Lynness- finally read it...

Well I finally read The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks, and agree with Rae- everyone should read it.  It's got science, but not too much- very accessible; it's got a human story full of depth.  Rebecca Skloot did an amazing (and highly time-consuming, evidently) job on this.  It didn't take me this long to read it b/c I was busy- it had over 80 holds on it at the library when I put it on reserve: obviously a lot of people are interested in it.  I love nursing!! I have an excuse to sit down for a few minutes and read!  I read it over a couple of days and just couldn't put it down.  I read all the other ones I had reserved (except the one on dark matter- I just couldn't get into it, even though the subject seemed like it would be interesting) and added All Clear, the 2nd half of Connie Willis' Blackout.  I was looking for some books to recommend to a friend and ran across Read My Pins, a memoir from Madeleine Albright that I think looks good- I'll let you know how that goes.