Category Archives: Nonfiction

True stories, interesting facts, and the like

The Lost City of Z

Posted on November 20, 2010 by sadiejean

—4— I love good nonfiction.  Not everyone reads nonfiction, perhaps it makes people think of schoolwork, but great nonfiction is nothing like textbooks.  Nonfiction can be just as exciting, mind-bending, heartbreaking, romantic, and literary as fiction, if not more-so.  I … Continue reading →

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The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks

Posted on November 7, 2010 by sadiejean

—4— Amazon.com released its lists of the 100 best books of 2010, one list ranked by editors, the other by readers.  Here is the top 10 by the editors: The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot Faithful Place: … Continue reading →

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Survival of the Sickest

Posted on June 26, 2010 by sadiejean

Well here we have a review of a book I read over a year ago.  Not exactly ideal, but I really liked the book so I wanted to make sure it finally got mentioned. —4— From Publisher’s Weekly: Moalem, a … Continue reading →

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The Deadly Dinner Party: and Other Medical Detective Stories

Posted on May 28, 2010 by sadiejean

—3.5— The Deadly Dinner Party by Jonathan A. Edlow M.D. was a fun little non-fiction romp for me.  Medical detective stories good enough for House, M.D., and thus right up my alley! From Publisher’s Weekly Mimicking the style of his … Continue reading →

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The Monster of Florence

Posted on May 2, 2010 by sadiejean

—4— What a fantastically horrifying true crime novel!  Loved it! From Publishers Weekly: United in their obsession with a grisly Italian serial murder case almost three decades old, thriller writer Preston (coauthor, Brimstone) and Italian crime reporter Spezi seek to uncover … Continue reading →

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What the Andersons Have Been Reading

Posted on April 21, 2010 by sadiejean

I realized I haven’t reviewed several of the (semi)recent Anderson family Book Club reads.  So here are some quick musings on them! Crashing Through: The Extraordinary True Story of the Man Who Dared to See by Robert Kurson —4— Crashing Through is … Continue reading →

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The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down

Posted on June 9, 2009 by sadiejean

—3.5— My physician assistant class read Anne Fadiman’s The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down for our Professional Seminar course, its purpose to help us examine cultural competency in medicine.  Since then I have found out that this book … Continue reading →

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The Demon in the Freezer

Posted on March 9, 2009 by sadiejean

  —4— I know what you’re saying.  What a funny title!  I wish I had something interesting in my freezer, other than those peas and some vanilla ice cream, and what could be more interesting than A DEMON.  But oh no, you … Continue reading →

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Stumbling on Happiness

Posted on December 31, 2008 by sadiejean

  —4— My lovely boyfriend, in an effort to cheer me up, gave me this book, Daniel Gilbert’s Stumbling on Happiness.  The premise of the book is simple: you may think you know what makes you happy, but you would … Continue reading →

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The Zookeeper’s Wife: A War Story

Posted on November 25, 2008 by sadiejean

—2.5— Well, I finally have some time to review the books I have been reading!  Hooray for Thanksgiving Break and the end of another quarter at school!  The first of the catch-up-reviews is The Zookeeper’s Wife: A War Story by Diane … Continue reading →

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