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quick book review--The Summer without Men by Siri Hustvedt
I want to give this book 3 and a half stars, a half extra for trying to be much bigger than it was. It's a simple story about a woman whose husband has left her and has to regroup in her old hometown, with various interludes on her mom's friends and neighbors and schoolgirls (who are supposed to be learning poetry from her). There really were no ( Read more... ) -
Who's in charge - you or your brain?
Who's in charge - you or your brain? | Science | The ObserverI haven't written here for a while but maybe it's time I started it up again. simply because the brain that doesn't look at itself and try to figure out what it's been doing may simply be an automaton: reacting to whatever is happening ( Read more... ) -
Alzheimer's: Diet patterns may keep brain from shrinking
Alzheimer's: Diet patterns may keep brain from shrinking
I research how nutrition affects brain aging--yet I get a lot of people expressing doubt that eating right makes a difference. It's nice to see a study like this provide visual evidence that good nutrition is important from age 30 on (if you want to keep your brain from shrinking!) -
Living in Switzerland
I haven't posted a real entry for so long--mostly because the move to Switzerland has been such a hectic swirl of mental and physical stress ( Read more... ) -
Book review: Let the Great World Spin by Colum McCann
My rating: 3 stars ( Read more... ) -
book review: Hourglass by Myra McEntire
I really wanted to like this one since it had such a cool premise, but it was so overly wordy and I never believed in any of the characters. They honestly felt like cardboard characters, some of their dialogue was so stilted. But other people like it so maybe it's just not my cup of tea (Rose Red, another time travel YA, was awesome!)
