The Seasonal Reading Challenge discussion

10.3 - Tell Me Where It Hurts
The Wellcome Collection is a medical-based museum, which describes itself as "The free destination for the incurably curious". Read a book with a main page genre of "medicine" or "medical," or about or by a doctor, nurse, midwife or veterinarian.

MGP medicine/medical
Being Mortal: Medicine and What Matters in the End
Hallucinations
I Contain Multitudes: The Microbes Within Us and a Grander View of Life
It Takes a Genome: How a Clash Between Our Genes and Modern Life Is Making Us Sick
Natural Causes: An Epidemic of Wellness, the Certainty of Dying, and Killing Ourselves to Live Longer
Patient: The True Story of a Rare Illness
Strong Medicine
The Final Diagnosis
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks

by/about doctor, nurse, midwife, veterinarian:
Lipstick in Afghanistan
My Name Is Mary Sutter
Pandora: Outbreak
The Cider House Rules
The Queen of Hearts

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Hi! Could you verify It Takes a Genome: How a Clash Between Our Genes and Modern Life Is Making Us Sick for main page genre medicine? - thx

Suzanne wrote: "Hi! Could you verify It Takes a Genome: How a Clash Between Our Genes and Modern Life Is Making Us Sick for main page genre medicine? - thx"

noted

Could I please have Hallucinations verified for medicine? Thanks!

Sandi wrote: "Could I please have Hallucinations verified for medicine? Thanks!"

noted

So ... this book does NOT have the main page genre, but is clearly about a nurse ...
Lipstick in Afghanistan

Would it work?

Does this count? It's about a doctor, but does not have the genre The Cider House Rules

Deborah wrote: "Does this count? It's about a doctor, but does not have the genre The Cider House Rules"

Book Concierge wrote: "So ... this book does NOT have the main page genre, but is clearly about a nurse ...
Lipstick in Afghanistan

Would it work?"

The task says main page genre OR about or by doctor, nurse, etc. These work.

genre verification for medicine: Being Mortal: Medicine and What Matters in the End

Thanks.

Donna wrote: "genre verification for medicine: Being Mortal: Medicine and What Matters in the End

Thanks."

verified

please can i have this confirmed as embedded genre for medicine

Patient: The True Story of a Rare Illness

Marie (UK) wrote: "please can i have this confirmed as embedded genre for medicine

Patient: The True Story of a Rare Illness"

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I would like to have I Contain Multitudes: The Microbes Within Us and a Grander View of Life verified for MPG medicine. Thanks!

Could you verify that this book would work here

The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks

Joanne wrote: "Could you verify that this book would work here

The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks"

Amanda wrote: "I would like to have I Contain Multitudes: The Microbes Within Us and a Grander View of Life verified for MPG medicine. Thanks!"

both noted

Would The Queen of Hearts work? If you look up medical it comes up and is on several lists for medical?
Thanks!

Ashlea wrote: "Would The Queen of Hearts work? If you look up medical it comes up and is on several lists for medical?
Thanks!"

Being on lists is irrelevant. The task requires that medicine/medical be a main page genre or that the book "about or by a doctor, nurse, midwife or veterinarian. " From the description it seems that this book is about doctors.

Does the dr need to be a medical dr?

I would like to read Pandora: Outbreak she is a doctor who studies diseases

JennRenee wrote: "Does the dr need to be a medical dr?"

yes

JennRenee wrote: "I would like to read Pandora: Outbreak she is a doctor who studies diseases"

sounds like it would be about doctors.

Will this work? Main character is a midwife who wants to be a surgeon.

My Name Is Mary Sutter

Thank you.

Kim wrote: "Will this work? Main character is a midwife who wants to be a surgeon.

My Name Is Mary Sutter

Thank you."

yes

Would the Gaslight mystery series by Victoria Thompson work (https://www.goodreads.com/series/4127...)? Sarah is a midwife.

Or are you looking for something more specifically medical?

Trish wrote: "Would the Gaslight mystery series by Victoria Thompson work (https://www.goodreads.com/series/4127...)? Sarah is a midwife.

Or are you looking for something more specifically medical?"

as long as the books are about a midwife, they fit the task.

Thanks

Could you please verify The Final Diagnosis and Strong Medicine for MPG medical? Thanks.

Rina wrote: "Could you please verify The Final Diagnosis and Strong Medicine for MPG medical? Thanks."

both noted

Does this book qualify? The Wages of Sin
The main character is a woman, a student in medical school studying to be a doctor.

Andy wrote: "Does this book qualify? The Wages of Sin
The main character is a woman, a student in medical school studying to be a doctor."

do actual doctors play an important part in the book? As a med student, she wouldn't qualify.

Sandy wrote: "Andy wrote: "Does this book qualify? The Wages of Sin
The main character is a woman, a student in medical school studying to be a doctor."

do actual doctors play an important part ..."
There are a host of doctor's directing her work in medical school, but she is the main character and of course, is not a doctor. There is a lot of attention given to the fact that women are new to the medical profession and the doctors directing her education are not really in favor of her qualifying as a doctor. It only became obvious to me that she never actually becomes a doctor in the book until I read it, hence the question. I will not be offended if you ask me to read something else. I would not have started it if I had known she didn't receive her degree in the book.

Andy wrote: "Sandy wrote: "Andy wrote: "Does this book qualify? The Wages of Sin
The main character is a woman, a student in medical school studying to be a doctor."

do actual doctors play an i..."

sorry, doesn't sound as if it is about a doctor, then, so wouldn't fit the task.

Better to know that now than end up on the Wall of Shame

Does Still Alice by Lisa Genova work? She holds a Ph.D in neuroscience?

Kayla wrote: "Does Still Alice by Lisa Genova work? She holds a Ph.D in neuroscience?"

sorry, no. But it's a really good book, so I hope you can fit it in somewhere else.

This is probably a no, but it doesn't hurt to ask.

This book has a female lead who is in nursing school to become a midwife. Sinner

Jecca wrote: "This is probably a no, but it doesn't hurt to ask.

This book has a female lead who is in nursing school to become a midwife. Sinner"

No students - the lead has to be an actual doctor, nurse, midwife, etc.

Could I verify Rain and Other South Sea Stories for this task? The GR synopsis indicates Maugham was a doctor.

Ed wrote: "Could I verify Rain and Other South Sea Stories for this task? The GR synopsis indicates Maugham was a doctor."

fascinating - I didn't know that! Sure, he works.

What if the book is about a pharmacist, therapist or sport's trainer or masseuse or a medical aid etc. ?

I guess what I mean is that can it be a profession in the medical field or just the jobs you specified?

Celeste wrote: "What if the book is about a pharmacist, therapist or sport's trainer or masseuse or a medical aid etc. ?

I guess what I mean is that can it be a profession in the medical field or just the jobs yo..."

Just the jobs specified.

Boo hoo! Okay.

Yay! Medical came back up as Still Alice MPG, can I please have it approved?

I guess I'm very determined to read this book for this task LOL

Kayla wrote: "Yay! Medical came back up as Still Alice MPG, can I please have it approved?

I guess I'm very determined to read this book for this task LOL"

noted.

Does Mistress of the Art of Death work? Though not mentioned as a “Dr.” in the GR metadata, this site gives the protagonist as “Dr. Adelia Aguilar,” # 39 on its list of doctors in literature: http://thewhynot100.blogspot.com/2014... -- According to the metadata, she is the “best” forensic specialist which Italy has to offer to British King Henry II.

Nick wrote: "Does Mistress of the Art of Death work? Though not mentioned as a “Dr.” in the GR metadata, this site gives the protagonist as “Dr. Adelia Aguilar,” # 39 on its list of doctors in lite..."

the GR description refers to her several times as a "doctor" so that works.

Sandy wrote: "Nick wrote: "Does Mistress of the Art of Death work? Though not mentioned as a “Dr.” in the GR metadata, this site gives the protagonist as “Dr. Adelia Aguilar,” # 39 on its list of do..."

the GR description refers to her several times as a "doctor" so that works.

You are correct -- I don't know why I did not notice the mention of her as a Dr. the first time I skimmed through the GR description. Must be Blurry Eye syndrome.