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“Hope was no longer a tiny, flickering flame. It was a bonfire.”

Some Assembly Required: A True Story of Love and Organ Transplants by T.J. Condon

September 14, 2021 by cheerbrarian Leave a Comment

In one word: Authentic Cannonball Read Bingo: Pandemic Full disclosure, TJ is a new acquaintance of mine and I was so excited to support her debut book! I of course was also a little nervous about reading it, what if I didn’t like it, how would I review it honestly? But no worries there, this book is (somehow) a refreshing and fun look at how both she and her husband survived her husband’s liver transplant, with their humor and marriage still intact. As a human […]

Filed Under: Non-Fiction Tagged With: cbr13bingo, cbrauthor, first time author, organ donation, T.J. Condon

cheerbrarian's CBR13 Review No:35 · Genres: Non-Fiction · Tags: cbr13bingo, cbrauthor, first time author, organ donation, T.J. Condon ·
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I have spent a good deal of 2020 in a cadaver-shaped hole.

Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers by Mary Roach

March 8, 2020 by andtheIToldYouSos 4 Comments

And no, I do not mean an open grave. The more we hurtle towards impending doom- pandemics! global warming! world war!- the more solace I seek in, well, death. I didn’t set out on the morbid marathon on purpose, but here I am! It was not my intention to get down and dirty (ha!) with death this year, but I am enjoying the ride. I have been a long-time fan of Mary Roach since Spook, but for some reason I forgot to start at the […]

Filed Under: Audiobooks, Health, History, Non-Fiction Tagged With: air safety, anatomy, boeing, Cadavers, cannibalism, crash test dummies, Death, death and dying, eating mummies, grave robbing, health, human composting, humor, Mary Roach, medical school, medicine, organ donation, popular science, science, the soul

andtheIToldYouSos's CBR12 Review No:23 · Genres: Audiobooks, Health, History, Non-Fiction · Tags: air safety, anatomy, boeing, Cadavers, cannibalism, crash test dummies, Death, death and dying, eating mummies, grave robbing, health, human composting, humor, Mary Roach, medical school, medicine, organ donation, popular science, science, the soul ·
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