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How About Some Books To Read

In between medical texts and scientific studies, I always
try and read something that I enjoy. As illuminating as the
worlds of science and medicine are, nobody would ever move
them into the fun category.

So let’s see…

I just finished “The Man From Beijing,” written by Henning
Mankell, a Swede, who has had a huge following in Europe,
for quite a long time. He was the original Swedish mystery
writer, having written at least a dozen books, in his Kurt
Wallander series, before anybody ever knew the name Stieg
Larsson (The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo, The Girl Who
Played With Fire, The Girl Who Kicked The Hornet’s Nest).

Larsson may even have used some of Mankell’s work as an
inspiration for his own. The only criticism of Mankell’s
book would be the importance he attaches to Mao, who in my
mind was nothing but a murdering tyrant. Be that as it may
…it’s still a good read.

I also read two books by John Lescroart, “Treasure Hunt”
and “Damage,” both set in San Fransisco. Lescroart does a
great job of capturing the politics (lunatic liberalism),
of the City by the Bay and of exposing why the city is
almost incapable of functioning in any way.

I knocked off Michael Connelly’s latest, “The Fifth
Witness,” which features lawyer Mickey Haller at the center
of the action. Haller, who had fallen on hard times, gets a
big murder case, which propells him back into the courtroom
against a very tough assistant DA and a judge who won’t
allow his usual theatrics.

Then, there’s Walter Mosley’s “The Last Days of Ptolemy
Grey,” a poignant story about an old man and a young girl.
The old man has a big secret and not long to live. Mosley
is one of this country’s best writers and he continues to
get better with every book. He has written well over 30 of
them.

Last week, I finished “Matterhorn,” by Karl Marlantes, an
epic story of the Marines in Vietnam, during the late 60′s.
This is a book you have to read in stages, because it rips
your heart out. The book captures what it was like to fight
in a political war, a war in which way too many people had
their fingers in the pie.

There was a paragraph somewhere in the middle of the book,
where a young LT tells another young LT, ” The better the
communications equipment got, the worse it got for us. Now
…people in Washington try and direct battles from office
buildings, as they listen in.”

(Any parallels come to mind?)

Last, but not least, I read James Frey’s “Bright Shiny
Morning.” Frey was the guy who wrote “A Million Little
Pieces,” a book Oprah selected for her book club, and then
there was a big dispute about whether the whole thing was
true and Oprah brought him back on and bitchslapped him in
public, because she was embarrassed. There were hundreds of
articles written about whether Frey could, in fact, write
…and…”Bright Shiny Morning” certainly proves that he
can. He won’t get an endorsement from Oprah, but that’s
alright.

If you want to get a feeling for Los Angeles, this book
does a great job of explaining the city, while telling
another tale inside.

One of the best things you can do to keep your mind from
decaying is to keep it engaged. The more work you give it,
the better off you will be.

My Powerhouse Omega Formula also works to keep your brain
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Pick up a good book… and pick up some of my Powerhouse
Omega Formula.

I’ll be back tomorrow with more.

With my best wishes for your optimum health,

Dr. Bill