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“2.5 stars
I loved the title of this book: Transcending Chronic Illness. I wanted to learn how to transcend my chronic illness so looked forward to reading this book. However this book is more of an autobiography of the author/dr and his experiences as a dr and his eventual diabetic crisis....”

“2.5 stars
I loved the title of this book: Transcending Chronic Illness. I wanted to learn how to transcend my chronic illness so looked forward to reading this book. However this book is more of an autobiography of the author/dr and his experiences as a dr and his eventual diabetic crisis. Very little in this book about transcending chronic illness. I really hate misleading titles.”

BookwormErin reviewed a book.

“I had high hopes for this book but was disappointed. Much of the material was good but there were major gaps which I felt needed to be addressed. Namely pregnancy and parenting while living with a chronic illness/disease. I mean these are the years we get pregnant and raise our children. I just...”

“I had high hopes for this book but was disappointed. Much of the material was good but there were major gaps which I felt needed to be addressed. Namely pregnancy and parenting while living with a chronic illness/disease. I mean these are the years we get pregnant and raise our children. I just don't understand how that couldn't have been included in a book like this. I had other issues and that is why this book didn't get a higher rating. I still feel this should be a book you read though if you live with a chronic illness/disease. I did love the title however.”

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“Mary Roach has once again made me laugh out loud with this, her exploration of life after death. A skeptic at heart, she goes through the numerous attempts to verify the existence of the soul throughout history, from weighing it at the moment of death to interviewing those who have had a...”

“Mary Roach has once again made me laugh out loud with this, her exploration of life after death. A skeptic at heart, she goes through the numerous attempts to verify the existence of the soul throughout history, from weighing it at the moment of death to interviewing those who have had a near-death experience. It’s not a study that delivers any concrete answers, but she explores all possibilities and even goes to “medium school” herself to see if she can feel what sensitives claim to feel. She may be skeptical, but she is open to every type of attempt at confirmation of the soul’s existence. And she does it in the funniest ways imaginable. ”

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“I had not heard of the Ratcliffe Highway murders in London prior to picking up this novel. They were a series of two murders, brutal in the worst way, committed in the seedy area of Ratcliffe Highway in London in the early 1800s. Two families, heads smashed in and throats cut, down to a three...”

“I had not heard of the Ratcliffe Highway murders in London prior to picking up this novel. They were a series of two murders, brutal in the worst way, committed in the seedy area of Ratcliffe Highway in London in the early 1800s. Two families, heads smashed in and throats cut, down to a three month old baby. None were left alive. Thomas de Quincey, the infamous OPIUM EATER, who wrote about his destructive laudanum addiction, wrote an essay called ON MURDER AS ONE OF THE FINE ARTS, detailing the Ratcliffe murders and saying that they were the most artistic murders of any kind ever committed. Morrell picks up this theme and has the murderer’s son as the new “death artist” in this book, a man obsessed with de Quincey and with re-committing his father’s crimes with an even more intense eye for detail. This book is about the search to discover him before anyone else falls prey. Fantastic blending of truth and fiction, and a compelling detective story. ”

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“Short and to the point. I liked that it didn't dwell on Buddhism too much but gave lots of resources and references to research more topic on your own.”

“Short and to the point. I liked that it didn't dwell on Buddhism too much but gave lots of resources and references to research more topic on your own. ”

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“4.5 stars
I loved the writing it was very transportive. The perfect book if you want to escape. Loved the twists and surprises in this book.”

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• Rated 5 stars

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“As much as I like Brown’s ROBERT LANGDON series, I have to admit to being disappointed in his last installment, THE LOST SYMBOL. The ending of that book was a huge let-down. This new novel, however, was much, much improved. Langdon wakes up with amnesia in a hospital in Florence, with his last...”

“As much as I like Brown’s ROBERT LANGDON series, I have to admit to being disappointed in his last installment, THE LOST SYMBOL. The ending of that book was a huge let-down. This new novel, however, was much, much improved. Langdon wakes up with amnesia in a hospital in Florence, with his last memory being of walking home in Cambridge, Massachusetts. From there, we are launched into a series of rapid-fire escapes, shifting allegiances, and a mysterious path to follow to prevent the release of a virus named INFERNO, created by a scientific genius/madman. Langdon’s deep knowledge of symbology once again comes to the rescue, as he chases down clues from Dante’s “Inferno” to reach the virus before it’s too late. The only nitpick I have with this series is that Langdon seems to, no matter in what city he finds himself, know every secret passage and underground tunnel in existence. The escape device is used with a bit too much frequency to continue to hold its allure. Otherwise, an extremely gripping thriller with an unexpected ending.”

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“3.5 stars. This book is about a house party thrown for the Earl of Briarly so that he may find a wife. His sister makes a list of potential brides and invites many in order to disguise it as a party. The book is split into three separate stories that take place during the house party. They...”

“3.5 stars. This book is about a house party thrown for the Earl of Briarly so that he may find a wife. His sister makes a list of potential brides and invites many in order to disguise it as a party. The book is split into three separate stories that take place during the house party. They were all good, though I prefer Miss James' story. This was a light and relaxing read. ”

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“This was a more interesting servants’ biography than others I’ve read of home servants in the Edwardian era. These “servants” were more upper-born ladies and gentlemen who were named to positions of confidence and proximity to Queen Victoria. Attendance on the queen was a long, often boring,...”

“This was a more interesting servants’ biography than others I’ve read of home servants in the Edwardian era. These “servants” were more upper-born ladies and gentlemen who were named to positions of confidence and proximity to Queen Victoria. Attendance on the queen was a long, often boring, thankless task. Maids were rung for at all hours of the night, preventing their getting any true rest; ladies in waiting were not allowed to sit at functions, nor in the presence of the queen, without express permission. Victoria was an extremely jealous woman, feeling that her ladies who left her to become married were abandoning her, and taking it as a personal affront to her feminine charms when her gentlemen became married. She wished to be mother and lover and confidante to all those about her, and yet she never made friends with any of her ladies in waiting. It seems a very close job, physically, but one that came without any benefits of friendship or affinity. Other servants’ memoirs have been those of cooks, ladies’ maids, footmen… This was a unique take on what it was like to daily see the queen, and to be bored to death by her. Highly unique and interesting.”

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• Rated 5 stars