Tuesday, March 17, 2020

First Chapter First Paragraph Tuesday Intros - Superbugs: The Race to Stop an Epidemic; Matt McCarthy, MD


Thank you Vicki for hosting FCFPTI these last few years. I'm thrilled this Tuesday feature will continue. Thank you, Yvonne @ Socrates’ Book Reviews for keeping this going beginning Tuesday, the 24th.
First Chapter First Paragraph Tuesday Intros invites you to share the first paragraph or two of a book that you are reading or plan to read soon. 
Avery - 2019
Prologue
"IT WAS JUST after dawn when I felt the buzz on my hip. I broke stride, put down my coffee, and glanced at my pager: I was needed in the emergency room. It was 2014, an unseasonably warm October day, and the text induced a flurry of anxiety and excitement.  After eleven years of training, I had accepted a position as a staff physician at New York-Presbyterian Hospital, a tertiary care center on the Upper East Side of Manhattan, and a patient had just arrived with a perplexing infection, one that had stumped the team in the ER."
What do you think - pass or read more?
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13 comments:

  1. Brian's Home BlogMarch 17, 2020 at 8:52 AM

    Yep, we'd read on....then watch it on TV!

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  2. Laurel-Rain SnowMarch 17, 2020 at 8:55 AM

    Ooh, such a timely topic! Thanks for sharing, and for visiting my blog.

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  3. Beth FMarch 17, 2020 at 11:24 AM

    Sounds good -- and, yes, timely

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  4. Sassy Brit @ Alternative-Read.comMarch 17, 2020 at 11:59 AM

    Very timely lol I think we all need to read this! I found the series Pandemic very enlightening too!

    Here's my Tuesday post!

    Stay safe!

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  5. Sam March 17, 2020 at 2:12 PM

    Yep, I would keep reading this one because that whole topic scares me a good bit more today than it did this time last year.

    Hey...they still use pagers? I had no idea.

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  6. jenclairMarch 17, 2020 at 3:22 PM

    Definitely.

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  7. YvonneMarch 17, 2020 at 5:05 PM

    I would keep reading. Very timely for sure.

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  8. MysticaMarch 18, 2020 at 2:37 AM

    At a time like this, yes reading on.

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  9. thecuecardMarch 18, 2020 at 5:02 PM

    I wonder if I need a break in my reading from superbugs & pandemics ... I might need escape reading right about now.

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  10. stacybuckeyeMarch 18, 2020 at 8:16 PM

    Yikes. No fake super bugs! I'm trying to keep up with the real one!

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  11. Dorothy BordersMarch 19, 2020 at 11:19 AM

    What an interesting and topical reading choice for these times.

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  12. KayMarch 19, 2020 at 5:53 PM

    Seriously, Diane? Ha! Not for me right now, though I did think about rereading Stephen King's THE STAND. LOL

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  13. Les in OregonMarch 26, 2020 at 9:13 PM

    I can't believe I'm saying this, but yes, I'd read this book!

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