If it talks like a duck and quacks like a duck its a QUACK!

We were supposed to name our most despised character in The Road to Wellville so here they are. Drumroll please . . . While there were many unsavory and unlikeable characters (yes we're talking about you Eleanor!) Cat and I felt the most unseemly one of all was none other than the good Dr. Kellogg 😳.  While his motivations MAY have seemed pure he was the true villain in this sad story of pitiful characters.  His ego- centric motivations played on the insecurities and hopes of the (rich and) vulnerable while subjecting his own family to his didactic and foolhardy schemes. The real tragic character in the story, as we discussed, was George who the evil doctor treated as a failed child rearing experiment. He cast him on the same trash heap of life (actually death) as he did some of his patients who died under his "care" and even his loyal secretary who he chided for his unhealthy habits. Wildly hilarious!  He even had his staff brainwashed like any good cult leader.  Where's Jim Jones or Sun Myung Moon when you need them (I was actually accosted by some Moonies one day! - in college. What a bunch of space cadets!). Anyway, people can be fanatical about a lot of things - March Madness bracket anybody?! - health is one that can suck most of us in and I guess that was T.C. Boyles point.  So . . . I immediately went out on Amazon to see what else I could consume of Mr. 

Boyles on my Kindle but nothing was free so I passed for now.  I do want to read something else of his and some of his topics sound interesting including his latest.  

We are continuing to read on, including catching up on "Bean's" series of books.  We are also enjoying the get- togethers exploring new territories in our reading horizons. Until next time . . .