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review 2021-06-21 00:00
Doctor Cerberus
Doctor Cerberus - Roberto Aquirre-sacasa,Adam Arkin,Simon Helberg,JoBeth Williams This is about a boy who's figuring himself out. It's about him being gay but also about many other things to do with growing up. There's a lot of family interaction. Many parts are like one of those 30 minute family sitcom type tv shows. Other parts go a little deeper.
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review 2021-01-22 00:10
Staying
Dare To Stay - Carly Phillips

This is book #4, in the Dare Nation series.  This book can be read as a standalone novel.  For reader enjoyment, and to avoid spoilers, I recommend reading this series in order.

 

Braden knew coming home would have its challenges.  Having been abroad for two years working with Doctors Without Borders, moving home was going to be difficult.  Little did he know it feel the same as soon as his arms were around a certain someone.......

 

Willow has trust issues that stem from a childhood inside the foster system.  She said goodbye to Braden when he left and never looked back.  To trust him again would not only be foolish, but could rally lay her out flat.  Does she dare to confront the feelings that are still there between them?

 

This book started off the ground running.  I loved each page, and eagerly turned to read on.  These characters were so easy to root for.  They genuinely seem to really care for one another and their story feels very solid and pace was just right on. I feel like this is the authors best work so far.  I give this story a 4/5 Kitty's Paws UP!

 

 

***This ARC copy was given in exchange for an honest review only.

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review 2020-06-12 19:05
Podcast #187 is up!
Radical Spirits: India’s First Woman Doctor and Her American Champions - Nandini Patwardhan

My latest podcast is up on the New Books Network website! In it, I interview Nandini Patwardhan about her biography of Anandi Joshi, who became the first Indian woman to earn a medical degree in the United States.

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review 2020-05-08 07:03
Sure
 Forever (Always & Forever Book 2) Kindle Edition - Kindle Alexander

This is book # 2 in the Always & Forever series.  This book can be read as a standalone novel.  To enjoy the series, and to avoid spoilers, I recommend reading this series in order.

 

Landon made some foolish mistakes.  Not wanting to make any more of them he is trying to be a friend to the good doctor who reads with him.  In return he ends up falling for the sexy doc who seems to have the same taste in books.

 

Robert cannot believe how soothing this patient is to be with.  Enjoying books is one thing, but just talking to him is a comfort in ways he cannot put into words.  Finding more in common with the sexy military man, he may just want more than he can have.

 

This series continues with another sexy story that makes my heart tumble as I use every spare moment to read this one.  At the last page I was truly sad to say goodbye to these very much in love characters.  I enjoyed reading about their goals and accomplishments. Another great read! I give this book a 5/5 Kitty's Paws UP!

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review 2020-04-14 23:08
This is what science without the humanities would look like
The Island of Doctor Moreau - H.G. Wells

A little heads-up: there’s a long review following.

 

As a big fan of H. G. Wells, I was planning on reading The Island of Doctor Moreau for quite some time and I am glad that I finally got around to do it.
The beginning of this novel was really great, but then I fount it to get a bit messy. There are a lot (yes, A LOT) of passages in which Prendick is wandering around the island and describes the jungle, the beach or just the landscape in general. I absolutely don’t mind that, but many of those passages were so oddly placed. For example, if you were a castaway on a strange island and being chased (because you were a bit naive and hysterical) until you can hardly stay afoot, would you just sit down and start wondering about your beautiful surroundings? Maybe those action scenes were a bit much for the audience back then and Wells had to calm them down with the description of a nice beach or a clear stream after all the excitement? Whatever the reason, many of those landscape-parts definitely felt odd.

Also, how can Prendick be so naive and stubbornly wrong? To be honest, it is quite clear from the very beginning, that Moreau is trying to turn animals into humans and not the other way round as Prendick beliefs for quite a long time.
I also don’t understand this late 19th century revulsion at „strange“ creatures. Although Prendick goes constantly back and forth between repulsion, fear, pity, and sometimes even sympathy I think, I cannot understand why he is disgusted by the „Beast People“ and not by Dr. Moreau.

The one character I do understand is Montgomery. He and the „Beast People“ are actually the only ones I am considering as being human. Moreau is obviously portrayed as the mad scientist and Prendick (especially in the last third of the novel) is the impersonation of English imperialism, arrogance and presumptuousness. Instead of being thankful to the animals for accepting him as one of their own, instead of cooperating with them and treating them with respect, he tries to rule them. He tries to make himself their new master and enslave them. And why? Because he thinks himself superior (although he clearly is not, because he relies on the help of the „Beast People“ for food and protection).

But what is The Island of Doctor Moreau I wonder? Is it a pamphlet against blind and cruel science? Against the „I do what I must, because I can“ dictum some people adopt as soon as they put on a lab coat? Is it Wells attempt to show that man is not special, but just another animal? Or is there also a hint of the exact same fear of „going native“, of the de-evolution from man back to beast that haunted Joseph Conrad so much?

If I have learned anything from those innumerable hours of watching the classic Dr. Who, it is that one crucial question which everybody should ask themselves whenever any other creature is impacted by ones action: „do I have the right?“ If Moreau would have done so, he might have been a better doctor.

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