BORN ON A BLUE DAYDaniel Tammet ~ BOiPod
Personal Rating: 4.5/5
Yearly Count: 108
Fascinating! Daniel Tammet's memoir is a fascinating account of his life as an autistic savant. He shares early memories through his current age of 27 years. Daniel's profound abilities and limitations are both astonishing and extraordinary. I admire his tenacity and perseverance in making his life a success.
Also, Daniel is to be commended for allowing himself to be studied time and time again for the sake of benefiting others. This book alone is an eye-opener into understanding the thoughts and reasons behind particular behaviors performed by those living with autism. He has openly shared his personal experiences in various circumstances in order to shed light on the subject.
This audio version was excellent; however, if you are not a "numbers" person or even a "words/language" person there will be a few spots that you most likely will temporarily check-out. Other than that, I think most people will find Daniel to be a very likeable, interesting and intriguing man.
I have been waiting for this book to come out in paperback and I just bought it last week ;)....glad to see it with a 4.5 rating. I want to read it and am thinking about putting it on my recommended reading list for my Intro Psychology class.
ReplyDeleteDanielle ~ I thoroughly enjoyed learning about Daniel's life and how he progressed. I think you will, too.
ReplyDeleteThanks for your review Joy. I added this book to my TBR.
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This sounds really good! Thanks so much for sharing it.
ReplyDeleteTeddy ~ I don't think you'll be disappointed.
ReplyDeleteTara ~ It was! It's worth a read/listen.
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I read this book this past year and also enjoy it very much. I find number people very fascinating (I guess thats why I married an Engineer) anyway, but Daniel was quite likable. However, sometimes I found him to be a bit too "detailed-oriented".
ReplyDeleteDebD ~ I agree, there were a few spots when I was ready to move on. However, I still listened intently and thought those parts were interesting, BUT was glad when the topic shifted.
ReplyDeleteI followed your link from semicolon, and thanks for your review. I try not to write down books I want to read. Instead, I figure that if a book is important enough, I'll hear about it often enough that I'll remember it. You're helping with this book's zeitgeist!
ReplyDeleteI think I will add this to my list as well. There is another book out by an autistic author that I've been meaning to read if I can just remember the name. I've seen them both mentioned several times with good reviews.
ReplyDeleteI finished Look Me in the Eye not too long ago. This looks interesting, too.
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ReplyDeleteFramed ~ When you mentioned another autistic author, I remembered seeing another book too and couldn't remember the name of it. Thankfully we have Writing and Living because she reminded us! :)
Writing and Living ~ Thank you for the title. I would have had to go searching. :) I have no idea how they compare, but I enjoyed this one.
i have this one on my list for the "In Their Shoes" challenge next year. i'm looking forward to it!
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