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Blood Meridian is like Toy Story compared to Lonesome Dove. It's so unrelenting and brutal.

YEEE-HAAAAAAAAAWWWWW

Finished a Leg to Stand On! I imagine the book brings alot of valdiation to those who have experienced injury and physical therapy, but I found the reading pretty dry. Dr. Sacks gets pretty metaphysical in his observations, which I think is a neat way of navigating neurological injury. However, the esoteric references and the overall lack of interest towards imagery or scene made this kind of boring. 3 stars +/-0.5

"Time for your regualr dose of nonfiction babe"

"...yes dear..."

Both thrilling and also terribly sad.

Fascinating so far. The writing style impressively mimics nonfiction reportage so well that I had to Google whether or not the crime of the hook actually happened (lol).

Finished Awakenings, and will now be taking some time to read some fiction (thankfully).

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In Awakenings, Dr. Sacks takes a cross sectional approach towards neurology, Sacks pulling from the realms of classic literature, philosophy, and physics, to craft a comprehensive portrait of Parkinsonism and the usage of LDOPA. The book was dense and full of technical language, which made the read challenging.

Nothing is better than having your friends read these poems aloud and watch them react to the elegaic and gross verse Sharon Olds cooked up. I'm a blessed man

Two or three more sittings and I vanquish Awakenings and finally have fiction back into my life.

Had to reach for the poetry like a med pack in a video game so I can power through the rest of Dr. Sacks' Awakenings.

Turns out, it was a bad choice because I'm even more pissed that I apparently grabbed the hippy dippy Mary Oliver collection because shit's filled with lines like, "Though I have been scorned for it,/ let me never be afraid to use the word beautiful <3"

This cornball poetry has got me fucked up.