8: Too Soon Old, Too Late Smart - Gordon Livingston, M.D.

Started: about a month ago

Finished: 29th September, 2007

First of all, I'd like to say that unless you're writing a book that is meant to be recieved as a scholarly work, there is really no need to include the M.D. after your name. What a wanker Gordon Livingston must be.
Second of all, there's obviously a lot of money to be made in re-writing common sense and marketing it to idiots.
Rating: 0.5/5

7: The Outsider - Albert Camus

Started: Sunday 23rd September
Finished: Monday 24th September

I remember reading this in school, and having discussions in class about existentialism. I remember not knowing (or really even caring) what that meant at the time. I re-read it because for some reason it had been in my thoughts recently. Having re-read it, I still don't understand it very much. Meursault is certainly a character I can relate to though. I always relate to the freaks.
Rating: 2/5

6: Prey - Michael Crichton

Started: Friday September 14
Finished: Saturday September 15

Hmmm, I wasn't planning on reading this book. Or at least not yet. I like Michael Crichton. The reason I did choose to read this is because of my week on Mental Health clinical. I was talking to a client with schizophrenia, and he mentioned that he had recently read this book. I hate to think what his mind made of it. They shouldn't let paranoid schizophrenics read things like this. I could definitely trigger a psychotic episode. Such stuff as delusions are made of.

Anyway, i like Michael Crichton, and I liked this book.
Rating: 3.5/5

5: The Life of Pi - Yann Martel

Started: 01/09/2007
Finished: 08/09/2007

Hmm, it took me ages to get geared up to read this book. I kept hearing good things about it, but every time I picked it up to read I ended up putting it down. I just wasn't interested. But I finally read it, and I'm glad I did. I think everyone knows that it was about a boy in a life boat with a tiger, but what I thought it was really about was animal psychology, religion, and the value of a good story. I did enjoy it, and I'm glad I finally gave it a go.
Rating: 3/5