Mastics-Moriches-Shirley Community Library Reader Advisory Blog: It's Time to Say Goodbye

After eight years, we are sad to announce that the Reader's Corner book blog will no longer be updated.

Don't fret! Here's a list of different resources available for finding your next great read!

New Book Alerts
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Live-brary.com
The Books and Reading topic guide on Live-brary.com is a comprehensive resource that features information on how to locate book reviews, book podcasts, book blogs, and great websites for readers. It also contains a list of books that may help you find your next great read, as well as a list of general library services available. Click here to access.

NoveList Plus
This is a great resource for finding read-alike books, authors and series. NoveList includes over 250,000 fiction and nonfiction titles, recommended reads lists in every genre and over 500 book discussion guides. Click here to access.

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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

It's Time to Say Goodbye

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