Here we are... the final Sunday of September and the first Sunday of fall. This photo was taken alongside the Lieutenant River two weeks ago, and I'm certain the view from that spot is much more colorful today. I'd planned to take a current photo for comparison, but was thwarted by the (much needed!) rain. Maybe this week.
We had some old friends visit for a few days last week. He's a childhood friend of my husband's and I have known them for over forty years. We haven't spend such a big chunk of time together in several years - it was so much fun!
It was also a good reading week and I managed to finish three books.
Recent reading//
Writers & Lovers by Lily King
Writers & Lovers was a favorite back in 2021 and I wanted to reread it before Lily King's new novel, Heart the Lover, comes out. It was just as enjoyable the second time around!
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No More Tears: The Dark Secrets of Johnson & Johnson by Gardiner Harris
This book hooked me immediately and kept me completely engrossed until the final sentence. As I turned the pages, my growing anger progressed to fury and outrage. For many years J&J has enjoyed the type of impeccable reputation most companies only dream about. Journalist Gardiner Harris says it time to set the record straight.
Harris divides this exposé into four sections: Consumer Products (Johnson's Baby Powder and Tylenol), Prescription Drugs, Medical Devices (joint implants, etc.), and Vaccines. He details a decades-long pattern of putting profitability over patient safety, illegal sales and marketing tactics, and withholding critical information/outright lying to the FDA. All of this has resulted in staggering patient morbidity and mortality leading to lawsuits and judgements which are considered merely part of the cost of doing business. Harris goes on to offer a series of reasonable changes which would ensure a safer path forward.
There is a fair amount of medical and technical detail presented here and, as a former hospital pharmacist, I was interested in every bit of it. Less medically-oriented readers may opt to skim some sections.
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84, Charing Cross Road by Helene Hanff
narrated by Barbara Rosenblat and John Franklyn-Robbins
This cozy, feel-good reread was the perfect remedy for No More Tears!
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Current reading//
Dracula Daily by Bram Stoker
The ongoing real time read-along continues... and it's getting really good!
When the Cranes Fly South by Lisa Ridzén
I just started this book yesterday and love it already, despite the somber tone.
How was your week? What have you been reading?
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