The book I read is The Deathday Letter by Shaun David Hutchinson. Here is the book description according to Amazon.com:
Oliver lives in a world where at some point in their lives, everyone receives a Deathday Letter, a letter that kindly lets you know you have twenty-four hours left to live. Abraham Lincoln received one, Heath Ledger received one, and on an otherwise typical Thursday morning, fifteen-year-old Oliver Travers receives one. Bummer.
With his best friend by his side, Ollie has one day left to live life to the fullest, go on every adventure possible…and set things right with the girl of his dreams.I enjoyed reading this book, so I thought that I might share it with those of you who like to read for fun. In case you think about reading it, the Campbell County Public Library has one copy, the Kenton County Public Library has one copy, and the Boone County Public Library has two copies.
Thanks! Always looking for a good book to read. One to consider in relation to the course is also How We Die by Sherwin B. Nuland. Touches on mechanisms of cancer, heart attack, AIDS, Alzheimer's and a few others. Gives technical as well as moral philosophical views and is quite direct in dispensing how we are likely to die and yet live more fully through that knowledge.
ReplyDeleteThanks! Always looking for a good book to read. One to consider in relation to the course is also How We Die by Sherwin B. Nuland. Touches on mechanisms of cancer, heart attack, AIDS, Alzheimer's and a few others. Gives technical as well as moral philosophical views and is quite direct in dispensing how we are likely to die and yet live more fully through that knowledge.
ReplyDeleteThanks! I might have to check into that.
ReplyDeleteA book that I would kind of relate to this course is Battlefield of the mind by Joyce Meyer. When I was going through all my struggles a year and a half ago this book really helped me. It especially helped me with my near death experiences and my way of thinking. I would recommend this book to everyone because it deals with confusion, depression, anger, feelings of condemnation and negative thoughts. It ultimately helps give people courage to face the truth about ourselves. Meyer stresses a lot that we cannot live a positive life if we have negative thinking. I just found this interesting and thought that I would share it with everyone because in class we were talking about thinking about death. Would most people consider thinking about death a negative thought?
Even though I do not read much outside of classes, this book sounds very interesting!! It takes a lot for me to get into books, but this one sounds like it may catch my eye! I do not know of many books that relate to this class, but I am open to new ones. The only one that I may think of is the Last Song by Nicholas Sparks. This book relates to a family breaking apart and reconnecting. It relates to the class because her father has Stomach Cancer and eventually dies after their father/daughter bond becomes strong.
ReplyDeleteThanks for sharing! I love to read, so I will definitely have to check into it when I get time. One of my favorite books could actually relate to the class too, now that I think of it. It is called Thirteen Reasons Why by Jay Asher. (Sorry, I couldn't figure out how to italize the title.) Here is the description:
ReplyDeleteClay Jensen returns home from school to find a strange package with his name on it lying on his porch. Inside he discovers several cassette tapes recorded by Hannah Baker - his classmate and crush - who committed suicide two weeks earlier. Hannah's voice tells him that there are thirteen reasons why she decided to end her life. Clay is one of them. If he listens, he'll find out why. Clay spends the night crisscrossing his town with Hannah as his guide. He becomes a firsthand witness to Hannah's pain, and learns the truth about himself-a truth he never wanted to face.
We actually started reading this book in English class my junior year of high school. We stopped reading it, though, because my teacher told us that there was a student who was offended by it and could not continue to be in the class if we continued to read it. I was pretty mad because I was enjoying the book and I was interested in finishing it. Later, I found out that it was one of my friends, and her uncle had just recently committed suicide.
I ended up buying the book and finishing it, and it is still one of my favorite books today. I have a copy of it in my dorm room here at school and I am sure that the public libraries around here probably have it, in case anyone is interested!
If we are recommending good reads for dying I would strongly suggest... As I lay Dying by William Faulkner, Bell Jar by Silvia Plath, and 13 little Blue Envelopes by Maureen Johnson the first two are classics by the 3rd is about a girl who follows her dead aunt's letters through Europe leaning that quality of life is very important.
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ReplyDeleteAll Smoove has to say is that there is a documentary on death and dying on netflix.