Lydia Kang
Lydia Kang is a young adult author and physician who lives in the Midwest with her family. She is endlessly fascinated by all things geek-related and isn't grossed out by much. Her first novel, CONTROL, is a YA sci-fi adventure/romance available now from Dial/Penguin. The sequel, CATALYST, will...
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Lydia Kang is a young adult author and physician who lives in the Midwest with her family. She is endlessly fascinated by all things geek-related and isn't grossed out by much. Her first novel, CONTROL, is a YA sci-fi adventure/romance available now from Dial/Penguin. The sequel, CATALYST, will be coming March 2015.
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As soon as I saw Quackery: A Brief History of the Worst Ways to Cure Everything by Lydia Kang I knew that I had to get it in my hands. If the name alone doesn't intrigue you then I don't know what will. This book is full to bursting with historical facts about crazy medical practices through the age...
Equal parts mortifiying, morbid and fascinating, Quackery is a guided tour through the horrifying world of medicine and health care in days gone by. I eat these kinds of books up like candy, who doesn't like lurid trivia of the not-so-good ol' days? I know I do! I really liked the layout, it's aki...
I feel like I gotta give this 5 stars on account of it being 100% what I expected, which is essentially a book length Cracked article in the shape of a book.It's gross, horrifying, and great.
[I received a copy of this book through NetGalley.]Loved the backdrop in this book. World War I (with the reader knowing it’s nearing its end... but not the characters). The dreadful influenza reaching American shores and starting a war all of its own. Socialites in their own little world, feeling t...
I think that this book was a bit all over the place for me to get a very good handle on. We have a lot of characters whose motivations we are not too sure of throughout the book. I think that Kang was trying for some tension to build about who was the murderer, but it was telegraphed at least to me ...
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