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I can‘t be the only weirdo who gets excited when I see a sale on a book about a disease or medical condition. Right? Bueller? Bueller?

#DiseaseoftheMonthBookClub

Rabies

Primarily a history of rabies and its impact on the human population and our beloved dogs, this book also dabbles into very accessible science and some individual stories of infection. It‘s fascinating, though Bindi says some of the dog illness parts were upsetting.

Paul Farmer provides an excellent assessment of the 2014 Ebola outbreak. It was especially hilarious given that it was released during the Covid epidemic.

Reading Bourdain year cont…

I read that a good portion of this book was researched and written by his first wife, and after reading his books for a year, I tend to agree. But she did a great job. Short but informative. The chapters about food are clearly in his distinctive voice. The fascinating dive into first-person sources didn‘t read like Tony at all.

If you‘re interested in learning more about Mary from an empathetic perspective, read this.

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= 16 points

This was my #Roll100 pick for June.

It was okay and had some interesting parts, but overall I didn‘t feel like I learnt much about rabies, and a lot of the book was anecdotal.

I previously read a fascinating book about the 2014 Ebola outbreak from a physician, but this one goes deeper. Farmer starts with that event then goes deeper into the past to show how Sierra Leone and Liberia came to be health care deserts via colonialism. You then comes forward again to show how radically different things could be with just basic supportive care. Terrific and sobering.