Book bingo reviews 6, 7 and 8

[deinonychus_1]

So, I'm massively behind on book reviews for lj book bingo this year, but here are three more in an attempt to get vaguely up to date before the end of the year. Still no bingo, although I can see at least two lines which are only one square away from a bingo if I can just fill it in the next month and half!

Comments

[clea2011]

OH! First letter of your USERname!! I've been looking for J's - C is much easier!

You're doing great! 8 is already double what I managed last year!

I think I'm on book 16. If you haven't already read Song of Achilles, do - it's fab. I could bring it up to Telford for you if you like?

[deinonychus_1]

I think I've actually filled 13 squares, I'm just massively behind on posting reviews for them! But I've definitely given up on getting anywhere near a blackout this year.

Ooh, yes, I have read Song of Achilles, it is indeed very good.

I think the name thing can be either your real name or username, but D was far easier than J to find a book for. The only thing I had on my shelves was Jurassic Park, and I didn't fancy reading it again when I have so many books that I haven't read even once, compared with the multiple times I've read JP.

[clea2011]

I don't bother with the reviewing, I assume people will not be interested in the majority of what I read and also I'm very lazy!
Yeah, I can find C I am sure. J is just too difficult.

[honor_reid]

Your choice of books always reminds me of my love of reading history books. I always mean to read more history but I get distracted and I don't seem to see as many historical books advertised.

I'm sorry to hear your health hasn't been great. I love to try new recipes but if I am under the weather or stressed I can't seem to find the energy to try anything new.

Congrats on finishing more books!

[deinonychus_1]

I really meant to read more history and archaeology books this year, but I seem to have run out of time :-(

I am currently reading a book about Alexander the Great, so that one will definitely fill the history/historical square. I might not have time for the book about Stonehenge as well, though.

[fififolle]

What three absolutely fascinating books!!

Do you know, I am sure chucking some prawns in one of his veggie recipes is a brilliant way to use them! We have started using lots of the 'Quorn pieces' type of product and they actually work out pretty well.

Those Roman emperors, I bet that does make brilliant reading :D

I think that 'women's issues' being an actual thing is becoming a revelation to science. Hard to believe just how male-biased the health system is.

[deinonychus_1]

Sorry, massively behind on commenting and lj in general.

Oh, god, re the female issues and male bias, a real eye-opener was a book called Invisible Women, by Caroline Criado Perez, which I also read in 2019. Reading that book made me *angry*! It's all about how society is built around unconscious male bias, and there's an entire section on medicine and the health system. Here's a quote from one of the health chapters:

PMS affects 90% of women, but is chronically under-studied: one research round up found five times as many studies on erectile dysfunction than on PMS. And yet while a range of medication exists to treat erectile dysfunction there is very little available for women, to the extent that over 40% of women who have PMS don't respond to treatments currently available... But researchers are still being turned down for research grants on the basis that 'PMS does not actually exist'.

Grrrr!!! This book makes me ANGRY!!!!

I must do some more book reviews, I think many more people need to read this book.