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This year I’m hoping to read more nonfiction about medical and scientific advances.
I’m keeping the specific sub-genre open. Biology is interesting, and so is palaeontology, archeology, chemistry, astronomy, and a wide variety of other subjects. I will even read about math so long as you’re not actually expecting me to solve any equations. Ha!
The important thing to me is that they’re taking abut positive developments because I need more good news in my life.
A book about the invention of the atom bomb or how many airborne diseases spread so quickly in the winter, as interesting as they may be, isn’t quite what I’m looking for.
Something that talks about promising treatments, preventions, or cures for life-threatening illnesses, or what scientists are discovering about distant solar systems, or new species of plants or animals we’re discovering in remote corners of the Earth would be right up my alley.
If you’ve read something along these lines, I’d love to hear about it.
In the meantime, I’ll be scouring the Internet and my local library for hopeful scientific and medical news.
The first few times I tried audiobooks, I was not at all a fan of them because I can read much faster than the average narrator speaks and I’d much rather get to know characters through the written word instead of the spoken one.
2. Zombies
As I mentioned last week, I struggle with a lot of modern music. There isn’t always much care taken to write thoughtful lyrics or develop the artist’s vocal or instrumental skills before new songs are released.
You can turn a phrase into a weapon or a drug
Well, that depends on your definition of the term watch.
Oh, this is an easy one: Sesame Street.