Girl, Interrupted by Susanna Kaysen

On my own free time I read Girl, Interrupted, a memoir written by Susanna Kaysen. This memoir is an account of her experiences in a psychiatric hospital during the 1960s after being diagnosed with borderline personality disorder. The book does not follow a typical linear plot, instead the author chooses to reflect on events through a series of non-chronological reflections. Through her experiences at the hospital Susanna meets other individuals going through dissimilar experiences, yet they share a common bond of the female spirit. Written with honest personal revelation and poignancy, Girl, Interrupted is a fascinating story of survival amongst defying circumstances. (Corbin - senior) 

Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut

Slaughterhouse-Five is one of the most memorable books in classic literature. With Vonnegut's distinct writing style and dark sense of humor, Slaughterhouse-Five constructs a complex story about Billy Pilgrim, a soldier fighting in World War II who is abducted by an alien race known as the Tralfamadores. Billy thus becomes "un-stuck" in time as he travels back through various points in his life from the war in Germany to the calmness that surrounds his life after the war.