Not-Fiction
Brain on Fire: My Month of Madness by Susannah Cahalan
At 24 Cahalana descends into a state of psychosis. After a nightmare month, a rare auto immune disease is finally diagnosed, treatment started and her very gradual return to health commences. "Cahalan takes readers inside this newly-discovered disease through the progress of her own harrowing journey, asking what happens when your identity is suddenly destroyed, and how you get it back."
A very well-written account - Cahalan is a journalist - that raises so many questions about reality, about mental illness, about identity, and more. Highly recommended.
Fiction Binge
Marks out of 5 - no comments unless exceptional in one direction or other.
Panic Button by Kylie Logan - 2/5
Adult Onset by Anne-Marie MacDonald - 3/5
The Trivia Man by Deborah O'Brien - 3/5
A Distant View of Everything by Alexander McCall Smith - 4/5
The Emperor's Soul by Brandon Sanderson - 4/5 (It's great having sons who like similar books to you, and also know where their taste diverges from mine - when they recommend a book to me, I enjoy it 99 times out of 100. Off to read more of this author.)
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