Comments on: The Ghost Map, Steven Johnson https://readingtheend.com/2009/10/11/the-ghost-map-steven-johnson/ before I read the middle Tue, 22 Nov 2011 16:08:01 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.2 By: The Ghost Map: The Story of London’s Most Terrifying Epidemic – and How it Changed Science, Cities and the Modern World by Steven Johnson « The Sleepless Reader https://readingtheend.com/2009/10/11/the-ghost-map-steven-johnson/#comment-14115 Tue, 22 Nov 2011 16:08:01 +0000 http://readingtheend.com/?p=1825#comment-14115 […] A Book Lover, Worthwhile Books, Sadie-Jean’s Book Blog, Maggie Reads, she treads softly, Jenny’s Books,  Ready when you are, C.B., Books and Many More Books, What Kate’s Reading, Rhapsody in […]

]]> By: Jenny https://readingtheend.com/2009/10/11/the-ghost-map-steven-johnson/#comment-14114 Thu, 15 Oct 2009 12:46:28 +0000 http://readingtheend.com/?p=1825#comment-14114 In reply to Schatzi.

Hahaha, I’m just not saying when I reread adolescent trash. I have just read three Caroline B. Cooney books in a row and cannot think what to say about them. And I’ve ordered a fourth one from PaperbackSwap and am surprisingly excited about getting it. Cause it’s my favorite one of her books.

]]> By: Schatzi https://readingtheend.com/2009/10/11/the-ghost-map-steven-johnson/#comment-14113 Wed, 14 Oct 2009 23:38:01 +0000 http://readingtheend.com/?p=1825#comment-14113 You keep reading interesting, worthwhile books, and I keep lazily re-reading adolescent trash.

YOU’RE MAKING ME LOOK BAD.

]]> By: Jenny https://readingtheend.com/2009/10/11/the-ghost-map-steven-johnson/#comment-14112 Wed, 14 Oct 2009 19:41:31 +0000 http://readingtheend.com/?p=1825#comment-14112 In reply to Amy @ My Friend Amy.

Oh yay! Sounds like it’s time for a visit to the bookshop!

]]> By: Amy @ My Friend Amy https://readingtheend.com/2009/10/11/the-ghost-map-steven-johnson/#comment-14111 Wed, 14 Oct 2009 13:58:05 +0000 http://readingtheend.com/?p=1825#comment-14111 This is totally off topic, but Once Was Lost by Sara Zarr IS out now! I’m sorry I didn’t say so in my review, I’ll edit it once I have a chance but I wanted you to know. 🙂

]]> By: Jenny https://readingtheend.com/2009/10/11/the-ghost-map-steven-johnson/#comment-14110 Wed, 14 Oct 2009 13:41:07 +0000 http://readingtheend.com/?p=1825#comment-14110 In reply to litlove.

Ah, but does the child triumph and live happily ever after? Because I could probably make it through if I knew it was going to end well (like the London cholera epidemics ended with a nice new sewer system), but otherwise I am not sure I could.

]]> By: litlove https://readingtheend.com/2009/10/11/the-ghost-map-steven-johnson/#comment-14109 Tue, 13 Oct 2009 07:48:24 +0000 http://readingtheend.com/?p=1825#comment-14109 I’m not good with medical detail and would probably faint a few times while reading this. 🙂 But I wonder whether you’ve read The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down by Anne Fadiman, about the Hmong child who is seriously ill and caught between the traditional medicine techniques her parents prefer and the Western medical world she lives in? I bought it, because I’d heard it was so good, and every time I go near it, I read something that means I have to sit down with P G Wodehouse for a while. So I need someone to write a good review for me. 🙂

]]> By: Jeane https://readingtheend.com/2009/10/11/the-ghost-map-steven-johnson/#comment-14108 Sun, 11 Oct 2009 23:30:31 +0000 http://readingtheend.com/?p=1825#comment-14108 I had heard before that Snow traced cholera to a contaminated water source, but don’t know any details about it. I wonder if I’d like this book, as I did enjoy reading one about how the polio vaccine was found. Sounds like the ending got far off topic, though!

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