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Terrence McNally recommended Borrowed Time: An Aids Memoir in Books (curated)

 
Borrowed Time: An Aids Memoir
Borrowed Time: An Aids Memoir
Paul Monette | 1990 | Biography, LGBTQ+, Medical & Veterinary
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"Paul Monette’s memoir is a devastating account of his encounter with a disease that would kill him. It is so intimate and personal that I often felt I was reading someone’s diary and was ashamed to be committing such a gross invasion of another person’s privacy. Paul Monette was not a careless man. He wanted us to know and remember what AIDS did to him. He succeeded more than he could ever have realized. Books about what it means to be human have no expiration date."

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MelanieTheresa (997 KP) created a post

Sep 12, 2019 (Updated Sep 12, 2019)  
Each year, I participate in the Alzheimer's Association's Walk to End Alzheimer's - along with my mother, aunt, sister & niece - in honor of my grandfather, under the team name Freddy's Girls. We've been walking since 2010, have raised nearly $10,000 towards Alzheimer's research & treatment, and this Saturday we do it again!

Please consider even a small donation to help fund a cure for this heartbreaking disease. Any amount helps and is appreciated! (link below)

#walk2endalz #endalz
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Acanthea Grimscythe (300 KP) rated The Nightly Disease in Books

May 16, 2018  
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The Nightly Disease
Max Booth III | 2016
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I really don’t know how I feel about Max Booth III’s The Nightly Disease. Published initially as a serial in DarkFuse’s magazine, The Nightly Disease follows a hotel night auditor’s descent into madness as everything that can go wrong, does go wrong. In a series of darkly comedic and horrific events, the reader joins Isaac on a crazy ride, rife with some of the most outrageous occurrences a person could encounter.
 
Single, living alone, and working a job where he knows he’ll go nowhere, Isaac spends most of his nights between running the audit and preparing breakfast with his nose in a book, watching Netflix, or rubbing one out on the roof of the hotel he works at. He has a clear disdain for his job and spares no love for the guests that stay at his hotel, which all appear to be exceptionally rude (not that he’s any better). After he finds a wallet and decides to keep it, things escalate quickly and soon he is hiding bodies while trying to appease his invisible companions, Chowls and Owlbert.
 
I think what throws me off the most about this book is that it can be a bit difficult to follow at times. As Isaac loses his mind, the writing takes on a more frantic, senseless air that seriously messed with me reading it – to the point I almost put it down. It wasn’t a bad book, by any means. In fact, I think there’s a lot to be said about the fact that I felt like I was losing my mind reading it; Isaac’s perspective is extremely well-written.
 
Overall, I did not care that much for The Nightly Disease. It was nice to be able to identify with the main character to some degree – if only because I work the night audit shift at a hotel myself, and most hotels seem to work pretty much the same way. Other than that, I prefer books with a lot more depth and a bit more of a serious tone. While The Nightly Disease wasn’t really something I’m into, I definitely plan to look into Max Booth III’s other books. His writing style is great.
 
I would like to thank NetGalley and DarkFuse for providing me with an advance copy in exchange for an honest review.