Summer Reading

I really enjoyed this book. Of the three, Post Mortal was by far my favorite. The reason I enjoyed this book was because of the thought of immortality. I felt like if this was really a way of life that people could obtain, they covered many bases of thought. Ranging from how does it effect the person themselves, to what happens when you want to retire but cant due to the fact you need money to live. This book covered such a variety of thoughts from a multitude of views. It was interesting to watch the drama unfold as each person chose to or not to get the shot of immortality; how it effected family, friends, self, work, doctors etc...

 The book I liked the least was What Are Old People For. I felt like this book was a compilation of all text books, articles, and journals that we have read to date. I felt the information was pertinent, however for those of us who are in the field (all of us) this is information that we hear time and time again, and yes can always be reminded of another time. I feel like this book is a good one, bt it is not a book that I would read again for pleasure reading.

The last and final book, Still Alice was also a good book. I felt like this book was very realistic and I felt like this has happened and could happen to someone I know. It reminded me of the Notebook in some sense, but it really had its own twist. It was fascinating to watch the family go though the troubles as the mother learns she has AD. I felt there was great detail in her emotions as she goes through the process of learning about her diagnosis.