We discussed 'Born on a Blue Day' by Daniel Tammet, an autobiography by an autistic man about his childhood, relationships and his record-breaking attempt at reciting pi to thousands of places. An interesting book which explains autism clearly and savant-ism (is that a word?). But we found the tone of the book quite bland, it went into great detail about some aspects of maths but glossed over more interesting bits like his relationship with his boyfriend. OK, ok, I know he's autistic and it's wonderful that he's written a book but it's not fantastic and I wouldn't read anything else by the same author. Why do I feel the need to appologise for that?
We chose our book after next, 'Her Fearful Symmetry' by Audrey Niffenegger which we'll discuss at the February meeting.
Oops, almost forgot, we voted on the book of 2010 and the results were:
- The Thirteenth Tale by Diane Setterfield
- The Adamantine Palace by Stephen Deas
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