Diabetes Rising: How a Rare Disease Became a Modern Pandemic, and What to do About It by Dan Hurley 312 pages

Diabetes Rising: How a Rare Disease Became a Modern Pandemic, and What to Do About It by Dan Hurley

My rating: 3 of 5 stars


I am very interested in diabetes because my husband is Type 1 diabetic. We've been blessed that in our almost 8 year marriage he's only had a very serious low one time (resulted in an ambulance ride to the hospital) however we have dealt with several other complications related to his diabetes (eye issues, he just had a kidney transplant a year ago). Mostly I was hoping I'd learn 'new' ways to help prevent the disease in our 3 children. I must say I was disappointed in the lip service paid to breastfeeding. It seems like such a cheap (aka FREE) and easy way to help prevent the disease in those who are at risk. It really bothered me that the doctors interviewed went as far as to say they won't recommend it as a prevention in order to prevent 'guilt' in parents of diabetics. Something needs said about the subject!! I worked very hard to breastfeed all 3 of my children. I'm distressed that with most medical groups saying not breastfeeding raises the risk as much as 33% that they'd play such lip service to it. Overall the history and the startling rise of diabetes diagnoses was very interesting.

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The Adoration of Jenna Fox by Mary E. Pearson 265 pages

The Adoration of Jenna Fox by Mary E. Pearson

My rating: 5 of 5 stars


Wow.Really, wow.In some distant future, Jenna Fox wakes up. She remembers nothing. Not her name, not her parents, nothing. She's been in a coma for 18 months her parents say. Slowly it all comes back to her and she is faced with yet MORE mysteries about herself. She's thrust into a world of new and strange medical ethics and the consequences for not abiding by those 'rules'. As she begins to unravel the truth she's faced with her own ethical dilemma.I'm not generally into sci-fi books but this grabbed me. It was a page turner and made me really think about the what ifs...and the ethics of what we do NOW and how our choices NOW will have far reaching implications into the future. The book really rocked me. A++

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Dead to the World by Charlaine Harris - 291 pages

Dead to the World by Charlaine Harris

My rating: 5 of 5 stars


I really liked this story. It was fast paced and suspenceful. I actually found myself very sad about the turn of events with Eric. I liked the gentler Eric. I liked the story line. I can't wait till I can get ahold of the next one!!

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Club Dead by Charlaine Harris - 292 Pages

Compared to the others in the series I felt this one was lacking. The saga between Sookie and Bill and Eric just doesn't really ring true. I can't get a handle on Eric's true intentions and there was a lot unexplained regarding why Bill did what he did and what happened. There was a lot of action scenes but many of them seemed fairly needless and off. Even for a vampire novel this one was unbelievable. 3 out of 5 stars.

Le sigh

I've been super busy attempting to catch up on my sorely neglected housework and have fallen WAY behind on my reading....plus I've been plugging away with a non-fiction book and those just do NOT suck me in the way a good novel does!

I'll try to catch up!

Define Normal by Julie Anne Peters 196 pages

Define "Normal" by Julie Anne Peters

My rating: 3 of 5 stars


It was a pretty quick teeny-bopper read. I thought it would be a little bit better but it was very much the Full House of novels (everything works out great in the end).

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The Postmistress by Sarah Blake - 326 pages

The Postmistress by Sarah Blake

My rating: 4 of 5 stars


It took me quite a bit to get into this book. It jumped between characters so much with very little tying them together. And then, finally, it got to where the 3 main women all fit together and it became a real page turner. I want to say I am disappointed with the ending, but I'm not. It was interesting the way 2 of the women compromised so much on their ideals.It was a heartbreaking read.

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