Let's just say we took an extended summer vacation. And our "summer read" of choice? Brain on Fire by Susanah Cahalan. What could be better than a medical horror story, a mystery with with NMDA receptors and antibodies for clues? Throw in a few nifty psychiatric symptoms and it's a terrific fit for the Neuroscience crowd. Add a few tasty margaritas and a bit of gossip and I declare WOVFAB back in action.
The last shorts stories had their likers and their haters. However, both groups agreed that these stories were really weird.
Now it is time to select another book. Please choose between the two following:
but here we all are. And I am going to need a good book for some cottage reading. OK, what I really need is an impressive cover to disguise the tripe I'm really reading. The choices are:
I'm not writing a review on Empire of the Ants. Didn't finish it. Couldn't finish it. Or perhaps more accurately, won't finish it. I learned all I needed from the discussion at Monday's meeting. It was slow and the ending predictable but there might be enough creepy insects and gore to entice the 11 year old.