Our Shelf for March is psychology. Thanks to Angela, our Shelf Picker for March. and thanks, Leonie, for reminding me to post this!!

The link below will take you directly to the psychology shelf:

http://www.goodreads.com/shelf/show/curr...

Please share book/s you're planning to read from this shelf

Hi - I'm new to this group. Can you pick any book within that link above, or does it have to be chosen from the first X number of shelves? Thanks.

I think I will be reading The Bell Jar.

Laura - Yes, you can choose any book off of the shelf.

I will pick Girl, Interrupted and Touched by Fire: Manic-Depressive Illness and the Artistic Temperament

One book I have wanted to read for ages. Thanks Angela for the shove Look Me in the Eye My Life with Asperger's

I'm planning to read The Bell Jar too!

I'm planning to read:

-The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time by Mark Haddon
-Man's Search for Meaning by Viktor E. Frankl

Thanks, Jamie!

My first will be The curious incident of the dog at Night-time.

Girl, Interrupted
The Curious Incident of the Dog at Night-time
A Child Called "It"
The Bell Jar

Will try these for now.

I'm going to start with An Unquiet Mind and then go from there.

I'm going to skip this month. After 20+ years in the field and multiple degrees, there isn't much here to broaden my horizons. I'll double up on a month where I haven't read hundreds of books in the genre.

I haven't a clue where to start with this genre, I know nothing about psychology and I can't say it's really something I've ever been interested in. Anyone got any ideas of where to start?

At the very least, I'm hoping to The Tipping Point by Malcolm Gladwell.

Sam, The Bell Jar is great. It's fiction but based on Sylvia Plath's own struggle with mental illness. A lot of the books that get classified as psychology are retellings of horrific abuse (ex. When Rabbit Howls and A Child Called "It") and they're not so easy to take. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Nighttime wasn't my favorite book but again, it's a novel and might be more enjoyable if you're not so into this genre. Good luck!

Sam - Girl, Interrupted or One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest would be interesting, I think. I'm reading The Bell Jar for another challenge, so it fits in well for me here.

This is a tough one for me. I hope to read The Bell Jar.

It will help with the Shelf-a-thon challenge, too :)

I am trying to stick with books I own, so I think I will read Running with Scissors.

I will be reading As Nature Made Him: The Boy who was raised as a Girl. When I seen what the topic was for this month I was a bit discouraged but pleasantly surprised when I saw the link. I do remember hearing about this man and have already starting reading the book today (it's nearly March) and 3 people I work with want to borrow it when I'm finished, they will have to draw straws or something!

I know this is not a typical topic, so I thought we should switch it up a little... I do apologize to those who do not really care for this genre.

I am going to try:
I Never Promised You a Rose Garden
Sybil
Girl Interrupted
Unquiet Mind
Five Languages of Love- this was highly recommended by a lot of people outside of GR

Hmmm, this is an interesting one - don't apologise Angela the point of this group is to take people out of their comfort zones.
I have Sybil round the house somewhere so I guess I'll find that and give it a go.

Thanks Joanie and Jamie for your suggestions, going to hit the library on the weekend and see which I can dig up, might try and get them all just for a bit of variety.

Thanks again for the help :-)

And I agree with Sarah, it's great to be taken out of your reading comfort zone that's the reason why I joined this group, to try new genres I would never have considered before.

I am now reading a book called Against Medical Advice: A True Story by James Patterson and Hal Friedman. This is an account about Hal Friedman's son who has a serious case of Tourettes, OCD and anxiety disorder. I started it last night and I am really enjoying it so far.

For those of you who like James Patterson, it is an excellent book for psychology. I know that one person currently has it on their psychology shelf, but because it is fairly new it might not meet the requirements of having to be books with at least 1000 people having this on their shelf as Karen listed in the rules.

I also recommend:
Switching Time: A Doctor's Harrowing Story of Treating a Woman with 17 Personalities by Richard Baer
A Child Called It
A Million Little Pieces:

I think the 1,000 people rule is only for selecting shelves for the month, not for selecting which books to read from those shelves. At least that is how I read the rule. I haven't been worrying about how many people have a particular book classified as our shelf of the month when choosing which books to read.

Edit: Oh, and I also wanted to say I'm excited to read something out of my comfort zone! That's one of the reasons I joined this group, so thank you, Angela. Not that I wouldn't be excited also if someone were to pick something like science fiction for next month. :)

I have read a bunch of books off this list (and I actually went through all 116 pages!) but I am going to look for something by William James, brother of Henry.

Totally off topic, I apologise, but has anyone seen or heard of a decent movie based on an Ayn Rand novel? Y'all seem the best group to ask.

Is there not a way to see if a book is in that bookshelf withouth having to search every page? There must be, I forgot how. I have been wanting to read: Cut by Patricia Mccormick, since it has been sitting on my shelf for a feew months now

Liz, go to the book page: Cut. Scroll down a bit and you'll see a list called "popular shelves" on the right. To see more than the top 10 shelves, click on the "More shelves" link in that box.

OMG! I feel so dumb. That was beyond easy. Thanks Luann. It is in the genre. YAY!

I'm going for:

Outliers
and (maybe)

Girl, Interrupted

No problem, Liz. Happy I could help.

I'm working on a brain book right now that's not on the list (hasn't been released yet). I'm finding it so great I don't want to get mixed up in my mind with other self-help/how-to's right away. (My book is a review book "Anatomy of Success"). I'm going to go with specific problems I think. I read Sybil, I Never Promised You a Rose Garden, and a book about Descartes' Bones in the past so maybe some of Oliver Sacks' books.

I have had Look Me in the Eye My Life with Asperger's, on my shelf for at least a year so this will give me a good reason to read it. I think I will also try to read A Beautiful Mind as well.

I am also going to try for books I already have on my To Read Pile. So I'm hoping to get through at least one of these, but I always find I'm a slower reader when it comes to books in this genre. I do have a question though. As I'm scrolling through the shelf's I find a lot of books that I don't think necessarily fit under that topic of shelf. I'm assuming they are still okay to read as someone else has placed them their, am I right on this?
For example I was planning on reading "Life of Pi" this month already when I noticed it's actually listed by 2 peoples shelf's on this months book shelf. Now my understanding is that this book is more philosophical then psychological, so does it still count? :o)

A Child Called "It": One Child's Courage to Survive by Dave Pelzer
Life of Pi by Yann Martel
Fight Club: A Novel by Chuck Palahniuk
The Power of Positive Thinking
by Norman Vincent Peale

Liz, Cut was pretty good-it was a really quick read. Her book Sold is supposed to be really good too.

Please don't apologize Angela-we're all here to expand our horizons and read things we might not normally read. That's what fun about this group!

I read "Look Me In The Eye..." I found it pretty interesting, I think those who are going to read it will enjoy it.

Well, I just finished a psychology book today but it isn't released yet so won't count. I made a list of about 13 books to check the library for and guess what? They don't have any of them. Well, I placed 3 on hold to come from anywhere across several hundred km, so who knows when they'll be available. One of the things to get used to in the wilds I guess. I'm going to check the used books store in the meantime.

Slayermel wrote: "I am also going to try for books I already have on my To Read Pile. So I'm hoping to get through at least one of these, but I always find I'm a slower reader when it comes to books in this genre. ..."

The simple answer is, yes. As long as someone has placed the book on the shelf, it counts :)

Karen, thank you soooo much! :0)

I'd like to read He'll Be Ok by Celia Lashlie - it isn't on the psychology shelves at goodreads but my library has it catalogued as psychology so is that OK? I have a gorgeous nearly 17 year old boy that i hope i can reassure myself will be ok despite being uncommunicative and lacking motivation.

Cathy wrote: "I'd like to read He'll Be Ok by Celia Lashlie - it isn't on the psychology shelves at goodreads but my library has it catalogued as psychology so is that OK? I have a gorgeous nearly 17 year old bo..."

Hi Cathy, that's fine too :) Not too strict with the monthly reads as long as they fit the bill.

The book I'm reading now is shelved under psychology, so that will be my March read:

In the Woods by Tana French.

I'm really, really enjoying this one!

So I just found out I am getting My Lobotomy from paperbackswap, so I am going to try and read it when I get it. This book has been on my wait list for awhile so I am excited.

I am enjoying "The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time", a perfect fit for me because I love mysteries and my daughter-in-law tutors autistic children.

This caught my eye: Sickened: The Memoir of a Munchausen by Proxy Childhood. I love psychology and it's fun to read about.

Seeing as I stuffed up my other psychology read by starting and finishing in Feb - I am now going to read Look me in the Eye My Life with Aspergers by John Elder Robinson.

Considering I messed up on everything, I'll be revising my books and shelves as soon as I can get all caught up with them. I'm 'way off the mark. I've only been counting the books in the featured category and ignoring all the other books I've read in the meantime.

I think I will read The Tipping Point. My husband just finished it so we will be able to discuss it together. We don't often read the same kind of books, so it is rare we can talk about one.