Alyson > Recent Status Updates

So far this is much better than I thought it would be!

I feel the need to update that I am on the home stretch of this insanely huge and long book! I swear it’s a textbook … not sure why I didn’t realize this beforehand but GO ME!

I’ll also state, I’ve learned SO MUCH and would like to add a little plug for my maybe relative named Giovanni Battista Grassi who was a malariologist in Italy and was one of the lead scientists to discovery malaria transmission!!

Banned Book #2 … already halfway through. Why did I not read this before?! I have to say listening to it on audiobook is incredible. I love how the actor portrays each of the characters and I’m already in love with this book.

Quick update because this book has taken me a while to get through. I started it a few weeks ago and had to pause because the beginning was slow and I wasn’t really feeling it. BUT NOW … I love the chapter structure, the POVs, and the McCarthy Era Red scare … I just had a long chat with my grandma about how scary that time was and it really put everything into perspective … now I just want to know the end!

Doing an intermediate update because I have a few thoughts:
(1) I really love the writing style of this author. She’s descriptive, intellectual, & gripping.
(2) I’m enjoying the backstory of this main character Opal … it’s taken some fun twists & turns.
(3) I hope that in the next 20% I get more backstory on this house … I don’t want to give spoilers but man I want to know HOW it really got here & why!