A book and a suggestion

Hello all, I hope those of you who show up here are all ok.

Two things in this post and then I'm sure I'll go back to my usual comment posts.

1) One of the recent books I've read was written by a Brazilian psychologist/psychiatric about the so

called dictatorship of beauty (the Portuguese title is literally translated as such) but I haven't found an english translation. 

I got this book in a book fair only because I was curious to read about the mentality that makes women behave in a way that would give so much importance to physical attributes and beauty and to which ends women go to achieve that. I knew this would be a fictional story about several concepts and even a small introduction on why we are al led to think the same way and not be simply ourselves but there is a huge amount of pressure on women to be and look a certain way. I kind of liked the short book but it didn't truly touch some of the themes I expected and even the subject of food disturbs and how that is caused by a misjudging of ourselves and other factors wasn't exploited as I imagined. I think a more non fiction approach would be something I'd prefer to read about. Still, an interesting book about a theme I feel very interested in.

Grade: 6/10

2) I saw on Book Riot's page an article about some of the considered best covers from now until next week. At least it seems to include books within this time frame.

We all know covers can't really define a story but often we are led to imagine amazing scenarios based on a cover. Yes, sometimes the inside doesn't match but looking good isn't always a bad things or because of a deceiving matter (see how it links to the subject above? ha ha).

Anyway, here's the link of this article... http://bookriot.com/2017/08/09/the-best-book-covers/

Some covers do seem very appealing...in fact, I'm now going to check two or three in GR just to see if I'd want to read those stories.

Happy reading!

PT read: Augusto Cury

Quick comment: I saw recently this book at the library. I've thought about reading it a few years ago but never got to it but after seeing it at the library I decided to try it. This book was written by a Brazilian author and can be loosely translated to "The
Saga of a Thinker".
The author writes books of self help but mostly stories where he develops theories and presents strategies to live a better life by understanding the other people's POVs.

This story is fiction but in it we follow a medicine student and his growing understanding of what being a doctor means, not only to heal patients but mainly to talk to them, to be a supporting person and not to treat them as a business to be dealt with.

The author is very intelligent and uses many philosophical theories by great thinkers to add up to his thoughts about several issues in nowadays' society. There's also an interesting debate between psychology and psychiatry and how the two of them should be linked together an not as opposites in the medicine spectrum.

I didn't find any edition in English but it's unfortunate because the author, being a doctor and a psychiatrist himself is very knowledgeable of what he says about the current state of medicine and everything that surrounds the care for patients. There are several radical ideas about how things could be better for everyone involved, especially if doctors were to embrace a more positive approach and not to rely as much in pills or drugs and more on the psychotherapy of things.

The story is fiction, therefore has a very happy end feel and a very positive message to smile more and where things can be worked out for the best. I think it's a beautiful story where we can see through the sadder things to reach a ore steady take on life and that it's ok to fall if only we find th will to get up again and how to do it. 

The book features a lot of the prejudice against the mental patients too and how we, as a society, are numb to understand what other's are feeling, especially if they aren't like the so called norm. I think the story offered a good lesson about this as well.

This story was well thought, many interesting ideas to think about and quite easy to read and cheer for. I'll look for to read more about this author.
Grade: 8/10