DiseaseofTheMonthBookClub

My stack for the various challenges I am attempting to tackle:

1. Tolstoy: #kareninawinter, #chunksterchallenge2025 (848 pgs) and #fictionaltraveler (somewhere cold)
2. Dissolution: ##BookedInTime (Tudor England) and #fictionaltraveler (somewhere English)
3. Bourdain: #AuldLangSpine2025
4. The Cancer Factory: #DiseaseoftheMonthBookClub
5. King: #Nonfiction2025

ChaoticMissAdventures Eig's King is so good! Very readable and it feels incredibly balanced. 2w

Amiable @ChaoticMissAdventures I‘m so glad to hear that! 2w

Tamra I really enjoyed Anna when I read it years ago! I don‘t remember the details, but I recall it was engaging. (edited) 2w

Amiable @Tamra I‘m enjoying it more than “War & Peace,” for sure! 😀 2w

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ferskner

The Ultimate Reading Challenge: Complete a Goal, Open an Envelope, and Reveal Your Bookish Prize! | Weldon Owen

Help a Litten out! I'm wanting to get back into reading challenges this year but I'm having a hard time figuring out what Litsy is hosting these days. It looks like a few I used to do aren't active anymore. Are there any I should know about? (I'm planning to do #bookspin with @TheAromaofBooks and #agathachristieclubR3 with @Librarybelle, of course!)

Picture of my dog's dumb teeth for tax!

TheAromaofBooks I'm participating in - #Pantone2025 and #FourFoursin25 with @lauredhel
- #WickedWords with @AsYouWish
- #Roll100 and #GottaCatchEmAll with @PuddleJumper
- #FictionalTraveler and #ReadorDonate with @julieclair
and my own other challenges, #ISpyBingo and #BookChain

Have you checked @LitsyEvents ? That account does a great job reposting all kinds of shenanigans!! 3w

Ruthiella You can follow @LitsyEvents for reposts of all the challenges, etc. Good luck! 😃 3w

AmyG There is #authoramonth @soubhiville where one reads 1+ books from that specific author for the month. #TBRTarot is where a card is chosen and you pick a corresponding book. #readyourkindle is like Bookspin but just for ereaders. Last two are with @Cbee (edited) 3w

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Jess861 Some of the ones I'm participating in and aren't listed above:

#BookedInTime @Cuilin
#FoodAndLit @Catsandbooks @Texreader
#SeriesLove2025 @Andrew65 @TheSpineView
#OhCanada @jess861 (me) 3w

Cuilin #HashtagBrigade @BarkingMadRead #NoPlaceLikeHolmes @Dabbe & @Cuilin #NaturalLitsy @alldebooks #WhatTheDickens @Texreader & @Cuilin #literarycrew @Librarybelle 3w

dabbe Some others: #WithTheBanned2025 (host: @Jadams89); #NancyDrewBR (host: @Librarybelle); #ChristiesCapers (host: @Librarybelle); #teamlesmis (host: @TheBookHippie); #ShardlakeSeriesBR (host: @dabbe) 3w

TheBookHippie I do #SUNDAYBUDDYREAD #CHILDRENSCLASSICREAD2025 #CHLOEGONGREADALONG #READLESMIS #JOURNALINGPROMPTS #KARENINAWINTER and #LITSOLACE with @AllDebooks & @Chrissyreadit 3w

Librarybelle @Cuilin @dabbe —thanks for mentioning the buddy reads I host! This is the last year for #192025 , which is reading a book originally published in each year from 1920-2025 (I‘ll post details later in the year for the next challenge, #192030 ). 3w

Texreader And #litsyatoz that I‘m hosting. 3w

AllDebooks #SeriesLove2025 challenge is a good one, hosted by @Andrew65 3w

AllDebooks Sorry, not finished. And @thelibraryview. I'm doing the Wild Moor reading challenge. https://www.instagram.com/reel/DDKncU5i_Y7/?igsh=MXQ0a3U2cWZ1OHlieQ== 3w

AllDebooks Series love is also hosted by @TheSpineView having a brain malfunction 😅 3w

AllDebooks Thanks for the tags @TheBookHippie and @Cuilin 3w

julieclair In addition to those already mentioned (thanks, @TheAromaofBooks 💙), I also host #ThematicCozies , #AllergicToChunksters , and #MonthlyNonfiction2025 . Others I participate in that haven‘t been mentioned yet are #KindredSpirits with @BarbaraJean , #LittensLoveRomance with @StayCurious , #JaneAustenThenAndNownwith @Crinoline_Laphroaig , #HitchToScreen with @JenlovesJT47 , #FurrowedMiddleBrow and #PersephoneClub with @LeahBergen . 3w

julieclair Also #ClassicsChallenge with @Lunakay and #2025FairyTaleChallenge with @Charityann . Also Acquired Via Litsy #AVL25 with @MatchlessMarie . 3w

Andrew65 This just shows how much is going on, an impressive list. 3w

PuddleJumper Teeth! ❤️ I think my general ones have been mentioned. I also have #RiordanverseReadalong which is reading Rick Riordan books and #ReadYourDamnDanmei which is reading Chinese light novels. I also run seasonal challenges in October/December 3w

PuddleJumper Also #QueerBC Monthly LGBTQIA+ authors and you can read anything they've written 3w

LeahBergen @julieclair Wow, this is a big list! Thanks for tagging our little reading groups. 😘 3w

MatchlessMarie When I have been away from Litsyland for a while I like to check out the @LitsyEvents page for most current things. But this is a great time of year to get back into them. It‘s hard to miss challenges since we are all abuzz with New Year wishful thinking 😂 3w

TheAromaofBooks @Librarybelle - I will be so excited to tackle another long-term project!! I actually think I'm going to complete #192025 which is pretty thrilling! 3w

Librarybelle That‘s so cool, @TheAromaofBooks ! I still have a bit to go but need to tally up my readings from the last half of 2024. I love the long term challenges! 3w

julieclair @LeahBergen I think it‘s more of a “wishful thinking” list! 😂 3w

LeahBergen @julieclair I think you‘re right. 😆 3w

Lauredhel I'm doing #Pantone2025 (two grids) #Fourfoursin25 #WickedWords #MonthlyNonfiction2025 #Bookchain2025 #LGBTQIA2025 #urc2025 #FictionalTraveler #readharder2025 #LitsyAtoZ2025 #booklistqueenchallenge25 #ISpyBingo 3w

Amiable Wanted to add #ChunksterChallenge2025, #DiseaseoftheMonthBookClub and #Nonfiction2025 (edited) 2w

staci.reads Also #SheSaid hosted by @Riveted_Reader_Melissa highlighting books by female authors and women's topics! 2w

ferskner @TheAromaofBooks @AmyG @Jess861 @Cuilin @dabbe @TheBookHippie @Ruthiella @Librarybelle @Texreader @AllDebooks @julieclair @PuddleJumper @MatchlessMarie @Lauredhel @Amiable @staci.reads thank you all for your help and ideas! I totally forgot about @LitsyEvents so thank you for that reminder too! I'll go through these and pick out a few. 2d

Texreader So great to have you back!! 2d

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Amiable

All That Moves Us: A Pediatric Neurosurgeon, His Young Patients, and Their Stories of Grace and Resilience | Jay Wellons

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There‘s a trend at medical schools to seek applicants who have a strong foundation in the arts and humanities. Research shows this creates doctors with greater teamwork and communication skills as well as empathy and tolerance for ambiguity. I think another benefit is that we get memoirs like this one from doctors who write wonderful and sensitive patient stories.

Book 4 ✔️ for #DiseaseofTheMonthBookClub
Prompt: A book by a doctor or a nurse

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Amiable

The Best Minds: A Story of Friendship, Madness, and the Tragedy of Good Intentions | Jonathan Rosen

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Book 3 ✔️ for #DiseaseoftheMonthBookClub (prompt: Read a book about the brain)

This is a memoir of Rosen‘s friendship with Michael Laudor, who, despite being diagnosed with schizophrenia, breezed through Yale as an undergrad and law student and was heralded as an example of how people can triumph over the stigma of mental illness—until he killed his girlfriend. It‘s also an examination of how society has failed those with mental illnesses.

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Amiable

Breathless: The Scientific Race to Defeat a Deadly Virus | David Quammen

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Book 2 ✔️ for #DiseaseoftheMonthBookClub
(Prompt: Read a book about a virus)

Fascinating look at the scientific research that was being conducted on coronaviruses after the SARS and MERS outbreaks, which enabled scientists to quickly pivot to create a vaccine when COVID-19 spilled over into the human population. A bit technical so I‘m glad I had at least a semester of college-level biology.

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Amiable

The Facemaker: A Visionary Surgeon's Battle to Mend the Disfigured Soldiers of World War I | Lindsey Fitzharris

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First book ✔️ for #DiseaseofTheMonthBookClub
(prompt: Surgical procedures)

This is the story of Harold Gillies, a pioneering physician who worked to rebuild the faces of soldiers who were injured during World War I —and in the process created the foundation for modern-day plastic surgery.

Cuilin Was that the Doctor in Sidcup, South London? I remember reading something about him and how they designed a mask based on Rupert Brooke. 12mo

Amiable @Cuilin Yes! That‘s the guy! He founded the surgery center at Sidcup, apparently. 12mo

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youneverarrived

Ultra-Processed People: Why Do We All Eat Stuff That Isn�t Food ... and Why Can�t We Stop? | Chris van Tulleken

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I found this really eye opening and fascinating - particularly the bits about food regulation (or lack of), how and why UPF is so addictive, how some ingredients in UPF are made and what goes on without our conscious awareness really as we eat. The author states his intention in writing the book was so people can have knowledge and awareness and make their own informed decisions about what to eat. My other half is glad I‘ve finished reading it 🤣

Bookwormjillk I was trying to read this during lunch today but had to put it away for another time. 12mo

BarbaraBB Curious about this one. I always think I know it all already but I probably don‘t 😀 12mo

batsy Was just reading an article that said the plastic nanoparticles from bottled drinking water can cross the blood brain barrier and now I'm like I don't want to know anything more about the things we eat and drink 😩 12mo

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youneverarrived @Bookwormjillk not a book you can read and eat at the same time 🙈 12mo

youneverarrived @BarbaraBB it‘s made me want to learn even more. It‘s got mixed reviews on here but I got a lot out of it! 12mo

youneverarrived @batsy 😧😧 I know what you mean! I always just think how did we even get to this point? I home cook quite a bit but this book has definitely urged me to do more. 12mo

youneverarrived Forgot to tag #DiseaseoftheMonthBookClub - I‘m using the public health practices prompt for this book @Amiable (edited) 12mo

Amiable @youneverarrived oh, yay!! So happy you are excited about the challenge! I‘m working my way through a book on reconstructive surgery during WWI for the surgical procedure prompt. 12mo

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LitsyEvents

Untitled | Anonymous

repost for @Amiable

I‘m fascinated by the history of medicine and health, particularly the relationships between science, culture and politics. As such, I‘ve collected a large stack of nonfiction books that directly relate to these topics. My husband refers to them as my “Disease of the Month Book Club.” So I‘ve created a challenge mostly to get these books off my shelves! If you‘d like to join the #DiseaseoftheMonthBookClub, welcome!

LitsyEvents original post:
https://www.litsy.com/web/post/2686707
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Amiable Thank you, @LitsyEvents ! 13mo

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Amiable

The Pandemic Century: A History of Global Contagion from the Spanish Flu to Covid-19 | Mark Honigsbaum

I‘m fascinated by the history of medicine and health, particularly the relationships between science, culture and politics. As such, I‘ve collected a large stack of nonfiction books that directly relate to these topics. My husband refers to them as my “Disease of the Month Book Club.” So I‘ve created a challenge mostly to get these books off my shelves! If you‘d like to join the #DiseaseoftheMonthBookClub, welcome! Storygraph link in comments ⬇️

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Amiable https://app.thestorygraph.com/reading_challenges/e4cd4ea0-50a5-4daf-8972-13817b3... 13mo

GinaKButler I can‘t wait to hear what you think of these! 13mo

Amiable @GinaKButler I set the Storygraph challenge dates for two full years so I don‘t get overwhelmed with death and destruction! 😀 13mo

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AnnR Interesting collection of books. I think 10 years ago, this challenge would have been right up my alley. I'll look forward to your posts. (edited) 13mo

Clare-Dragonfly @shanaqui This might interest you! 13mo

ChaoticMissAdventures What a fantastic challenge! Diseases are so interesting. I really though this one was so well done, and interesting

The Emperor of All Maladies: A Biography of Cancer

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Amiable @ChaoticMissAdventures That one is already stacked in my queue! Plus this one by the same author:

The Song of the Cell: An Exploration of Medicine and the New Human

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marleed That‘s a great reading challenge! 13mo

Amiable @AnnR Feel free to suggest any others that would fit the challenges! I‘m always looking for more. To my husband‘s chagrin. 😬🙂 13mo

JenniferEgnor I‘m very interested in this stack. Could you maybe put up a close up photo of spine view or cove? 13mo

Amiable @JenniferEgnor If you click on the link to Storygraph in the first comment, it takes you to the challenge. I posted all of the books into the relevant prompts so you can see what they are. Let me know if you can‘t get into it and I‘ll list all of the books here! (edited) 13mo

shanaqui @Clare-Dragonfly Ooh, thank you, it does! Thank you!

Adding a rec to folks' piles, this is my favourite non-fiction about disease. Tuberculosis is my very favourite. (I'm studying for an MSc in Infectious Diseases, partly because I did my dissertation on tuberculosis when I did my biology degree, which was mostly because of this book.)

Catching Breath: The Making and Unmaking of Tuberculosis

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Amiable @shanaqui Oh, that looks good! Thanks! I‘m particularly interested in the “Spanish flu” pandemic of 1918. My great-grandmother (who died when I was 14) lived through it. I always remembered the stories she told about it and I‘ve been fascinated ever since. 13mo

Roary47 How fun! I‘d be willing to join. 🤩 13mo

Amiable @Roary47 Yay! A fellow epidemiology nerd. 😍 13mo

Chrissyreadit @Amiable wow!!! i love this!! one of my major interests also- i am joining - but if i only do some i will be happy! i am going to look at your read lists also- and what books do you recommend around Spanish Flu? 12mo

Amiable @Chrissyreadit YAY! I love that there are other weirdos out there like me who love this stuff! 🙂 So my all-time favorite book about the 1918 flu pandemic is this one:

The Great Influenza: The Epic Story of the Deadliest Plague in History

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Amiable The Barry book is kind of the classic on the topic, I think. There‘s also this one of the Barry book is too dense for your liking:

Flu: The Story of the Great Influenza Pandemic of 1918 and the Search for the Virus That Caused It

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GinaKButler

Bingo! | Rosemary Wells

My November #bookspinbingo board!

9 books read
1 bingo
2 classics
1 #23in23
1 #chunksterchallemge2023
3 #unreadbookshelf
1 non-fiction
#bookspin read, starting the #doublespin today (a little late)

What a great reading month! Looking forward to December.

Thank you for hosting, Sarah!

@TheAromaofBooks

And, thank you for hosting the #chunksterchallenge2023 Amy! @Amiable We‘re working on our lists for next year!

TheAromaofBooks Yay!!! Fantastic month!!! 14mo

Amiable Super! I'm working on an idea for a different challenge. I need to clear the medical history books off my shelves. I'm thinking of doing a #DiseaseoftheMonthBookClub for 2024. 😃 14mo

GinaKButler @Amiable Well, that sounds like something different! 14mo

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