If you live under a rock, Orange is the New Black is the memoir of a Smith College grad who spent her post-college days experimenting with lesbianism and drug trafficking. Okay, to be fair, she might have been more grounded in the former than the latter, but it’s not really clear from the book. Watch the Netfiix series, though, and you’ll get waaaaaaay more lesbionic love scenes than the source material proffers. But that’s not to say you should skip the book! OITNB (get with […]
Four agreements: refreshing, enlightening, and hard
This book seemed perfect for me: interested in metaphysical philosophy and highly recommended by my best friend, whose interest in spirituality and growth is similar to mine. It is written by Don Miguel Ruiz, a shaman, and concerns the ways we have constructed our own version of reality – and the four “agreements” we can make with ourselves to start living in a much healthier and happier world. Here are the “agreements”: Be impeccable with your word. Don’t take anything personally. Don’t make assumptions. Always […]
Who wants to live forever?
In 1951 Henrietta Lacks died from aggressive cervical cancer. She left behind a husband and four young children. She also left behind a sample of cancerous tissue that did what very little other human tissue had ever done before, it lived. Her tissue survived and reproduced, providing a unlimited source of human cells for experimentation. You can imagine the breadth of research possibilities that became possible when this cell line – called HeLa – originated at Johns Hopkins. But the Lacks family couldn’t. They were […]
Super!
Target: Tim Leong’s Super Graphic: A Visual Guide to the Comic Book Universe Profile: Comics!, Non-fiction? Super Graphic is an aggregation of information. A sequence of colorful graphs, diagrams and charts that serve up a dizzying variety of information about comic books, the worlds they contain and the industry that produces them. It isn’t so much a book to be read cover to cover as it is an adventure, every page turn revealing something new and delightful. That is, if you’re a comic book nerd. Which is […]
You probably don’t want to read this.
One of the internet’s favorite catch phrases would have made a great title for this, but I couldn’t bring myself to use it. I’ve been a longtime fan of true crime, but this book was hard for me to read. I’m giving it 3 stars, because it’s well executed, but it’s not enjoyable and neither is my review.
You’ll never take your sanity for granted again
Many thanks to Rachel. S., whose review inspired me to read this book. I saw a neurologist once. I was feeling increasingly confused, forgetful, and mentally disheveled. I would find myself driving on the freeway and suddenly not know where I was or where I was going. I would walk into a co-worker’s office only to forget why I was there. I’d read a book or watch a movie and not remember what it was about. The neurologist gave me a handful of tests, during […]
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