After the depressing, albeit fabulous, Inside the Obrien’s I opted for something light and fluffy next. Revenge Wears Prada is the sequel to Weisberger’s The Devil Wears Prada which was one of my most favorite books in high school; I’ve seen the movie a hundred times and was intrigued at what was probably an unnecessary sequel. It is ten years after the events in Devil, Andy Sachs is on the verge of marry a media mogul heir as well as running a successful bridal magazine […]
Neurological Coin Flips
Like Still Alice before it, Inside the O’Briens, tackles a neurological disorder; rather than Alzheimer’s we get Huntington’s. Prior to Dr.”Thirteen” on House I had never heard of Huntington’s; Genova does an excellent job explaining both the genetic factors of Huntington’s as well as the physical and mental effects of the disease. Joe O’Brien is a Catholic, family man who works for Boston P.D. He begins to notice some disorganized thoughts & uncontrollable movements, he chalks it up to stress until his wife gets concerned […]
More Moriarty Mysteries
And now I’m done with Liane Moriarty’s entire catalog of books. The Last Anniversary is similar to most of Moriarty’s books; there is a mystery that ties a group of people together and is pieced together through various points of view. In this case we have the mystery of the Munro baby; Alice & Jack Munro abandoned their house and child in 1932, the infant was found by Rose and Connie Doughty who raise the child and capitalize on the mystery for the next 73 […]
Afraid of Vaccination Since 1901
Conversations that occur in my household… CaitlinD: You know, this book on smallpox isn’t as good as I wanted it to be. Mr. D: Um you’re surprised? CaitlinD: Smallpox should be interesting!!! So yeah, I love history and non-fiction which is probably a bit strange; but my one requirement is that it doesn’t read quite so text-booky. The majority focus of Pox is on the vaccination process the government rolled out during the turn of the century when variola minor was becoming a problem everywhere […]
The Mystery of Sophie Stark
The Life of Sophie Stark is a collection of short stories written by people who were affected by Sophie Stark, a creative but cold film maker. Sophie would best be described as a manic pixie nightmare girl; she was one of those permanently damaged characters that everyone worshipped. Allison, the star of Sophie’s first feature film as well as Jacob, the musician who meets Sophie on a music video shoot that leads to their marriage, talk about falling in love with the work of Sophie […]
Lilli, Greta and Einar
Like The Aviator’s Wife, The Danish Girl is based on real people and real events but is a fictional account of what really happened. Einar Wegener was an artist, who in 1920s Denmark, leads a simple life with his wife, Greta, who is also an artist. One day Greta asks her husband to sit in for a portrait when her female model has to cancel. Although Einar is a bit reluctant, he puts on the pantyhose & ladies shoes and steps into the beginning of […]
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