The Book Thread

[cassiesmom]

Recently finished non-fiction -


Our Daily Meds: How the Pharmaceutical Companies Transformed Themselves into Slick Marketing Machines and Hooked the Nation on Prescription Drugs by Melody Petersen.

I will never look at drug advertising again without remembering what I read.

Bringing this old thread up again because I loaned out my copy of "Our Daily Meds" and never got it back. A few weeks ago I attended a very interesting nursing continuing education program on prescription drug use and abuse, which got me thinking about the book I no longer had. I bought another copy and I'm reading it again. One of the nurses at the CE program recommended to me "Selling Sickness" by Moynihan and Cassels. I got that through my university library (one reason I love being an alumna!).

The next book for my mom's book club is "Moloka'i" by Alan Brennert. It's about a a 7 year old girl who is diagnosed with leprosy and sent to a settlement, away from her family, in Hawaii in the 1890s. I read and liked it. What I liked about it was the history of Hawaii from the 1890s until statehood. It's quite long and detailed which is why they're taking two months to read it (no meeting in December). I don't think I could read it again, though because it is very sad in some spots.

The fall 2012 book for the "One Book, One Chicago" program is called "The Book Thief" by Markus Zusak. I haven't read it, and I don't know anyone who has.

[happylabs]

Carole the Kindle is amazing! My son gave me mine and it is such a blessing as I have failing eyesight from Diabetic retinopathy. I can make the print big enough to see more easily and the page is crisp and easy to read from with no glare so it is easy on one's eyes. You can get many books for 99c and sometimes even free from amazon which is good as I am a prolific reader. Also it will let you upload books from the free internet libraries like Gutenberg press. I say go for it and enjoy! I have hundreds of books I can no longer see to read which makes me sad but this is a great substitute.

I love my Kindle! I got mine in May after my rotator cuff surgery because I wasn't able to do much for a few weeks and I was going mad with boredom.

Right now I am reading "A Stolen Life" by Jaycee Dugard. I cannot believe what this gal went through at such a tender age and came out a survivor even after being held by those monsters for 18 years. Her book is an inspiration to me.

[carole]

Thanks for that, i am getting keener by the minute to get my kindle.

[pomtzu]

Right now I am reading "A Stolen Life" by Jaycee Dugard. I cannot believe what this gal went through at such a tender age and came out a survivor even after being held by those monsters for 18 years. Her book is an inspiration to me.

You might also enjoy Bringing Elizabeth Home - Elizabeth Smart story as written by her parents Ed and Lois Smart. I read it when it first came out in 2003, and I think since then that Elizabeth has also written a book about her ordeal.

[caseysmom]

I love my Kindle! I got mine in May after my rotator cuff surgery because I wasn't able to do much for a few weeks and I was going mad with boredom.

Right now I am reading "A Stolen Life" by Jaycee Dugard. I cannot believe what this gal went through at such a tender age and came out a survivor even after being held by those monsters for 18 years. Her book is an inspiration to me.

I just started reading this, I had to put it down a few times it made me so upset and angry.

[phesina]

The library doesn't have it, and the mystery bookstore owner had never heard of it or the author (right away she asked me "Is it Scandinavian?"). Today I found it on amazon.com, so I ordered it. It's coming from the U.K. and might take more than a month to get here!

My copy of "Mercy" arrived yesterday from Manchester, England! So much for taking more than a month to get here.

[carole]

WOW that is what i call service, i am getting through the book slowly, enjoying it,there a bits in it that bore me a little, but i think it will get exciting,here's hoping, be interested to see what you think? happy reading.

[phesina]

I've just started reading it. I'll keep you posted, Carole.

Cost me $8.43.. postage and all!

[carole]

that is dirt cheap, i could not even buy that second hand at that price, i won mine so all good, but be at least over 30.00 here,you will probably finish it before me, i only read a few pages every night before bed, it starts off a bit slow, but gets better enjoy.

[Grace]

Jut finished Deadly Indifference: The Perfect (Political) Storm: Hurricane Katrina, the Bush White House, and Beyond by Michael D. Brown and Ted Schwarz.

Very interesting.

[phesina]

that is dirt cheap, i could not even buy that second hand at that price, i won mine so all good, but be at least over 30.00 here,you will probably finish it before me, i only read a few pages every night before bed, it starts off a bit slow, but gets better enjoy.

I'm bout half through "Mercy" now. Wow.. I cannot even begin to imagine being in Merete's situation and how utterly horrible that would be.