Jean M. Auel
I didn't want to like this book. I am not an outdoors kind of girl. I don't like long, flowery descriptions in books. I thought I wasn't going to make it with the pages and pages of descriptions of what the clan foraged for, or ate. However, I got sucked into the story and learned when to click and skim the long flowery descriptions. I don't think that the world should revolve around men, and I have no tolerance for a culture where men show women "their place" with their fists. I found myself HATING Broud and cheering for Ayla. I really don't have time to read a 6 book series, but I just might have to and make sure that Ayla wins in the end!
Monday, June 6, 2011
Room
Emma Donoghue
An interesting read for sure. Hearing the story from the perspective of a 5 year old boy really made the story for me. It was disturbing and hard to read, but I couldn't put it down despite the premise. I am glad I read it, I thought it was great but it feels weird to gush about a book with such dark subject matter. I think Ma was an amazing woman. I hope I am half the mother she was in Room. Even though it wasn't real I find myself hoping she was able to put the pieces of her life back together for herself and for Jack, but mostly for herself. It also made me think I really need to teach Avery and Hank more and spend less time distracted by the world.
An interesting read for sure. Hearing the story from the perspective of a 5 year old boy really made the story for me. It was disturbing and hard to read, but I couldn't put it down despite the premise. I am glad I read it, I thought it was great but it feels weird to gush about a book with such dark subject matter. I think Ma was an amazing woman. I hope I am half the mother she was in Room. Even though it wasn't real I find myself hoping she was able to put the pieces of her life back together for herself and for Jack, but mostly for herself. It also made me think I really need to teach Avery and Hank more and spend less time distracted by the world.
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks
Rebecca Skloot
I LOVED this book. It was so very interesting. I don't know if you would love it if science wasn't your favorite subject, but I think you still might. This was such an interesting story of the woman behind so many life changing discoveries in American and world-wide medicine. I love that this book was also so much more than medicine, it talks about race relations 1950s, family relationships, and race relations now. I am so glad that Ms. Skloot finally told the Lacks' family story! I am so sad that the Lacks' family story is what it is and I wonder what it would have taken to really change it. It is overwhelming, but incredibly interesting to me to consider the many ethical sides to medical research. Ms. Skloot did an excellent job of personalizing the things that in medicine we generally try desperately to make anonymous. Like I said as a loud and proud member of the nerd herd for as long as I can remember, I thought this was a really great book!
I LOVED this book. It was so very interesting. I don't know if you would love it if science wasn't your favorite subject, but I think you still might. This was such an interesting story of the woman behind so many life changing discoveries in American and world-wide medicine. I love that this book was also so much more than medicine, it talks about race relations 1950s, family relationships, and race relations now. I am so glad that Ms. Skloot finally told the Lacks' family story! I am so sad that the Lacks' family story is what it is and I wonder what it would have taken to really change it. It is overwhelming, but incredibly interesting to me to consider the many ethical sides to medical research. Ms. Skloot did an excellent job of personalizing the things that in medicine we generally try desperately to make anonymous. Like I said as a loud and proud member of the nerd herd for as long as I can remember, I thought this was a really great book!
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