Several METARs have mentioned that they have reading lists so I will share a title that made a difference in my life and is no longer OT.
My family grew up in a large duplex which was bought by my grandparents in the 1930s. The Grandparents lived upstairs and my parents and 3 kids (I’m the middle) lived downstairs. The basement was filled with stuff dating back to the 1920s, including many books that belonged to my father as a child.
One of these books was “Hitch-hiking with Jimmy Microbe,” by Virginia Budd Jacobsen, published in 1939. Though written for children the book is packed with accurate information about microbiology. I found it fascinating. Unfortunately, I gave the book away to someone who had a child when I was in my 20s.
The book describes several dangerous diseases that were endemic in the 1930s but are now controlled by vaccines. The reason it’s no longer OT is that our government is now encouraging anti-vaxxers so these diseases may start making a comeback.
Wendy