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No worries. I have cards sitting on my desk that I meant to mail three YEARS ago.
I thought the same on Born on a Blue Day. Dare I say it was awkward? 61. Born on a Blue Day by Daniel Tammet. This book got a ton of hype, and while I thought it was interesting, it was clunkier than I expected. ... the Best for Your Child with Autism: An Expert's Guide to Treatment
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1. the straw ... Category 1 - Memoirs - Autobiography - Biography non-celebrities
1. Born on a Blue Day by Daniel Tammet
2. A Monk Swimming by Malachy McCourt
3. Singing my Him Song by Malachy McCourt
4. A Child Named It by Dave Pelzer
5. A Man Named Dave by Dave Pelzer
6. Crazy for ... ... pp)
17. Atomised by Michel Houellebecq (379 pp)
18. Wetlands by Charlotte Roche (229 pp)
19. Born on a Blue Day by Daniel Tammet (226 pp)
20. Bhang by Ted Pelton (50 pp)
21. The Unbearable Lightness of Being by Milan Kundera (314 ... Thanks for the recommendations :) Some real interesting books there. Crow Boy looks fantastic, and Born on a Blue Day too. I read the author's blog for a while and meant to get round to reading it.
Natasha Campbell-McBride regrets that the Gluten-free Casein-free diet gets so much ... ... an interesting and difficult subject.
I know it is a different sort of book that you are looking got, but have you read Born on a Blue Day? Very interesting.....
... and the Professor will be released in the United States in February 2009.
This novel shares some similarities with Daniel Tammet's autobiography, Born on a Blue Day, which also describes the beauty of numbers in extraordinary terms. ... Time Traveler's Wife
58. Losing Moses on the Freeway
59. An Irish Country Doctor
60. The Uncommon Reader
61. Born on a Blue Day
62. Mrs. Dalloway ... Don't Get Fat (read)
5. Veerle Beel - Dag vreemde man (read)
6. Daniel Tammet - Born On a Blue Day: Inside the Extraordinary Mind of an Autistic Savant (read)
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9. ... 2-3 years, is The Source by James Michener. I hope you like it.
Stones from the River, I Capture the Castle, Born on a Blue Day, Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee, Jane Austen.... lots and lots of good reads.
Have fun! ... David Von Drehle
4-Massacre at Mountain Meadows by Ronald W. Walker
5-We'll Find the Place by Richard E. Bennett
6-Born on a Blue Day by Daniel Tammet
7-Three Weeks with by Brother by Nicholas Sparks
8-Bury my Heart at Wounded Knee by Dee Brown
9-Wild Swans by Jung Chang ... of the Dog in the Nighttime was a wonderful book. I recently read a nonfiction book by someone with Asberger's called Born on a Blue Day by Daniel Tammet and although parts lagged a bit, I really enjoyed the parts where he discussed how he sees words and colors and how he "solves" ... ... 6 books in August and my top 3 were:
The Road by Cormac McCarthy. I found this book absolutely stunning.
Born on a Blue Day by Daniel Tammett. I loved his descriptions of how his mind works and how he sees numbers and words.
The Heretic's Daughter by Kathleen Kent ... ... an ARC/ER mode for far too long. I want to start BD soon, perhaps after I finish The Fire by Katherine Neville.
Born on a Blue Day by Daniel Tammet. This is a memoir by a 27-year old man with Asberger’s syndrome (a type of autism). He is brilliant with mathematics and once ... ... Homes which suffered in the comparison. She sounded whiney and selfish.
Another good memoir that I read recently was Born on a Blue Dayby Daniel Tammet, an autistic savant. His writing reflects his Asberger's, which I found fascinating. I especially liked how he describes how his ... ... City Blue by Tim Lott
Something Blue by Emily Giffin
Blue-eyed Son: The Story of an Adoption by Nicky Campbell
Born on a Blue Day by Daniel Tammet Born on a Blue Day by Daniel Tammet
... Power Makers by Maury Klein - good, and it's an ARC
One More Year by Sana Krasikov - blech, but it's an ARC
Born on a Blue Day by Daniel Tammet
Eclipse by Stephenie Meyer
eta Born on a Blue Day. ... short stories, an ARC, very disappointing. I can't seem to care about these people. But it's an ARC, and I owe a review.
Born on a Blue Day by Daniel Tammet excellent book about an autistic savant, told in the first person. I'm really enjoying it. I love it when he explains how his mind ... ... More Year by Jana Krasikov disappointing, an ARC, short stories about a bunch of people I can't seem to care about
Born on a Blue Day by Daniel Tammet pretty good nonfiction about an autistic savant, very high functioning, and his life and how his mind works
Sojourn by Jana Oliv ... I just started Born on a Blue Day last night. It's very good so far and I love how he describes his mathematical solutions. ... Krasikov because it's an ARC and the pressure's on (I really need to stop requesting ARCs).
I'm also going to start Born on a Blue Day by Daniel Tammet for my August bookclub meeting even though I won't get to go because that's my daughter's 15th birthday.
And, I'm still working ... karen
The Lace Reader got me out of mine... thank goodness for us both!
I really enjoyed Born on a Blue Day it was a fast and enjoyable read. He is quite remarkable! ... Contantinople, it's heaven.
I've also still got The Power Makers in process.
Next on the fiction list is probably Born on a Blue Day by Daniel Tammet for August bookclub meeting. I'm really looking forward to reading it. ... going to list 2 books tomorrow, one which is highly wishlisted. Please send me a message if you want to mooch either.
Born on a Blue Day by Daniel Tammet
The Speed of Light by Elizabeth Rosner
Both were mooched I love Amazon.
Shakespeare's Landlord by Charlaine Harris
Born on a Blue Day by Daniel Tammet
On Account of Conspicuous Women by Dawn Shamp ... and the Little Chinese Seamstress by Sijie Dai
Being There by Jerzy Kosinski
Blankets by Craig Thompson
Born on a Blue Day by Daniel Tammet
Childhood's End by Arthur C. Clarke
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark Haddon
Einstein's Dream ... Born on a Blue Day; just finished Animal, Vegetable, Miracle last night - it was a great, meaty (no pun intended) read, full of great stories, recipes and interesting facts about eating local and organically.
Hope so.
Born on a Blue Day by Daniel Tammet ... Walls
The Merry Wives of Windsor & Hamlet William Shakespeare
The Far Traveler Nancy Marie Brown
Born on a Blue Day Daniel Tammet
The Road Cormac McCarthy
Pretty Little Mistakes Heather Mcelhatton
The Quiet American Graham ... Born on a Blue Day by Daniel Tammet ... Hamlet William Shakespeare
July 13 The Far Traveler Nancy Marie Brown
August 3 Born on a Blue Day Daniel Tammet
September 7 The Road Cormac McCarthy
October 5 Pretty Little Mistakes ... Born on a Blue Day by Daniel Tammet, a who was born with Asperger's syndrome & experiences the world differently from the rest of us.
I grew up feeling like there was an invisible barrier between myself & other people. However, I am not brilliant nor have any extra-ordinary talents. My oldest ... ... Really good. At first the plot sounded preposterous, but as I read it all became perfectly logical, though tragic.
Next Born on a Blue Day by a man who has Aspergers .
Usually if I read a book from the UK, I will try to follow it with a book from someplace else. But in this case, I was ... ... He does not believe that there is a "violent" gene. An interesting theory, maybe a bit optomistic.
I am now reading Born on a blue day a study of autism written by an autistic person. ... Gruen -- fabulously interesting story about the old train circuses; satisfyingly great ending.
Best non-fiction: Born on a Blue Day by Tammet -- Autobiography by a savant with Asperger's and synethesia
or The Brain That Changes Itself by Doidge -- about the newly-found ... ... 20 Hours, 40 Min.: Our flight in the Friendship by Amelia Earhart
4. Shake hands with the devil by Romeo Dallaire
5. Born on a blue day by Daniel Tammet
6. Smashed: growing up a drunk girl by Koren Zailckas
7. I feel bad about my neck by Nora Ephron
... November's reading:
Born on a Blue Day
The Mind of a Mnemonist
Great Cat Tales
45 down, 5 to go.
... Early History of Mathematics
The Giver (reread)
American Born Chinese
Gathering Blue
The Phantom Tollbooth
Born on a Blue Day
Looking for Alaska
Voices from Chernobyl
The Droughtlanders
Bloody Jack
Curse of the Blue Tattoo
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
... ... Perry - again, another series I am reading
The Triangle Fire
Extraordinary People - this book was mentioned in Born on a Blue Day that I just finished
Voyage of the Damned
Letters to Auntie Fori ... paperback 11/27.
On another note, I finished the latest Sookie Stackhouse book All Together Dead and have now thrown Born on a Blue Day into this week's reading mix. ... Early History of Mathematics
QB Astronomy: The Copernican Revolution
QC Physics: About Time
RC Internal Medicine: Born on a Blue Day
TD Environmental technology. Sanitary engineering: Voices from Chernobyl ... Economics: The Wealthy Barber
337 International Economics: Fences and Windows
362 Social Welfare Problems & Services: Born on a Blue Day
363 Other Social Problems & Services: Voices from Chernobyl
364 Criminology: Bringing Down the House
372 Elementary education: The Myth of Ability ... I'm currently reading Born on a blue day and I'm enjoying it very much. Without planning to do so, this is the third book I've read in a two week span that has something to do with autism. The other two were The Curious Incident of the Dog In the Night Time and A Wild Ride Up the Cupboard.
... ... The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time by Mark Haddon-- check out his website, it is positively swell.
29. Born on a Blue Day by Daniel Tammet
30. Monkey Town by Ronald Kidd
31. Breakfast of Champions by Kurt Vonnegut
32. The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver
33. ... ... of Fire and Order of the Phoenix (I don't know how I've ended up reading them both at the same time!), I'm also reading Born on a Blue Day by Daniel Tammet. It's an absolutely fascinating autobiography of a man with Savant Syndrome, a rare form of Asperger's. Incredible. The Yellow-lighted Bookshop
Bitter is the New Black
The Woman in White
Born on a Blue Day
Red Dust
Yesterday my mum came to visit, and brought me Born on a blue day, Birdsong, The Birth of Venus, and also brought down my Harry Potter collection for re-read prior to 21/7.
Hurrah for Mummy! Oh, and I also just started Born on a Blue Day. Haven't gotten too far into yet, though. Right now I'm reading Raymond Chandler's Farewell My Lovely, which I like, but not as much as I'd hoped I would, and Born on a Blue Day, which I've just started. It starts off great though! Autobiographies:
I just read Born on a blue day by Daniel Tammet and Margrave of the Marshes by John Peel and liked them both a lot.
More: see here and here and here Another one for amanaceerdh:
I just read Born on a blue day : a memoir of Asperger's and an extraordinary mind by Daniel Tammet. Being gay isn't the main focus, but his partner does have a big positive influence.
Nothing to do with gay men, but a very pleasurable read:
The ... I just started 'Born on a blue day : a memoir of Asperger's and an extraordinary mind' and like it a lot. ... it was further down the list (so it's actually easier to post a new message instead of editing the old one).
(Adding Born on a blue day so post can be found from author page.)
I just bought Born on a blue day : the gift of an extraordinary mind by Daniel Tammet and am very much looking forward to reading it :-D
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Adding the touchstone for Born on a blue day so this thread doesn't only get counted but also linked to from Daniel Tammet's author page.
I just bought Born on a blue day by Daniel Tammet and am very much looking forward to reading it :-D
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