What do you enjoy, but would not universally recommend?
Post your answer in the LEAVE A COMMENT section below. I’m not the boss of you, though. Don’t write anything for all I care! But, seriously, I 100% recommend it.
. . .here are my thoughts.
What do you enjoy, but would not universally recommend?
Since you’re reading this, I’ll assume you’re the type of person who reads books as well. Thus, you’re a good person to ask: do you flip through a book before you start reading it? Certainly you read the back cover and the dust jacket first. You’re not a monster! But do you also check for an Epilogue, Acknowledgments, Glossary, Notes, or Index before embarking on your reading adventure? I do. A Molecule Away from Madness: Tales of the Hijacked Brain, by Sarah Manning Peskin, has all five of those sections. Most notable of the bunch is the Glossary, containing definitions of the scientific terms a layperson must know to fully appreciate Sarah’s stories. The problem is it starts on page 187—after the primary text is dead and buried. By convention, the rear of the book is a reasonable place for any of these sections. Here, however, I think the Glossary would have been better placed nearer the Introduction—which this work also has. Despite the minor layout issue, it’s an otherwise wonderful book. A book you will absolutely want to keep far, far away from any hypochondriacs in your life.