Book Review: Hamilton’s Battalion- A Trio of Romances by Rose Lerner, Courtney Milan & Alyssa Cole

Hamilton's Battalion: A Trio of Romances by Rose Lerner, Courtney Milan & Alyssa Cole * Format: Kindle * October 17, 2017 😸😸😸😸½🔵 Rated 4.5 happy lap cats Hamilton's Battalion is a collection of three historical romance novellas, one from each author, each having some connection to Founding Father Alexander Hamilton and the siege at Yorktown, VA,…

Book Review: Future Home of the Living God by Louise Erdrich

Future Home of the Living God by Louise Erdich * Format: Kindle * November 14, 2017 😸😸😸½🔵 Rated 3.5 happy lap cats Spoiler Free: Future Home of the Living God is a confusing book. On the one hand, I loved most of it. At 67%, I would have rated it a 5. At 90%, I would…

Book Review: Hiroshima by John Hersey

Hiroshima by John Hersey * Format: Paperback Book * 8/31/1946 Not for the faint of heart, this powerful, slim little volume recounts the stories of the survivors of the first atomic bomb attack in history, when the US dropped the bomb on the city of Hiroshima, Japan on August 6, 1945. The book starts on…

Book Review: The Night of the Moths by Riccardo Bruni

The Night of the Moths by Riccardo Bruni * Translated by Anne Milano Appel * Format: Kindle * 12/1/17 😸😸😸½🔵 Rated 3.5 happy lap cats The Night of the Moths, by Riccardo Bruni, translated into English by Anne Milano Appel, is a deceptively quick read. It takes place in a small Italian beach resort town, and…

Book Review: An Excess Male- A Novel by Maggie Shen King

An Excess Male: A Novel by Maggie Shen King * Format: Kindle * 10//12/17  😸😸😸😸🔵 (Rated 4/5 happy lap cats) Contains Spoilers An Excess Male, by Maggie Shen King is a work of speculative fiction that takes place in Beijing, China in the near future, specifically the year 2030. It's set in a dystopia of sorts…

The Glass Castle (2017): Movie Review & Book vs Movie

😸😸😸🔵🔵 (Rated 3/5 happy lap cats) Review: (Not Spoiler Free) The Glass Castle is a new film based on journalist Jeannette Walls 2005 memoir of the same name. It was directed by Destin Daniel Cretton, who also wrote the film along with Andrew Lanham, and Marti Noxon. Brie Larson stars as adult Jeannette, Woody Harrelson as her father,…

Book Review: The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls

  The Glass Castle: A Memoir by Jeannette Walls * Format: Kindle * 3/1/2005 😸😸😸😸🔵 (Rated 4/5 happy lap cats)   The book The Glass Castle is the story of the childhood years of the book's author, journalist Jeannette Walls. Ms Walls family was unusual, teaching her self-sufficiency and persistence, sometimes in the midst of exciting…

Book Review: A Tangled Mercy by Joy Jordan-Lake

This not a spoiler-free review! A Tangled Mercy: A Novel by Joy Jordan-Lake * Format: Kindle * 10/1/2017 * 😸😸😸🔵🔵 (Rated 3/5 happy lap cats) A Tangled Mercy, by Joy Jordan-Lake, is a good book that's trying hard to be a great book. It's a novel that weaves modern day and historical fact with modern day…

Forget Hugh Hefner: Helen Gurley Brown and Erica Jong Were the Real Feminist Sexual Revolutionaries

Or, Whatever Happened to the Cosmo Girl and the Zipless F*ck? Good girls go to heaven, bad girls go everywhere. What you have to do is work with the raw material you have, namely you, and never let up. You can have your titular recognition. I'll take money and power. One of the paramount reasons…

Diabetes Issues: Keeping Insulin Cool When Refrigeration Isn’t Available

Type 1 diabetics, and other insulin-dependent diabetics, depend on prescription insulin to stay alive. Insulin, a hormone that the body normally produces in the pancreas, is necessary for proper utilization of carbohydrates. Carbohydrates are the body's main fuel. Insulin-dependent diabetics, especially Type 1 diabetics, produce little to none of their own insulin. Without insulin, a…