Born on a Blue Day - Daniel Tammet

Born on a Blue Day tells in his own words the life and history of Daniel Tammet, a 27 year old autistic savant with Asperger's syndrome. Tammet is one of only fifty savants that has a condition known as synesthesia that allows him to experience numbers and words as "shapes, colors, textures, motions, and even emotions. He explains through writing and picture how this is manifest and how he uses this "syndrome" to memorize huge quantities of information as well as try to relate to the rest of the world.

On the Four Star Scale

Sap Factor (**) - Tammet's writing is almost completely devoid of emotion but thoughts of how this would have affected him and his family are never far from mind.

Naughty Bits (*) - I just put this one star because I couldn't remember if there was naughtiness. I don't think there is, but still :)

Readability (*) - Personally I struggled. It may only be 256 pages but they are 256 pages written by someone with autism and you can feel that.

Final notes- Felt almost like textbook reading but it was interesting to see how this young man's mind worked. For me personally though it may have been easier to swallow in journal form.