! I agree we should pick our own though.

Have got just over 100 pages left of The Lucifer Effect now

I haven't seen an episode in ages either, I'm always at work when it's on.

Is it bad I like that idea?

lol, it is no wonder. Bless her I love how nervous she gets.

Holy Grail is my favourite Monty Python. I love brave Sir Robin...or at least his minstrels!

Have you never had cookie dough ice-cream frankie? It is soooo good, I wish we could buy just cookie dough here.

I would normally called soda a fizzy drink, but if I heard pop that would be a fizzy drink too (although I've known squash to be called pop too). The boyfriend insists on calling squash juice which is just confusing because if you call squash juice what do you call juice? It was cute when Rory and Dean were in that shy phase, and she wouldn't even tell Lorelei about the kiss!