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the Sunday Post is a chance to recap the past week, talk about next week, tell you what I’m reading, and share news. It’s hosted by The Caffeinated Book Reviewer, Readerbuzz, and Book Date.
The Sunday Post
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In My Reading Life
Last week, I read Everything Is Tuberculosis: The History And Persistence Of Our Deadliest Infection by John Green. It's a nonfiction book about the history of tuberculosis (obviously), and I really liked it!
The first half of the book feels fast paced and a bit directionless. It's history + interesting facts about tuberculosis. If you love history as much as I do, then you'll probably find the historical parts of the book fascinating. Even though I've had tuberculosis tests done on myself at the doctor, I didn't know much about the disease. This book taught me about how tuberculosis damages the body and how our attitudes toward the disease have shifted throughout history.
The second half of the book is about present day. It's a lot more focused. Tuberculosis has been curable since the 1950s, but every year, over a million people die from it. That's because those people don't have access to the cure. They live in places like Sierra Leone, where medical care can be difficult and expensive to access.
I like this book because it brings awareness to a problem that humans can solve. Tuberculosis is curable. A million people do not have to die from it every year. I hope this book bumps tuberculosis up humanity's priority list. We have to figure out how to get the cure to the people who need it most.
In The Rest Of My Life
I'm still playing Planet Zoo every chance I get. I want to share screenshots of my current zoo because it's making my computer lag and will have to be abandoned soon. It's a petting zoo. I imagine that it's run by benevolent witches.
A few of the aforementioned butterflies.
A deer watching people eat hamburgers in a party tent. I hope they're not venison burgers because that would be horrifying.
I made a castle for the bug exhibits. Seriously, there's nothing in there except bugs and a fancy chandelier. There's not even a toilet, which everybody complains about.
Sheep and baby sheep. I built a Stonehenge thing for them. I don't know why the humans are floating. Magic, I guess.
Maybe I'll Post More Zoo Nonsense
Everything is About Tuberculosis was a terrific book and left me somewhat hopeful that there are problems that human beings can solve, have solved, and may be able to solve better in the future.
ReplyDeleteThat game looks like fun!
ReplyDeleteEverything is Tuberculosis is in my TBR pile. Everyone seems to give it pretty high marks.
ReplyDeleteI love that you are having so much fun with your zoo, maybe you should upgrade your RAM :)
ReplyDeleteWishing you a happy reading week
I can understand there being a line to get into the butterfly garden. Looks like a fun game.
ReplyDeleteGlad you are enjoying your game and getting some reading in as well. Have a great week!
ReplyDeleteWell it seems that you have found the perfect distraction!
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