If you really want to read a scary book, read ‘The Coming Plague’ by Laurie Garrett. It has very descriptive passages about the ebola virus and talks about diseases that you’ve never really heard of. For example, ever heard of Lassa? Or how about the Bolivian Hemorrhagic fever? Pretty much anything with ‘hemorrhagic’ in it’s name is disgusting. There’s a chapter that looks at the Hanta virus for those of you in Arizona. Or Legionnaires’ disease for you readers out east.
Fascinating is a good way to describe this book. I gave it to my mom to read when I was done with it but she didn’t like it. I can’t understand why. When you are done with this book, you will be a germaphobe who never wants to travel anywhere and feel desperate to find your own little cocoon to live in. After a while, you’ll come out of it so don’t be too put off by that.