Obscure DUNE reference! (and that's mean to do to a cat)

I'm currently reading THE END OF YOUR LIFE BOOK CLUB by Will Schwalbe. Here is a description:

“What are you reading?”
That’s the question Will Schwalbe asks his mother, Mary Anne, as they sit in the waiting room of the Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center. In 2007, Mary Anne returned from a humanitarian trip to Pakistan and Afghanistan suffering from what her doctors believed was a rare type of hepatitis. Months later she was diagnosed with a form of advanced pancreatic cancer, which is almost always fatal, often in six months or less. This is the inspiring true story of a son and his mother, who start a “book club” that brings them together as her life comes to a close. Over the next two years, Will and Mary Anne carry on conversations that are both wide-ranging and deeply personal, prompted by an eclectic array of books and a shared passion for reading. Their list jumps from classic to popular, from poetry to mysteries, from fantastic to spiritual. The issues they discuss include questions of faith and courage as well as everyday topics such as expressing gratitude and learning to listen. Throughout, they are constantly reminded of the power of books to comfort us, astonish us, teach us, and tell us what we need to do with our lives and in the world. Reading isn’t the opposite of doing; it’s the opposite of dying. Will and Mary Anne share their hopes and concerns with each other—and rediscover their lives—through their favorite books. When they read, they aren’t a sick person and a well person, but a mother and a son taking a journey together. The result is a profoundly moving tale of loss that is also a joyful, and often humorous, celebration of life: Will’s love letter to his mother, and theirs to the printed page.

It was published in 2012 and has 352 pages.

2013 Resolutions:

Last year my reading goal was to include nonfiction books and I very much enjoyed doing so to the point that I can't imagine not reading them now and I have so many already lined up and a few to complete from 2012. This year.....

I want to learn about herbs so I'd like to read those books I have; I would like to start including classics that I've overlooked; I want to write a book so I need to do research so that includes a lot of reading time; I'd like to include some mystery authors that I've been meaning to get to or get back to (Rankin, Hill, McDermid); I'd like to see what been happening in SFF though it appears dismally still stuck in vampire/demon world. And I still have SO MUCH to read in historical mysteries that I DO read.

Of course, you see my problem. Too much to read and way too little time to do it all. That's not necessarily a terrible problem to have but it is a real one. :)

 

Tonight, I think we'll be having taco salad. I'd like to read this evening so I'm hoping I don't get trapped in front of the TV.  :(

 

Much love,

PK the Bookeemonster