Contented Dementia - Oliver James

This is a very interesting book based on the work of Penny Garner and her SPECAL system of dementia care.  Basically the idea is you don't question the patients reality or impose your reality on them.  I can see these ideas working really well whilst the patient is at home and it could even theoretically working in nursing homes if you could find a home that was willing to follow the ideas, which could be a struggle.  The problems could come in hospital care but again it could work if you gave the staff enough information and they were willing to work with these ideas.

Overall very interesting stuff which could even work if more people knew about the ideas.

8/10

The Suspicions Of Mr Whicher or The Murder At Road Hill House - Kate Summerscale

This is a fascinating account of a murder and it's subsequent investigation.  It gives a great insight into life in the 1860's.  In places it does get a little repetitive going over the same event without really revealing anything new, with a little editing I think that this book would have been much better but I am still really glad that I read it.  

7/10

Just After Sunset - Stephen King

I'd not read any Stephan King short stories before and I had no idea what I'd been missing out on.  The best tales here have all the traits of proper Stephen King books.  I was surprised that a fifty page story could be so tense and suspenseful.  Like most short story collections some stories are better than other but the best really hit the spot.  I've been getting much more into short stories recently and reading this has made me want to continue this tradition.

8/10