Being Mortal: Medicine and What Matters in the End by Atul Gawande I’d read an article that this book was based on, about the need for more geriatric doctors, and I’d read another book by Atul Gawande, so that pretty much sold me on this even before I kept seeing it popping up everywhere. This …
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Mar 10
Book Review: Let’s Explore Diabetes With Owls
Let’s Explore Diabetes with Owls by David Sedaris I think this is the strongest book David Sedaris has written. Maybe it’s because I listened to it as an audiobook (narrated/performed by the author) instead of reading it, which always helps the humor along. It’s sectioned into essays on various topics, each one about 30 minutes. …
Mar 03
Book Review: The Talented Mr. Ripley
The Talented Mr. Ripley by Patricia Highsmith This book is a classic for a reason. Groundbreaking in its time, its protagonist is a clever, amoral man whom we can’t help but root for, even as we despise him. Or maybe I’m speaking for myself. I wanted Tom Ripley to succeed. I shared his paranoia that …
Feb 24
Book Review: Anna Dressed in Blood
Anna Dressed in Blood by Kendare Blake Just when I thought that the mini-genre of dark fantasy YA couldn’t be mined for anything else, something comes along like this took that charms the pants off me. How could you fail to be entranced when it opens with a teenage ghost hunter picking up a dead …
Feb 17
Book Review: How to Fail at Almost Everything and Still Win Big
How to Fail at Almost Everything and Still Win Big : Kind of the Story of My Life by Scott Adams This isn’t a book for people who are seeking a great self-help book, it’s a book for people who really like Dilbert and are willing to read anything by the author. Half self-help book, …