I liked it okay. I may have shed a tear toward the end. I think it could have used some editing and gotten to the important reveal way earlier and spend more time on the “figuring it out” section.
The disclaimer in the back notwithstanding, do you have a theory as to what it was? I do.
Spoiler alert: my guess is this or this. But maybe it intentionally conflates a few different ones?
And, you can check off and track as you go .
Your second guess is what I thought. You’d think she would have self diagnosed at some point along the way or at least realized she needed to pursue a diagnosis with additional doctors.
Yep. I’m not sure of the point of the book. 
I mean, the stories we tell ourselves about who we are…sure.
I’m working my way through back issues of The New Yorker.
Still in August.
I’m about a third of the way through A Walk in the Park: The True Story of a Spectacular Misadventure in the Grand Canyon by Kevin Fedarko. Not my usual kind of book, but he’s such a good writer, and the book is hair raising, touching, and funny, with beautiful and frightening descriptions of the Grand Canyon. The irony of reading it while lying on a comfortable couch drinking iced tea hasn’t escaped me. 
Gift link to the NYT review: https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/25/books/review/a-walk-in-the-park-kevin-fedarko.html?unlocked_article_code=1.J04.ZqHg.691vFCxiwz2d&smid=url-share
Current book:
Maybe it’s not "high literature, "but it’s a fun and easy read. Anyone else read this?
Just finished the memoir on Cass Elliot penned by her daughter. Learned quite a bit.
I loved that book! A rare Goodreads 5 stars from me. Enjoy
Christina, since it seems like we have somewhat similar reading tastes, let me suggest The Island of Missing Trees by Elif Shafak.
I’d previously read her 40 Rules of Love and … meh. Glad I gave her another chance.
Which reminds me of this author, whose two books I have really enjoyed: Either/Or: A Novel https://a.co/d/hS0jEUW
Thank you! I have saved it in Libby.
OMG, The House of the Spirits. The audiobook is nearly 20 hours long. I am not going to finish in time for Thursday’s book club meeting.
Just finished
…which I found a bit more confusing than some of the others, but still satisfying for what it is
Just started yet another Three Pines/ Chief Inspector Gamache book
…even though I have already been to Quebec and returned! I really like the author with the narrator.
I’m about halfway through this novel and really, really enjoying it. I think it’s one of those books that will stick around. I didn’t know anything about it before starting and haven’t seen the TV series.
Still! finishing up past New Yorker magazines +almost upbto date)and a dear friend just sent me ‘The Giver of Stars’ by JoJo Moyes. I’m looking forward to starting that.
Godspeed by Nickolas Butler. Picked it up at the $1.25 tree of all places because I knew my husband would be at T-Mobile for awhile and I forgot to bring a book. I’m about half way through the book and can’t put it down. I pray it gets better, but something tells me it will get a whole lot worse.,
“The plot revolves around three young builders—Cole, Bart, and Teddy—who land the opportunity of a lifetime: if they can complete an ambitious construction project in the beautiful and remote terrain of Jackson Hole, they will earn life changing bonuses and establish their fledgling company in a hot real estate market.”
Just finished The Berry Pickers by Amanda Peters. Next month’s book club selection. Very good despite lots of family tragedy.
I just started listening to Pandora’s Jar by Natalie Haynes and am loving it. Scholarly and humorous dive into stories of misunderstood women of Greek tales
My wife got our son a 3-book series by an author named Brandon Sanderson (wonder if that caused any ribbing in school?), which is somewhat a “young adult” type story but also has quite a bit of violent gore. It’s generally referred to as “The Mistborn Series” after the first book “Mistborn”.
My son is through with them so he gave them to me. I’m enjoying the first book quite a bit so far and hoping the other books really complete the story. As opposed to (as often happens with NYT List bestsellers) the follow-on books are mostly about making money rather than completing the story.
It’s light Sci-Fi/Fantasy. Pretty good world building so far by the author, and not so far out as to have to take a bunch of notes while reading to keep stuff straight. Unlike Islington’s books that I mentioned above, I had to take notes to keep straight such a foreign (to me) societal structure.
Honestly I haven’t been reading nearly as much lately as we’ve had a series of manageable household calamities befall us, all of which fall into my wheelhouse in terms of the “who deals with?” question. They eat into my reading time, so (besides the CASH COST), that’s one reason I resent them.
LoL. FWP.
I am bunkered down in sons bedroom while husband “deals with” our bathroom remodel, albeit remotely.
The Chief Inspector Gamache Series have recipe pages!
I’ve just started “The Long Way Home”.
