Born on a Blue Day
11 journalers for this copy...
Journal Entry 1 by Vroomfondel from Shipley, West Yorkshire United Kingdom on Thursday, March 15, 2007
Amazon.co.uk synopsis:
"I was born on 31 January 1979 - a Wednesday. I know it was a Wednesday, because the date is blue in my mind and Wednesdays are always blue, like the number nine or the sound of loud voices arguing.' Like the character Hoffman portrayed, he can perform extraordinary maths in his head, sees numbers as shapes, colours, textures and motions, and can learn to speak a language fluently from scratch in three days. He also has a compulsive need for order and routine. He eats exactly 45 grams of porridge for breakfast and cannot leave the house without counting the number of items of clothing he's wearing. If he gets stressed or unhappy he closes his eyes and counts. But in some ways Daniel is not all like the Rain Man. He is virtually unique amongst people who have severe autistic disorders in being capable of living a fully-functioning, independent life."
This is an absolutely amazing book, a real life 'Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time'. Daniel is able to write from an amazing perspective on his life. He's humble, thankful and inspiring. It is that self-awareness and ability to communicate that he has that makes this a wonderful book.
"I was born on 31 January 1979 - a Wednesday. I know it was a Wednesday, because the date is blue in my mind and Wednesdays are always blue, like the number nine or the sound of loud voices arguing.' Like the character Hoffman portrayed, he can perform extraordinary maths in his head, sees numbers as shapes, colours, textures and motions, and can learn to speak a language fluently from scratch in three days. He also has a compulsive need for order and routine. He eats exactly 45 grams of porridge for breakfast and cannot leave the house without counting the number of items of clothing he's wearing. If he gets stressed or unhappy he closes his eyes and counts. But in some ways Daniel is not all like the Rain Man. He is virtually unique amongst people who have severe autistic disorders in being capable of living a fully-functioning, independent life."
This is an absolutely amazing book, a real life 'Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time'. Daniel is able to write from an amazing perspective on his life. He's humble, thankful and inspiring. It is that self-awareness and ability to communicate that he has that makes this a wonderful book.
Journal Entry 2 by lelley from Scarborough, North Yorkshire United Kingdom on Monday, March 26, 2007
Received this in the post today.
Will try and get it out to the next person in around a week.
Will try and get it out to the next person in around a week.
Journal Entry 3 by lelley from Scarborough, North Yorkshire United Kingdom on Thursday, April 5, 2007
finished this today.
Enjoyable but complicated read.
Enjoyable but complicated read.
Arrived safely today, thank you. Am looking forward to reading this. Hope to start it over the weekend.
This was absolutely fascinating. Agree with Gothmarcus that Daniel is what makes this book. His writing style is amazing - it's so clear and logical, yet conveys so much. I was particularly interested by his childhood & time at school and how his problems first began to show themselves.
Thanks Gothmarcus for organising this bookring. Great book! Have PMd AuntNub for an address.
Thanks Gothmarcus for organising this bookring. Great book! Have PMd AuntNub for an address.
Just received in the mail today ~ hooray! I look forward to reading this book & hope to start it over the next day or 2. Thanks for sharing it, Gothmarcus!
Journal Entry 7 by AuntNub at To the next participant in Bookring/Bookray, -- By post or by hand/ in person -- Canada on Sunday, May 20, 2007
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This was a truly interesting look into the world of Asperger's/Autism. Fascinating how he sees #'s, etc. I also agree that it's Daniel that makes this book. Once again, thanks for sharing, Gothmarcus!
Am sending this on to KarenZero via DHL on Tuesday, May 22nd. Enjoy!
This was a truly interesting look into the world of Asperger's/Autism. Fascinating how he sees #'s, etc. I also agree that it's Daniel that makes this book. Once again, thanks for sharing, Gothmarcus!
Am sending this on to KarenZero via DHL on Tuesday, May 22nd. Enjoy!
Caught! Will read ASAP.
This was an interesting, quick and easy read. I'd love to be able to learn a language in a week (minus the problems with the social skills, of course)!
On to the next reader this week.
On to the next reader this week.
Journal Entry 10 by KarenZero at Controlled Release in Controlled Release, A Bookcrossing member -- Controlled Releases on Wednesday, May 30, 2007
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Sent on to the next reader.
Sent on to the next reader.
Thank you! I received the book today and look forward to starting it this weekend. It looks very interesting.
This is a fasinating book. I am always interested in how people think. How they arrive at the conclusions they do and how they approach problems. It was interesting to see the simple language of the book coming from the mind of a man who can do math the way he does. Made me dizzy to think of it. Kind of like thinking about infinity....
Will mail to Moops tomorrow.
Will mail to Moops tomorrow.
sent to me as a book ray. I received it yesterday and I'm half way through it. Very interesting so far.
I very much enjoyed this book. It's a quick read and well written. It was a facinating journey into the mind of a highly functioning autistic person. My daughter works w/ autistic kids w/ pool therapy. This book was even more interesting to me because of that. I was surpised at how well Daniel (the author) could describe his feelings and views. In many parts of the book his descriptions and writing was as good as any well known author. I'm glad he is so open to allowing doctors to run tests on him and write about himself so perhaps we can get a better idea of just what autisim is and how we may help people w/ this condition. It seems to be so much more prevalent today than in the past. I will now send this along. Thanks for doing a book ray w/ this book.
Sent today to the next person :>)
CAUGHT IN TUCSON AZ USA
CAUGHT IN TUCSON AZ USA
I'm eager to read this book - oh,and thanks for the CD. I'll listen and see how I like it!
Enjoyable read about a syndrome I find intriguing....ready to pass on to the next reader in line...
Found this in the mailbox today, will begin reading this very soon. Thanks for sharing this Gothmarcus.
This was quite an interesting and unique book. I found it fascinating to gain some insight into how Daniel's mind works and often found myself trying to imagine how Daniel visualized numbers. Despite the illustrations in the book, I was still only able to see plain old digits :)
Thanks again for sharing this Gothmarcus. I have -riley-'s address in hand so should be mailing this out tomorrow or early next week.
Thanks again for sharing this Gothmarcus. I have -riley-'s address in hand so should be mailing this out tomorrow or early next week.
Dropped in the mailbox for -riley- this afternoon.
I loved this book! I read it in 2 days and was fascinated by it.