OT Book Club

[njallday]

I think this was the thread that "Stiff" was suggested in and I want to thank whoever suggested it! I loved it. So interesting and it really solidified wanting to donate my body to science when I die.


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Love that book. It solidified my decision to be cremated lol.

 

[omgitssydthekid]

Love that book. It solidified my decision to be cremated lol.

It was seriously so cool and interesting. I've told all of my friends about it and they all want to read it now (mainly because they're all journalism people and it was written by a journalist, which I loved)

 

[njallday]

It was seriously so cool and interesting. I've told all of my friends about it and they all want to read it now (mainly because they're all journalism people and it was written by a journalist, which I loved)

I read it as mental prep before my year long stint in the cadaver lab. anddddd learned no book will ever prepare you for it. But what the author said about the hands is true. It gets to you the most. I think I've written on here about my time in there maybe in 18+ to spare some people? lol

I will donate any and all salvageable organs and save a life if possible, but I will not donate to science. I can't.

 

[Eyes On The Prize]

I think this was the thread that "Stiff" was suggested in and I want to thank whoever suggested it! I loved it. So interesting and it really solidified wanting to donate my body to science when I die.


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That book definitely had the opposite effect on me. No thanks I do not want my chopped up body parts being dropped out of air planes for science. I wouldn't mind being plasticized though. But I'd want my full body plasticized.

Funny that you mention Stiff though. I was just thinking of rereading that today after I finished a podcast about med school cadavers this morning. It just reinforced my decision of not donating my body[emoji14]

 

[omgitssydthekid]

That book definitely had the opposite effect on me. No thanks I do not want my chopped up body parts being dropped out of air planes for science. I wouldn't mind being plasticized though. But I'd want my full body plasticized.

Funny that you mention Stiff though. I was just thinking of rereading that today after I finished a podcast about med school cadavers this morning. It just reinforced my decision of not donating my body[emoji14]

Haha oddly enough all of the unappealing things made me want to donate my body to science even more, which has made my parents think I'm nuts lol.

 

[CheerBank]

That was a fascinating book! I also liked Into the Wild and Into a Thin Air, he's a really good writer.

Same here. And Chris McCandless' sister wrote a book that gave more insight into their childhood and what motivated Chris to be the way he was. Krakauer also has another book that's on my "must read" list called Missoula.

 

[njallday]

Haha oddly enough all of the unappealing things made me want to donate my body to science even more, which has made my parents think I'm nuts lol.

I admire you for that decision. The bodies were very well respected and taken care of in my experience. But I've seen what goes on in there and I just can't do it... even though I'll be dead and have no idea.

I once dropped someone's spleen and my reflexes kicked in to "save" it and it turned into a boxing-style knee kick and the spleen flew onto the floor. Thank God I'm not a surgeon, huh? And then I apologized profusely to the body. Weird things happen in that lab.

 

[omgitssydthekid]

I admire you for that decision. The bodies were very well respected and taken care of in my experience. But I've seen what goes on in there and I just can't do it... even though I'll be dead and have no idea.

I once dropped someone's spleen and my reflexes kicked in to "save" it and it turned into a boxing-style knee kick and the spleen flew onto the floor. Thank God I'm not a surgeon, huh? And then I apologized profusely to the body. Weird things happen in that lab.

With your experience with actually working in a cadaver lab, I totally understand why you wouldn't want to. I'd probably feel the same!

 

[Ally13]

I read Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel and it was really good!! I also just finished Fates and Furies by Lauren Groff and absolutely LOVED it! It was a little... pretentious? But I liked it a lot and would definitely recommend it!

 

[AngelsMum24]

I just read a series called Matched by Ally Condie. If you like series such as Divergent, Hunger Games, etc. it's definitely worth the read.

 

[measy88]

I just read a series called Matched by Ally Condie. If you like series such as Divergent, Hunger Games, etc. it's definitely worth the read.

Second this! I also enjoyed the Birthmarked series by Carragh O'Brien (I think that's her name). It's in the same dystopian vein.


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[BlueGinger]

How was it? I've been looking at that one.

I loved Troublemaker. After that I read one by Jenna Miscaviage (niece of head of Scientology) called 'Beyond Belief'. Wow! She gives a very detailed insight into the life of scientologists. Loved it!!

 

[AScheer]

I loved Troublemaker. After that I read one by Jenna Miscaviage (niece of head of Scientology) called 'Beyond Belief'. Wow! She gives a very detailed insight into the life of scientologists. Loved it!!

I'll have to look into that. It's a goal of mine to read more this summer!

 

[CheerBank]

I loved Troublemaker. After that I read one by Jenna Miscaviage (niece of head of Scientology) called 'Beyond Belief'. Wow! She gives a very detailed insight into the life of scientologists. Loved it!!

I'm listening to that on Audible right now. Crazy stuff!

 

[Eyes On The Prize]

For anyone who read "Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers" by Mary Roach, she just released a new book called "Grunt: The Curious Science of Humans at War" I placed a hold on it at the library this morning so I haven't read it yet, but it sounds interesting!