Where are the Children? - reading

Finished "Where are the Children?" by Mary Higgins Clark. I remember reading this one and liking it as a teen, which is why when I saw it at a thrift store, I picked it up. There are definitely aspects of the story that would be different had the book been written today, but the underlying drive of the antagonist is still prevalent enough in the world today. Would I recommend it? Well, it's a quick read, and I did enjoy it when I read it the first time, but if you're younger than me, I would probably recommend you find a different book. Any more this one seems antiquated, out-of-touch, and why wouldn't it? It was published in 1975.

The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks - reading

Finished The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot. I feel like I came late to this book. It was recommended by my daughter a long while ago, and I just got around to reading it this year. Its title is literally what it's about. Cells from Henrietta Lacks were harvested and have continued to grow ever since. Overall a well-researched book. If you want to know what happens when you remove regulation around something, go back in time for why those regulations were put in place to begin with. Things like informed consent seem like a simple idea, yet took ridiculous efforts and consequences to put into place.