Mastics-Moriches-Shirley Community Library Reader Advisory Blog: Crossfire Novel #3

Sylvia Day's Bared To You took the romance world by storm and was named one of Amazon's Best Books of the Year. In Entwined With You, the third book in the Crossfire series, the worldwide phenomenon continues as we explore the tumultuous relationship between Gideon Cross, the twenty-eight year-old billionaire and one of the top twenty-five richest people in the world, and Eva Tramell. This continuation of Gideon’s and Eva’s epic, spellbinding & addictive story is filled with suspense, challenges, self-discovery and their intense dysfunctional love! It's sure to be a hot summer read so make sure you reserve your copy at your Community Library today!

Being Mortal by Atul Gawande

Genre: Adult Non-Fiction
Rating: 5 out of 5

"Being Mortal is about the limitations of what modern medicine can provide for people as their lives draw to a close. Gawande argues that the objective of medicine should not merely be treatment and survival; medical care should also ensure dignity in death and having control over one's final moments. He argues that instead of aggressively fighting the inescapable realities of aging, we should ask the hard questions of ourselves and our loved ones -- What makes life worth living? When should we try to extend our lives, and when should we choose a better quality of our remaining days over extending their quantity?

This book is difficult to read. Not because of the way Gawande writes -- his style is highly engaging, and he never lapses into excessively scientific jargon or overly simplistic explanations -- but because of the tough subject matter. Gawande draws on his own experiences as a doctor and peppers his book with honest and humane stories of his patients, friends, and family; the stories he tells make the book more accessible, and also more heartbreaking. (And that's not a bad thing.)

No one likes to think about their loved ones', or their own, impending mortality. But it's important to have these hard conversations, because as Gawande says, "endings matter." - Amanda

Crossfire Novel #3

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