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I read widely and in most genres but romance and westerns. Here you'll find my reviews since 2007, with a few reviews of previously read books as well.
In 2012, I completed an "authors of the world" challenge, reading a book for every country (and a few other entities) by someone who'd lived there for at least two years. I expect to tag these books by challenge and country in the near future. I'm still refining my list by adding books that better meet my challenge criteria.
Brain on Fire: My Month of Madness
A very good account of physiologically triggered psychosis and dementia that illustrates the importance of good clinical interviewing to determine etiology and, therefore, appropriate treatment. As Cahalan points out, without a good differential diagnostic process, she probably would have wound up on a back ward and, had the illness continued to progress, probably would have died young. Cahalan does a good job of reconstructing her experiences. I appreciate her comments about the nature of memory. I'd have liked more medical data, but she outlines her situation coherently.My only criticism is that she has a throwaway line about [b:Sybil|67920|Sybil The Classic True Story of a Woman Possessed by Sixteen Personalities|Flora Rheta Schreiber|http://d.gr-assets.com/books/1344268259s/67920.jpg|2912372] that uncritically repeats Nathan's claim, which is far from well-substantiated and is contested. If Cahalan weren't a journalist I wouldn't mention this, but it was jarring in that context.