“We might as well focus on prolonging life rather than eliminating death. This War on Cancer may best be ‘won’ by redefining victory.” Siddhartha Mukherjee’s Pulitzer Prize The Emperor of All Maladies was a companion to me during my husband’s cancer diagnosis and treatment. Taking the book with me to all of the appointments, I’ve […]
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Shoe Addicts Anonymous by Beth Harbison was an audiobook I checked out only to save me from a long car ride. I was looking for something funny and searched under “humor” but there were only 17 books available. This book looked like the best option. I’m neither a shoe addict nor have much sympathy for
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The most notable thing about this book is that it was written by an 80’s favorite movie actress Molly Ringwald. In the reviews, the narrative is all about her rather than the book. When It Happens to You is said to be a set of short stories but I read the stories as mere chapters
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Oryx and Crake is part 1 of Margaret Atwood’s MaddAddam Trilogy. I read part 2 without knowing it was part 2 of anything, then read part 3 because it became available at the library before part 1. By reading part 1 last, I had a much different perspective on the story and characters, knowing where
Allan was exceptionally good at blowing things up. His political ideology was Vodka-ism. His daily philosophy was “Things are what they are, and whatever will be, will be.” I liked Allan, the 100-year-old man who climbed out the window and disappeared just before his 100th birthday. We have stereotypes of what a 100-year-old man would
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