Comments on DROPZONE: The Emperor of All Maladies

From the look of it, I think I will like this - lo...

2011-11-11T23:50:42.371-08:00

From the look of it, I think I will like this - love when the author captures the details to create a live picture and keeps you fixated all along(Boy! something I just love about Mr. A. Hailey).

Will take much more than an afternoon but seems a perfect read after the 'Picadilly Jim' I just got done with.

Am borrowing one of your copies at Solstice. TIA :-)

p.s. Thanks for the insightful quote from Azar Nafisi.

well said Jo. Non-fiction written with a narrative...

2011-11-10T14:08:51.353-08:00

well said Jo. Non-fiction written with a narrative style commonly seen in fictional writing - a rare combination indeed. Siddhartha Mukherjee makes Cancer so alive in the readers' eyes by juxtaposing perspectives from patients, doctors and researchers that his calling this book "the biography of cancer" seems so perfect. A rare treat indeed !

I don't share the same passion for fiction for...

2011-11-10T13:04:10.312-08:00

I don't share the same passion for fiction for sure, but non-fiction gets me into the groove. And going by your strong recommendation, this one seems a must, despite the scary page count :P

And you are most welcome :)

"Inhale 500 pages in an afternoon" makes...

2011-11-10T07:13:14.453-08:00

"Inhale 500 pages in an afternoon" makes me take deep breaths already!!

Kindly pass on the second, unused, copy of the book. :D

oh really?? I am going to read one soon :p Sound...

2011-11-10T05:34:32.653-08:00

oh really??

I am going to read one soon :p

Sounds just the right amount of science and emotion