30.2 Sassafrass's task: “What I want to be” meets “What did I become”...

[Foxy Grandma]

Looking for any suggestions for mystery/historical or paranormal for a computer tech or accounting Thanks

[Bea]

You've Got Murder by Donna Andrews - the first in a series about a computer becoming sentient and solving a murder and saving his tech.

Delightful read.

[Sassafrass]

That sounds really cute, Bea! And a great premise.

[Kate]

I am a tutor. Does Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell work?

[Sassafrass]

yep, that's been approved for jobs in education, so you're good!

[KSMary]

I also need suggestions. I currently work in property management.

[Kathy G.]

If realty works--- I found these mystery books where the main character is a realtor.

The Death Contingency

[Dlmrose, Moderator Emeritus]

Here's a resource of books by job
Stop You're Killing Me Job Index

[kiki]

i've got a question for "what i wanted to be"....when i was growing up i was fascinated with Wild Kingdom and any nature show and wanted to be one of those people out there with the animals. could i read something by Jane Goodall since she's out there with the animals??? specifically i was thinking of either In the Shadow of Man or Africa in My Blood: An Autobiography in Letters. thanks so much for your help! :)

[Foxy Grandma]

Dlmrose wrote: "Here's a resource of books by job
Stop You're Killing Me Job Index"

Thank You, Thank You, Thank You. I am no longer stressing over this task!!! :}

[Sassafrass]

kiki wrote: "i've got a question for "what i wanted to be"....when i was growing up i was fascinated with Wild Kingdom and any nature show and wanted to be one of those people out there with the animals. could..."

yep, those would work well.

[Sassafrass]

Dlmrose wrote: "Here's a resource of books by job
Stop You're Killing Me Job Index"

Thanks, Dlmrose!

[Sassafrass]

KSMary wrote: "I also need suggestions. I currently work in property management."

Kathy G's suggestion work. Property management/real estate are in the same type of work.

[kiki]

Sassafrass wrote: "kiki wrote: "i've got a question for "what i wanted to be"....when i was growing up i was fascinated with Wild Kingdom and any nature show and wanted to be one of those people out there with the an..."

great, thank you! :)

[★Meghan★]

Hello Ms. Sassy,

I realized that I didn't double check to make sure Frankenstein would work for scientist?

[Debra]

Please let me know if my 2 are ok:

Lilja's Library: The World of Stephen King This book is about Stephen King, my favorite author. When I was young, I wanted to be a writer.

The Alienist: The book features a psychologist. Although, I'm not a psychologist, I work in the mental health field in a type of therapy call Peer Support. This is where people living with mental illness help their peers in their recovery. I'm am trained and certified in this field.

[Sassafrass]

★Meghan★ wrote: "Hello Ms. Sassy,

I realized that I didn't double check to make sure Frankenstein would work for scientist?"

That's fine. :)

[Sassafrass]

Debra wrote: "Please let me know if my 2 are ok:

Lilja's Library: The World of Stephen King This book is about Stephen King, my favorite author. When I was young, I wanted to be a writer.

[boo..."

The second one works for mental health, no problem.

The first book works only if most of the book is about Stephen King and not just reviews of his works. I can't tell by the description if that's the case.

[Sassafrass]

Debra, I thought for sure I saw a reply to my last post on message 118 but it's not there. So if you had more information, please let me know. It's this part of the description that I am talking about:

"The reviews include detailed commentary on well-known works by and about Stephen King, along with details about the rare works you might not have heard of, including the original scripts for Hearts in Atlantis, Stud City, and dozens of others; the original pilot for The Dead Zone that never aired on TV; Walking The Mile: The Making Of (a book that has never been released); the Pet Sematary and Secret Window, Secret Garden UK dramatizations; the dozens of Dollar Babies, and more!

I don't know how much of the book that actually comprises.

[Debra]

Sassafrass wrote: "Debra, I thought for sure I saw a reply to my last post on message 118 but it's not there. So if you had more information, please let me know. It's this part of the description that I am talking ..."

Sorry... thought I deleted it before anyone could see it. I am going to look through the book before I decide to use it. If it's more about his works than himself, then I'll come up with something else.

Thanks for your help!

[Sassafrass]

Ok, Debra. I thought it was a glitch in goodreads. If it's mostly the interviews about Stephen King himself, I say go ahead and use it!

[Debra]

I found a different one by King that fits more closely to my early ambition of wanting to be a writer: Secret Windows: Essays and Fiction on the Craft of Writing by Stephen King. A book about writing by my favorite author - who could want more!?

[Kara]

Would this work? I wanted to be an economist in college, but I'm currently a project manager.

These are both non-fiction, so I wasn't sure if it fit with the theme.

Dear Undercover Economist
The Basics of Project Evaluation and Lessons Learned

(If not, there aren't many books about project managers, so I was thinking I could go the route of economics being what I was trained in and something else for what I wanted to be as a little kid.)

[Sassafrass]

Debra wrote: "I found a different one by King that fits more closely to my early ambition of wanting to be a writer: Secret Windows: Essays and Fiction on the Craft of Writing by [author:Stephen Ki..."

That's fine

[Sassafrass]

Kara wrote: "Would this work? I wanted to be an economist in college, but I'm currently a project manager.

These are both non-fiction, so I wasn't sure if it fit with the theme.

[book:Dear Undercover Economis..."


The first book is fine. The second doesn't really work. BUT, instead of using project manager, you could use the type of company you work for. Or what types of projects you manage instead. What kind of company do you work for?

[Kara]

Well, I work for a medical device company and manage global labeling projects...so that's probably going to be pretty difficult, haha.

Considering I was an econ manager in college, could I use that for Book 2 and something else for Book 1?

[Sassafrass]

Kara wrote: "Well, I work for a medical device company and manage global labeling projects...so that's probably going to be pretty difficult, haha.

Considering I was an econ manager in college, could I use tha..."

If you work for a medical device company, that's considered biomedical engineering. you could do anything in medicine, engineering or science.

for book 2, you could use economics. and you could do something else of book 1 based on something else you had aspired to be as a kid. :)

[★Meghan★]

I wanted to see if this book would work for scientist/engineering... The Girl in the Clockwork Collar. I am about 1/2 way through and Emily, Finley's close friend, in her "band of misfits" is the scientist of the group where they all work with a special ore that is found and it also just had an appearance by Nikola Tesla in the book

[Sassafrass]

sounds like that would work, Meghan.

[★Meghan★]

Thanks!!!!

[Kara]

Sassafrass, if I use the economics as my Book 2 as suggested, could I use Bad Science for my Book 1? Ben Goldacre is a journalist (and I always wanted to be a journalist) who exposes scientific inaccuracy, and this book is a non-fiction collection of some of his findings.

(Sorry for all the questions!)

[Sassafrass]

Kara, from the description of this book it appears that he's a scientist first and writing based on his findings, but since on the main page it has journalism/writing as a genre, I'll ok it. :)

[Kara]

Phew! Finally got one. Thank you, Sassafrass!

[Ms.soule]

How "professional" does our childhood dream profession have to be? Because for quite some time my childhood fantasy jobs were being an explorer or a mermaid princess, preferably both so I could explore underwater too. I figure mermaid princess is bit of a stretch for where you were trying to go for this task, but will explorer work? I did recently read When the Duke Returns in which the hero made a profession for himself out of exploration (in the 19th century).

[Sassafrass]

Explorer is fine. Mythical professions are a bit of stretch. :)