THE DIVING-BELL & THE BUTTERFLY (Jean-Dominique Bauby) - August 31/07

Extremely short but quite interesting, The Diving-Bell & The Butterfly - which isn't even remotely as compelling or moving as the film - consists of several short chapters in which Bauby talks about his situation (he was afflicted with "locked-in" syndrome). The book works best when Bauby focuses on his day-to-day problems, though the final chapter - which revolves around his memory of his last day as a functioning humanoid - is certainly the most poignant. *** out of ****