Luck of the Draw - Kate Clayborn The Big Short: Inside the Doomsday Machine - Michael Lewis Boomerang: Travels in the New Third World - Michael Lewis All the Devils are Here: The Hidden History of the Financial Crisis - Joe Nocera, Bethany McLean Conspiracy of Fools: A True Story - Kurt Eichenwald Polio: An American Story - David M. Oshinsky Flu: The Story Of The Great Influenza Pandemic of 1918 and the Search for the Virus that Caused It - Gina Kolata Homefront Hero - Allie Pleiter Mission of Hope (Love Inspired Historical) - Allie Pleiter

Penance Day

 

Book: I chose Luck of the Draw (Chance of a Lifetime #2) by Kate Clayborn. 

 

Task #1

My guilty pleasure reading is what I call the diseases and disasters genre. Doesn't matter if the disaster happened long ago or more recently, I just love to read a deep dive into those situations. Ditto for diseases. I also really like it when my fiction has diseases and disasters as part of the story and the characters have to overcome some serious stuff on their way to love and HEA. 

 

Non-fiction: Most of Michael Lewis' books, All the Devils Are Here, Polio: An American Story, Flu

 

Fiction: Homefront Hero and Mission of Hope by Allie Pleiter (former has Spanish flu plotline, the latter takes place right after the 1906 San Francisco earthquake)

 

Task #2

I know I am going to get some shit thrown my way, but my favorite team EVER is 

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My daughter's T-Ball team was the NYY and I was so happy to see her enjoy playing baseball while dressed out in my favorite team's jersey this summer. My heart hurt a little when they didn't beat the dirty socks in the playoffs, but there is always next year.