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[abbalulu]

I read T is for Trespass by Sue Grafton. I love this series so much-will be sad when she comes to the end of the alphabet. Kinsey is definitely my favorite PI.

[Linders Back]

Finished Station Eleven. Borrowed from library but plan to buy a copy as I want to reread it.

Speaking of library: Was excited that my hold came due for the second in the Jackson Brodie series by Kate Atkinson so picked it up and decided to go to bed early and read. Well, sadly, the book reeked of perfume and then when I got to page 4 I noticed the next few pages were stuck together with "food" and had coffee stains all over them. Back it went. Guess I'll have to buy this one too, which is OK because I know I will like it.

Started The Daughters of Mars by Thomas Keneally (Author of Schindler's List). Historical fiction (my favorite genre) of WWI nurses.

From GOODREADS: " In 1915, two spirited Australian sisters join the war effort as nurses, escaping the confines of their father’s farm and carrying a guilty secret with them. Used to tending the sick as they are, nothing could have prepared them for what they confront, first near Gallipoli, then on the Western Front."

100 pages in and so far so good.

[SydneyH]

I read Daughters of Mars a couple of months ago, I don't think I really cared for that book.

[lolakimono]

I just started this, upon BF's recommendation.

Her name was Henrietta Lacks, but scientists know her as HeLa. She was a poor black tobacco farmer whose cells--taken without her knowledge in 1951--became one of the most important tools in medicine, vital for developing the polio vaccine, cloning, gene mapping, and more. Henrietta's cells have been bought and sold by the billions, yet she remains virtually unknown, and her family can't afford health insurance. This phenomenal New York Times bestseller tells a riveting story of the collision between ethics, race, and medicine; of scientific discovery and faith healing; and of a daughter consumed with questions about the mother she never knew.

[lovescats]

On 2/26/2015 lolakimono said:

I just started this, upon BF's recommendation.

Her name was Henrietta Lacks, but scientists know her as HeLa. She was a poor black tobacco farmer whose cells--taken without her knowledge in 1951--became one of the most important tools in medicine, vital for developing the polio vaccine, cloning, gene mapping, and more. Henrietta's cells have been bought and sold by the billions, yet she remains virtually unknown, and her family can't afford health insurance. This phenomenal New York Times bestseller tells a riveting story of the collision between ethics, race, and medicine; of scientific discovery and faith healing; and of a daughter consumed with questions about the mother she never knew.

That's a excellent book. She really went through a lot and when you think of all the money other people made.

[MrsSweetieBear]

On 2/24/2015 brewhaha said:

All The Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr. This is a good read.

Yep! Agreed!! Just read it myself this month.

And so was The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks, which I read a couple years ago.

[MrsSweetieBear]

I finished reading and did not enjoy The Sea of Tranquility, Katja Millay, last night. Ugh on both the story and worse ugh on the writing. Really awful. Not sure how I wound up with it. It was YA but I often enjoy YA. I need to be a bit more selective, I think, LOL!

Just picked up Black River by S. M. Hulse. No opinion yet.

[LoriLori]

PTB on "The House of Velvet and Glass" by Katherine Howe. The book is made of words, and that's the best thing I can say about it.

[DiAnne]

I just finished The Girl on the Train. I was not sure what to expect because I had read mixed reviews on this thread. Well I just lost two days because I kept going back to read just a little bit more! I loved it. Now I have to get started on all the chores I was supposed to be doing.....

[SWEET]

Finished Kimberly McCreight's Reconstructing Amelia. Never read these types of books and now I know why. It was sad.

Onto Wendy Wax's The House On Mermaid Point. Something fluffy for a change.