The first is Born on a Blue Day by Daniel Tammet. It is a memoir of an autistic savant - a very interesting view into an alternative way of seeing the world. He says he sees numbers as shapes, colors and textures, and explains how this helps him with things such as remembering what cards have been played. It's so unusual for an autistic person to be able to explain how they are so different - it's fascinating.
The second is Fair Game, Valerie Plame's memoir of life in the CIA and betrayal by the White House. Even though large sections of the book have been blacked out (the CIA had to approve publication, and made numerous redactions), there is enough to make interesting reading. And there is a postscript written by someone else that puts together the story based on published materials and independent research. I've taken to reading the relevant section of the postscript first, and then going on to read the main memoir. It makes the story easier to understand.
I'm still recovering from a bad cold, and since it is frigid outside, I've been staying home where it is warm and doing a lot of reading. And watching HGTV.
Fortune cookie of the day:The best way to destroy your enemy is to make him your friend.
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