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Hey! I’m Alanna. This podcast is about books, life and just general conversations that need to be had about some of the themes in the books. Listen to me and my friends laugh, discuss and play games surrounding amazing books I have read. Try and have a great day if reading this! 😊
A Brush With Love by Mazey Eddings - Anxiety and The Student
This book was in a way so accurate to how medical school is, and also about how anxiety can cripple students. And so through the lens of Harper, our protagonist, I analyse my experience in medical school with anxiety, other people around me and just how important it is to be curious and not judgemental when it comes to people. It’s important to understand that everyone had their own honey mushroom (you’ll get the context of that in the episode).
Goodreads Summary:
Harper is anxiously awaiting placement into a top oral surgery residency program when she crashes (literally) into Dan. Harper would rather endure a Novocaine-free root canal than face any distractions, even one this adorable.
A first-year dental student with a family legacy to contend with, Dan doesn’t have the same passion for pulling teeth that Harper does. Though he finds himself falling for her, he is willing to play by Harper’s rules.
So with the greatest of intentions and the poorest of follow-throughs, the two set out to be “just friends.” But as they get to know each other better, Harper fears that trading fillings for feelings may make her lose control and can't risk her carefully ordered life coming undone, no matter how drool-worthy Dan is.
Blood, gore, and extra-long roots? No problem. The idea of falling in love? Torture.
21 Sept 2022
Reminders of Him by Colleen Hoover - Anger, Forgiveness and Resilience with Salma
Now this book was quite heartbreaking and as usual Colleen Hoover knew just how to turn the tap onto my emotions and get the water flowing. But in this book, I found catharsis not only in the tragedy in the book, but in the anger and frustration of the characters in how they tried their best to stick to their value. This book also showed how forgiveness was the true beast that prevented the final resolution. So enjoy Salma and discuss forgiveness, anger and the sheer resilience of Kenna in this book, with a definitely STOLEN game of “Would you forgive this cheater?” from the Just Between Us podcast.
Link to the Just Between Us podcast: https://open.spotify.com/show/1iNAnpr3rVYmuccVJHd2ap?si=IuK0WP5qRP6_HrpcvmY3dw
Ledgers Safe Playlist: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/5whUyhNN7vtxb0nuuNt4qL?si=3WcgSgfJQbGZXjtUIXhZfA
Goodreads Summary:
A troubled young mother yearns for a shot at redemption in this heartbreaking yet hopeful story from #1 New York Times bestselling author Colleen Hoover. After serving five years in prison for a tragic mistake, Kenna Rowan returns to the town where it all went wrong, hoping to reunite with her four-year-old daughter. But the bridges Kenna burned are proving impossible to rebuild. Everyone in her daughter’s life is determined to shut Kenna out, no matter how hard she works to prove herself. The only person who hasn’t closed the door on her completely is Ledger Ward, a local bar owner and one of the few remaining links to Kenna’s daughter. But if anyone were to discover how Ledger is slowly becoming an important part of Kenna’s life, both would risk losing the trust of everyone important to them. The two form a connection despite the pressure surrounding them, but as their romance grows, so does the risk. Kenna must find a way to absolve the mistakes of her past in order to build a future out of hope and healing
10 Sept 2022
Brain on Fire by Susannah Cahalan - Understanding Yourself Through Others.
This book reignited an interest in neurology and also really made me interested in what “yourself” really is and what truly encompasses it. So listen to me talk about my thoughts on what our blind spots are to ourselves, and how grateful I am to have control over myself where Ms Cahalan didn’t.
Goodreads Summary:
An award-winning memoir and instant New York Times bestseller that goes far beyond its riveting medical mystery, Brain on Fire is the powerful account of one woman’s struggle to recapture her identity.
When twenty-four-year-old Susannah Cahalan woke up alone in a hospital room, strapped to her bed and unable to move or speak, she had no memory of how she’d gotten there. Days earlier, she had been on the threshold of a new, adult life: at the beginning of her first serious relationship and a promising career at a major New York newspaper. Now she was labeled violent, psychotic, a flight risk. What happened?
In a swift and breathtaking narrative, Cahalan tells the astonishing true story of her descent into madness, her family’s inspiring faith in her, and the lifesaving diagnosis that nearly didn’t happen.
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