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Bones to Ashes
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Kathy Reichs

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I found this a good read; the shortage of quotes is only because Reichs’ writing style is focused more on furthering the plot than reflecting on circumstances.

Bones to Ashes

Copyright © 2007 by Temperance Brennan, L.P.

1

Normally, I loved sandwiches with the crusts cut off. Not for the tuna or egg salad between the bread. For the sheer decadence of that frivolous waste. Not that day. Never since. Funny the things that affect you.

Kevin’s death changed more than my view of sandwiches.

Topic:

Death

17

Memory is capricious, sometimes playing straight, sometimes deceiving. It can shield, deny, tantalize, or just plain err.

39

The human brain is, well, mind-blowing. Chemicals. Electricity. Fluid. Cytoplasm. Wire it up right and the thing works. No one really knows how.

But the brain’s parts can be like governmental agencies, closing ranks to hoard their special knowledge. Cerebrum. Cerebellum. Frontal lobe. Motor cortex. Sometimes it takes a catalyst to get them to share.

Topic:

Intelligence

text checked (see note) Sep 2010

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