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Slow reading month for me. I've been busy making gifts for #autumncomfortswap and melting during the heat waves. And now I can add hacking up a lung due to wildfire smoke in the area. #readingwrapup #julysreads

2-28 July 25
I loved this book about the terribly dysfunctional Lambert family coming to grips with the already irascible father‘s dementia. Each family member - Chip, Denise, Gary, Enid and especially Alfred - was quite unlikeable and made terrible choices and yet I found them compelling and continued to hope for a better outcome than they no doubt deserved.
Franzen writes the type of book I love. I am amazed at how many negative reviews he gets.

Michael J. Fox is inarguably in my top 5 favorite actors.

I found this book to be illuminating, sad, and, uplifting. Illuminating because he shares information about his life and career that was news to me. Sad because his disease is known to shorten lifespans, a fact he does not shy away from. Uplifting because he actively chooses life, which is evident in this book. Definitely worth the listen.

All the way through this book it seemed familiar . I checked and I hadn‘t read it before. Then it dawned on me it‘s on one of the streaming services. Well worth a watch. Also a good read. I‘m a bit of a fan of his character Joe OLoughlin.

Well, this is intriguing.
#DavidEagleman #TheBrain #beliefs #epilepsy #Parkinsons #medication

For a celebrity memoir, I was pleasantly surprised at how eloquently this book was written. A blend of his journey into acting and his diagnosis with Parkinson‘s, it struck just the right tone between serious and gossipy. Although he unfortunately didn‘t succeed in his foundation‘s goal of finding a cure for Parkinson‘s in 10 years, he has made a tremendous impact in bringing awareness and support for this horrible disease. Good on audio

Wow - this book 🙌 I was reading it thinking how sad and harrowing it was to be experiencing Elena‘s Parkinson‘s and her grief at her daughter‘s death. And then Pineiro knocks you out as both Elena and the reader‘s eyes are opened to the underlying truths - the story behind the story. This is the sort of novel where you dont realise how clever it is until the end.
Photo: subterranean tunnel Waiheke Island

Bubbles and books - the way Saturday nights should be! Happy weekend everyone 🛁 📚 🫧

Sitting by the sea in the sunshine with my bright yellow book, I can imagine spring is coming!