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The Hating Game, Sally Thorne
This was absolutely Bookstagram read and I adored it. Picked it up yesterday morning and finished this morning. It was fun, cute and made me smile quite a bit.
Also, I related to Lucy because I am also “a whole 5 feet” actually, 4’ 11.5” to be exact and believe it or not my husband is 6’6” so like Lucy and Joshua we have almost the same heigh difference and no people never stop making comments!
Another thing is that like Joshua I am also a Med School Dropout. I did 2 years and then withdrew to be a stay-at-home mom and raise my 2 babies, however my family is supportive unlike Joshua’s dad!
The above really made me relate to the characters but most of all I loved their banter. Such a great read can’t wait for more Thorne novels!
This was absolutely Bookstagram read and I adored it. Picked it up yesterday morning and finished this morning. It was fun, cute and made me smile quite a bit.
Also, I related to Lucy because I am also “a whole 5 feet” actually, 4’ 11.5” to be exact and believe it or not my husband is 6’6” so like Lucy and Joshua we have almost the same heigh difference and no people never stop making comments!
Another thing is that like Joshua I am also a Med School Dropout. I did 2 years and then withdrew to be a stay-at-home mom and raise my 2 babies, however my family is supportive unlike Joshua’s dad!
The above really made me relate to the characters but most of all I loved their banter. Such a great read can’t wait for more Thorne novels!
⚠️ infanticide, sexual slavery
The prequel to The Pillars of the Earth (TBR). This takes place 100 years before PotE and is multiple subplots going on with all the characters tying in. The main characters having a constant struggle for power, a noble monk striving to build a state-of-the-art learning center and a man patiently waiting for the woman he loves to notice him as a worthy husband.
There’s a few shocking scenes but from what I’ve heard that’s nothing new for a Follett novel. It’s quite a long book but there’s so much going on you can’t stop reading and it quickly goes by.
Recommend for any fan of Pillars of the Earth, historical fiction and people who enjoy Dark Ages settings.
The prequel to The Pillars of the Earth (TBR). This takes place 100 years before PotE and is multiple subplots going on with all the characters tying in. The main characters having a constant struggle for power, a noble monk striving to build a state-of-the-art learning center and a man patiently waiting for the woman he loves to notice him as a worthy husband.
There’s a few shocking scenes but from what I’ve heard that’s nothing new for a Follett novel. It’s quite a long book but there’s so much going on you can’t stop reading and it quickly goes by.
Recommend for any fan of Pillars of the Earth, historical fiction and people who enjoy Dark Ages settings.
Autobiography’s are not the type of book I usually pick up but I kept hearing what a great book this was and it really is.
Kalanithi was a neurosurgeon who at the end of his training was diagnosed with metastatic lung cancer. The autobiography walks the reader through his life to becoming a successful physician, the books that shaped him and what kept him sane at the end of the road when his wife was expecting their first child together. The conclusion of the book was written by his wife as he passed away before finishing it, it’s at this point that I had tears in my eyes. Recommend for anyone who will value an unfiltered look at struggle and pain but also love and tenacity.
Kalanithi was a neurosurgeon who at the end of his training was diagnosed with metastatic lung cancer. The autobiography walks the reader through his life to becoming a successful physician, the books that shaped him and what kept him sane at the end of the road when his wife was expecting their first child together. The conclusion of the book was written by his wife as he passed away before finishing it, it’s at this point that I had tears in my eyes. Recommend for anyone who will value an unfiltered look at struggle and pain but also love and tenacity.
There is a line of cells called HeLa, for (He)nrietta (La)cks. This immortal line of cells was taken without Lacks’ consent in 1951 from Johns Hopkins Medical Center, where she was receiving care for a very aggressive form of cervical cancer. The cells have been used extensively in research to eradicate polio, develop HPV vaccines, and genome mapping to name a few contributions. All of this without Lacks or her family receiving any credit or monetary compensation. Skloot did extensive research and communicated with Lacks’ children and cousins to unearth this historical wrong.
Katy Butler talks about receiving a phone call from her mother saying her dads had a heart attack. The ensuing battle to keep her dad alive, putting in a pacemaker and the regret she has for doing so.
She uncovers the motives behind pushing a pacemaker, kickbacks that those who sell them may provide and the struggle she faced seeing her father’s quality of life deteriorate yet unable to pass naturally because the pacemaker wouldn’t let him.
Really begs the question if dying is the worst thing that can happen to someone.
She uncovers the motives behind pushing a pacemaker, kickbacks that those who sell them may provide and the struggle she faced seeing her father’s quality of life deteriorate yet unable to pass naturally because the pacemaker wouldn’t let him.
Really begs the question if dying is the worst thing that can happen to someone.
