I really loved the first quarter of the book - I feel in love with the characters and the narration style! (For once I felt like the unique format actually worked really well and genuinely enhanced the reading experience!) You knew it was building up to something, and I just wanted everyone to stay in this happy, protective bubble. But you know that's impossible because it's the whole reason Sammie's writing this book in the first place - so that she can remember everything that was important to her even when she starts losing her memory. The second significant reasonis that, when certain things happen, you don’t have any (or not strong enough) emotions connected to them. I didn’t remember that. I just knew that, for more than 20 years, I avoided drinking sparkly water or fizzy drinks; but I had no idea why; I thought I just don’t like the sensation. This subject is a little {a lot} heartbreaking and how it was handled with the journal entries was just about perfection. The chapters without titles and wonky spelling/wording were so effective in showing how Sammie was progressing. And man, that last chapter gutted me. Power Foods for the Brain: An Effective 3-Step Plan to Protect Your Mind and Strengthen Your Memory – Neal D. Barnard

How to apply the memory techniques in your presentations, learning a new language, and whatever else you want to remember When you count, you must remember the last number you say and what follows; what’s before that, it’s irrelevant. Boost Your Brain: The New Art and Science Behind Enhanced Brain Performance – Majid Fotuhi, Christina Breda AntoniadesI really wonder if what he says is true. I will never be able to do what I just saw him do. That is way above my ability. I can’t memorize anything, it is very embarrassing, let alone doing it as fast as a lightning flash. Hello students, welcome to Greek studies. Greek is the most rigorous subject that can be studied in any University. I appreciate your courage to attempt this study. We have a major test each day because there is so much to learn. We have hundreds of Greek vocabulary words to learn each day. It's easy to connect to Sammie. From beginning to end, it felt like you, as the reader, are her, the future Sammie. It's such agony to read about the balance between wanting to remain realistic of the outcome of the disease and still wanting her to live life as originally planned.

Oh, there’s Joe's room, he has his little green Greek book open and is in deep study. Let’s see, it is 5:00 P.M. I think I’ll go to the music room and practice the piano. I am going to start believing people even when I feel what they are saying couldn’t possibly be true. Basically, this is inspiring me to be open-minded; no matter what I had been told a thousand times to the contrary. A judge saw chalk (as the murder weapon), a chef on a ship (as the prime suspect) with a case (as the motive). (66-70)The book is based on the latest neuroscience research and gives you actionable advice concerning your brain cognitive functions and memory. Now I look down at the word and now I look out the window up into the white chiffon clouds. Ok, I got that one, now I just repeat this identical process over and over again. I glance down and look up into the clouds over and over. Hi Joe, I can’t talk with you right now. See you in the class. Finally, finished and I have a few minutes until class time. I knew she didn't do it on purpose, but girls like her made me feel like garbage. Like, what's even the point with girls like her around." Put things in the same place every time. To remember to do or get something put something in your path or awkwardly out of place to spur original thought. "anything that looks out of place [...] wearing your watch on the wrong wrist" If you believe and feel like that too, you’re not far from the truth. Your personality is chiseled, bit by bit, to become a masterpiece mostly by the events in your life. There are many reasons why you might fail to remember certain things.