We’re excited to get started with our next Book Club – the topic is YOU: The Owner’s Manual by Dr. Oz and Dr. Roizen. YOU: On a Diet was our first Book Club discussion on Ignite and the subsequent Live Chat was a big success. YOU: The Owner’s Manual is the predecessor to that book and is a New York Times #1 Bestseller. It was just re-released this April in an updated and expanded format (you can get either version for the purpose of our discussions on Ignite).
We’ll start the official Book Club discussions on Tuesday, July 1 by covering Chapters 1 and 2. But first, we thought we’d look at a few reviews from this book, to see what we’re in store for…
Publisher’s Weekly said, “Anti-aging guru Roizen and celebrated heart surgeon Oz combine their popular approaches to patient-centered care in this assessment of how much, or more to the point, how little, readers know about their bodies.” The review focused on how humorous this book is, so that makes me even more excited to read it (it can get boring reading only the science!).
One consumer (who is also a doctor) reviewed the book and said, “This is a truly great and informative book. I've been a practicing physician for almost 25 years, and I can't tell you how many patients suffer from the most basic ignorance of their own body!” Other consumer reviews were as positive as this one, with 68% of people ranking the book on Amazon.com giving it 5 stars (out of 5).
In fact, pretty much everything I’ve read about this book has been positive, so I hope to learn a lot about my own body and have fun doing it. If you’ve already read this book or another one in the YOU series, please respond to this blog now and let us know your thoughts.
For next Tuesday, we’ll read Chapters 1 and 2 – see you back here on Ignite.
Kerry
