Sample Saturday is when I wade through the eleventy billion samples I have downloaded on my Kindle. I’m slowly chipping away and deciding whether it’s buy or bye. This week, all three books were spotted on my Goodreads feed –
This is Going to Hurt: Secret Diaries of a Junior Doctor by Adam Kay
Summary: First-hand account of life as a junior doctor in all its joy, pain, sacrifice and maddening bureaucracy.
I’m thinking: Yes.
“The decision to work in medicine is basically a version of the email you get in early October asking you to choose your menu options for the work Christmas party. No doubt you’ll choose the chicken, to be on the safe side, and it’s more than likely everything will be all right. But what if someone shares a ghastly factory farming video on Facebook the day before and you inadvertently witness a mass debeaking?”
The Art of Rivalry: Four Friendships, Betrayals, and Breakthroughs in Modern Art by Sebastian Smee
Summary: Smee examines the story of four pairs of artists – Matisse and Picasso; Manet and Degas; Bacon and Freud; De Kooning and Pollock – whose intense relationships shaped their art.
I’m thinking: Yes.
The Comfort Food Diaries: My Quest for the Perfect Dish to Mend a Broken Heart by Emily Nunn
Summary: Searching for a way forward after the tragic death of her brother, Emily Nunn seeks solace and healing in food. This book details her Comfort Food Tour of America.
I’m thinking: Yes. Hard to resist a book with chapter titles such as ‘Cherries Jubilee and Other Dangerous Dishes’