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Lessons In Chemistry
Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie GarmusMy rating: 4 of 5 stars
“Children set the table. Your Mother needs a moment to herself.”
Let me get the spoiler out of the way:
Loved it. 386 pages fly by in a semi-epic but not overlong story about a scientist…a chemist named Elizabeth Zott….coming up in a time where it was actually much worse for women than it is now…the 1950’s and 60’s…
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| We spend 4 days on a boat with an aging boy band called Boy Talk....with Talkers being the fans of Boy Talk . Annie, newly divorced, is on for the ride. She forms a bond with one member of the band, who have their own demons and petty squabbles. It's ...more | |
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Brain on Fire My month of Madness. Susannah Cahalan 4 stars. Susanah Cahalan had a career, a boyfriend, and an apartment in the greatest city in the world. She wrote for the New York Post and at 24, was living the life she wanted… And then one day she w ...more |
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“I’m writing my mother’s story,” Samuel Said. “But I’m writing the true story. The actual events…” “So it’s going to be like 600 pages and ten people will read it? Congratulations.” Oh…well played, Mr. Hill…well played. The Nix is Nathan Hill’s first no ...more |
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“The other night I lost consciousness. When I finally came to, it was morning. I spent the next 8 and a half hours doing things I didn’t really feel like doing, but was compelled to do anyway. (Evidentially I receive something known as “financial Compensation” for this.) Eventually I was allowed to return home, where I recovered from the ordeal. I’m just afraid of what happens tonight, if I lose consciousness again. I have this fear that somehow this will start the process all over again.”
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“The other night I lost consciousness. When I finally came to, it was morning. I spent the next 8 and a half hours doing things I didn’t really feel like doing, but was compelled to do anyway. (Evidentially I receive something known as “financial Compensation” for this.) Eventually I was allowed to return home, where I recovered from the ordeal. I’m just afraid of what happens tonight, if I lose consciousness again. I have this fear that somehow this will start the process all over again.”
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“It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, it was the epoch of belief, it was the epoch of incredulity, it was the season of light, it was the season of darkness, it was the spring of hope, it was the winter of despair.”
― A Tale of Two Cities
― A Tale of Two Cities