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As a scientist I WANTED to love this book. The story itself is less about the infamous Patient H.M., instead, it is a narrative of those that influenced, as well as benefited from his history. The most interesting narrative threads are ones not explored enough in my opinion, and are left to the reader to discover in the last fifth of the novel. Well written, engrossing and fascinating: I do feel that the work has a slightly biased slant.

I was looking forward to this book and wanted to like it, but I didn‘t. There are some things that were interesting; however, it was poorly organized. I thought this book was about patient H.M. and was completely mistaken; it was about the author, his family, neuroscience, other scientists, and a dreadfully boring history of medicine. The information was all over the place and disjointed. Ugh! 😒 #MountTBR

This was interesting. Sometimes a bit dry but interesting.

My books I have on reserved at the library are Wilde flower by drew Barrymore
IKIGAI by Hector Garcia
In extremists by Lindsey Hilsum

#currentlyreading: Patient H. M by Luke Dittrich
Finished: Live green by Jen Chillingsworth
#Readingthelibrary #librarybooks

It's is bang on midnight here in the UK.
I am so tired but all I want to do is read, read and then read some more.
I also want to sleep, sleep and then sleep some more!
I think sleep wins... 😴💤💤💤💤💤

#librarybook #readingthelibrary #readingaddict

It‘s getting real — youngest moves into university dorms in 17 days 😱 ! We went to Dollar Tree to pick up some dorm essentials and I got this book for myself. I remember when I was in college myself, poor H.M. ‘s case being discussed in a psychobiology class.

I posted about Patient H.M. a while back when he was mentioned in Brain on Fire. His study is one of my favorites in the Neuropsychology world. It is beyond amazing to me how the brain works to try to compensate for what it‘s lost.

Listening to this is making me miss sitting in my psychology courses... 😭

“Henry‘s almost complete lack of episodic memories is difficult to relate to. We are a storytelling species, and we spend a great deal of our time stringing the facts of our pasts into narratives in the present. A mind unable to do so can seem like a fundamentally alien mind.”

Definitely an interesting book (that makes me want to read more about highly questionable medical experiments in the past), but I do wonder how truthful the portrait of Suzanne Corkin is. She comes across as impossibly unsympathetic, and together with the calm voice of the narrator, that gave the book a quite passive-aggressive flavour....

Sigh. I should listened to other Littens who didn‘t like this one; their complaints echo my reasons for doing the same. Way too long and jumps around too much; this book needed tighter editing to be more successful. But mainly, the author kept inserting himself and his stories into the text, and it made no sense. I wanted to read about Patient H.M. and the history of lobotomies, not a memoir about the author and his grandfather (the doctor).

I‘ve got 99 problems but a book-stack ain‘t one. #libraryhaul the other day and I‘m already liking Patient H.M.

The topic of this seemed interesting; mental health history & lobotomies.
The writing style, however, was severely lacking.
Do you have that one friend that manages to find an interesting topic, but then proceeds to mangle the delivery? That friend could have wrote this.
There were asides that didn't add anything new, repetitive information, very little about Henry Molaison, and drawn out paragraphs about what Dittrich assumed what had happened.

I haven‘t been able to focus on reading too much lately, but now that summer hols are over, (back to school tomorrow) my goal is to read one book a week. Hmmm, not sure I‘ll get there, but how else does one tackle Mount TBR?! 🧐🧐🧐🤓🤓🤓
This is one of two that were selected for Staff Book 📚 Club. I‘ve already bailed on the other one, so better finish this one!

Anyone read it? And?

#DealAlert! This book about the infamous practice of lobotomy is written by the grandson of one of its most prolific practitioners. I was riveted. Grab it now for $1.99: https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B01208O00K/ref=pd_typ_k_rtpb_1_154606011_15

This book was well researched and written. I became bored with the details, and had hoped it was going to read more as a novel. Meh.

This is going to be finished this weekend. I have several that I have in process. This needs to head back to the 'brary soon. Enjoy your weekend! Hope it's full of lovely words.

My work book club picks for Feb. One fiction, one non. Staff can read both or one or none, and then come along for drinkies together during what will no doubt be a busy start to a new school year by then. (Hols in 3 days!!! Woot!!!) Have never heard of either of these so happy to explore. #gottalovebookclub #nevertoobusyforbooks

What are the chances of 6 random books in one year all making mention of something I had barely heard about before: trepanation. I wrote a blog post about my year of literary trepanations: https://lindypratch.blogspot.ca/2017/10/a-year-of-literary-trepanations.html?m=1

This was my #nonfiction pick for September. I love a good medical drama and this one did not disappoint. H.M. got a lobotomy in an attempt to cure epilepsy, but ended up unable to make new memories. Researched for over 50 years. The story of H.M. is interesting enough by itself, but then you have the added twist of the author's connection to the story. Really fascinating. Crazy how the whole thing is still wrapped up in controversy.

Apparently it is blue books from the library month.

It's the hottest day of the year in my little corner of the world, on the first day of fall! 🍁 Quite unusual, so I thought I had better spend it reading at the beach. 🌞 #beachreads #lakemichigan

The author‘s grandfather was a neurosurgeon whose most famous patient was Patient H.M., a man whose childhood injuries lead to epilepsy and eventually a lobotomy that affected his memory. Interspersed with his family history and the case of H.M. is a complex history of the field of neurosurgery. Even though I think that portions could have been culled, I did find the history of the lobotomy equally fascinating and horrifying.

Happy Read an Ebook Day! That's every day for me, though. I use my tablet for indoor and nighttime reading, and my old, but trusty, Kindle Keyboard for outdoor reading. #ebooklove @OverDrive

As a researcher, I found this book fascinating and horrifying. Thank goodness modern science is now strongly governed by research ethics.

Slower than normal afternoon provides plenty of reading time. Just started this.

My next book Club book. The history of brain surgery including memory, madness, and family secrets? I'm in!

Preparing for #dbf2017 with a little light reading about brain surgery before bed.

I'm going to try to keep up with the #90sinJuly! I don't like to use the word insane for people, but these three books from my shelves are what came to mind for today's theme, because they are about people with brain injuries. Brain on Fire scared me to death and showed how important patient advocates are. Tell Me Everything You Don't Remember shows how strong our brains are. I haven't read Patient H.M. but hope to soon. #insaneinthebrain

I think I would have liked this more if I hadn't had previously read books similar to this. This non-fiction narrative intertwines the history of lobotomies with Dittrich's own neurosurgeon grandpa, his schizophrenic grandmother, and the post-lobotomized life of patient H.M. ⭐️⭐️⭐️

#neuroscience #science #psychology

Amazing! A wonderful educational novel about the history of lobotomies and the terrifying inside story of scientific research and surgery. Great read for science lovers

Starting to see some leaves on the trees! #hammockreading #springreading

When your husband gets you a book off your Amazon wish list for surviving your first two weeks back at work. I'm a lucky Litten 💖

4/5 ⭐️. This book was on a topic that greatly interests me. I am from a town with a state run mental hospital and I have a lobotomy kit in a shadow box in my book reading room 😍😍😍. I enjoyed the mix of personal narratives mixed with the story of Henry Moliason. Would recommend to anyone interested in psychology, neurology, or just someone who is curious 😁

As a hopeful future psychiatric nurse practitioner I love this quote 🔥🔥🔥

This was such an interesting book. There was the history of lobotomies which I enjoyed learning about, the story of patient HM, while he was living and then after death. The only parts that were weird were some of the author's personal stories which seemed out of place, even with his personal attachment to the history. Overall a really good book. #nonfiction #litsyatoz

Just started this and can't put it down! Nonfiction about the life and lies of neurosurgery and the birth of lobotomies. Very interesting and eye opening

Fiancé: what are you listening to while we run? Me: it's a history of the use of lobotomies and how one specific patient was affected..
Fiancé: ? (finished my 5k in 30 min and I'm loving this book!)

Fascinating tale, frustratingly told. Jigsaw puzzle with too many pieces, eponymous Patient becomes a supporting character in his own story. One thing I couldn't miss was the fact that he was the most studied scientific subject in history, a fact repeated so many times I lost count. Too often the author seemed to want to hog the spotlight himself; I learned far more about his own unrelated exploits than necessary. Definitely not another Henrietta.

Bob the neighborhood stray wants to be petted. It's 65 plus degrees in Chicago today!!

Brain surgeon interviewing patient during surgery: 'What is going through your mind right now?' Patient: 'A knife.' 😂

My friends told me I needed to see this episode from the Twilight Zone. Poor Henry Bemis.

I'm reading this for my Wine and Book Club. The treatment of mentally ill patients in the past was horrific.

#BookNDinner! #SunBasket edition! Accompaniment this calm evening: Kyoto chicken and soba noodle salad made with buckwheat noodles, kale, scallion, lime, and a miso sauce; and crisp sparkling mineral water. MMMMmmm 😋!!! This has been another presentation of: #MrBookBookBabeKitchen. Happy reads & happy eats! 😎👌🏻

#BookNDinner! #SunBasket edition! Accompaniment this milder evening: South Asian coconut-poached salmon in a lemongrass coconut milk broth with red chard and sparkling mineral water. MMMmmm 😋! This has been another presentation of: #MrBookBookBabeKitchen. Happy reads & happy eats! 😎👌🏻

#BookNDinner! Accompaniment this snowy evening includes: ricotta stuffed shells in a chunky puttanesca sauce and sparkling mineral water. MMMMmmm 😋! This has been another presentation of: #MrBookBookBabeKitchen. Happy reads & happy eats. 😎👌🏻

Reading this book next for #TheOminvoroudBookClub. This meeting's theme will be "New Beginnings". The main character constantly has new beginnings due to his severe memory loss, so I think this qualifies. Yes? I won't be able to make the meeting as I have another meeting in another state at the same time, but I'm still partaking anyway ???.

So this is my and @BookBabe 's bookclub TBR list for January 😁👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻!!! Already read one of these. On to number two! 2017 will be a bookishly productive year for her and I. We have a few projects in the pipeline that we'll be announcing down the road 😊👍🏻. So, any of these titles stick out to you as wonderful reads or well-positioned TBRs for yourself?

Finished my year challenge to read 275 books last week. Now I'm up to 281 books for this year. Yay books!

This is one of my first nonfiction non-personal development books. It was so interesting, jaw dropping in places, and kept my attention the whole time. Definitely want to read more books like this now.