false 12 173 77 true 5847309 read 2 true 3065329 currently-reading 37 true 3065328 to-read 57 true 3246081 wishlist 41 false 3180638 science-medicine 20 false 3248172 history 17 false 3180673 languages-translation 16 false 3180656 ethics-bioethics 10 false 3271837 future-re-reads 7 false 3304925 dystopia 1 false 7245969 fiction <![CDATA[Andrea is on page 50 of Nothing to Be Fright... ]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/77703169 Andrea is on page 50 of 256 of Nothing to Be Frightened of ]]> <![CDATA[new comment from Andrea]]> http://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/5426-what-are-you-reading Andrea made a comment in the The Next Best Book Club group:

I just started Julian Barnes's Nothing to Be Frightened of. :D

I'm in love with that man :P ]]> <![CDATA[Andrea is on page 1 of Nothing to Be Fright... ]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/77703169 Andrea is starting Nothing to Be Frightened of ]]> <![CDATA[Andrea added 'Nothing to Be Frightened of']]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/77703169 Nothing to Be Frightened of (Vintage Vintage) by Julian Barnes
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bookshelves: ethics-bioethics, history, science-medicine
Interesting book on a little-known study conducted during WWII on 36 men who offered themselves as volunteers to study the effects of starvation and the best way to rehabilitate starvation victims.

Unfortunately, it was a bit of a disappointment, given that only 2-3 chapters really deal with the experiment itself, its ethical implications, etc. The others deal with historical context (which is very interesting, but I could've read a history book if that was what I was looking for), history of starvation, history of the Peace Churches (again: interesting, but not what I was looking for in a book with this title), Ancel Key's life & accomplishments, etc.

I also missed more excerpts from the subjects' journals as firsthand account of what was going on, instead of the sometimes-novelesque narration.

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]]> <![CDATA[new comment from Andrea]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/30178508 Andrea's review of A Prayer for Owen Meany
by John Irving

Virginia wrote: "Me encanta ese libro!"

Sabes que otro amigo en cuyo gusto también confío 100% me lo recomendó ene igual... pero no logro que me enganche. O sea, no me he aburrido, pero voy como hojeándolo a ratos en lugar de leerlo súper concentrada, y eso que John Irving me gusta un montón.

¿Qué onda? ¿Será que me falta background religioso para entenderlo bien? (bueno, entre la letra chica y lo piti que soy, tampoco me ayudan mucho)

Acepto comentarios.

Cariños :) ]]>