I plowed through three books on my reading list this summer (note the sarcasim): The Tipping Point, Blink, and Freakonomics. All good and fun reads but all require a highlighter, notepad and quiz afterwards.
Not to say that I didn't throughly enjoy them all. I did. It's just that whenever I read these sort of books, I feel like I need to reread them just to catch all the facts and, when speaking about them in a conversation, get all the facts correct. There are stories here and there I could recite but names - and anyone who has met me knows how bad with names I am - and what each did? I have about the same shot at remembering these as as three-dollar pistol does in a gun fight... that is to say, none. You want a summary and the underlying themes? No problem. How to order food in a resturant? Well, I could do that but Jason Kottke already covered that and why invent the wheel? Cold hard facts? I'm screwed.
Maybe I'm a glutton for punishment. I mean, I will be going back and rereading them (I've already started round 2 on Blink). Or maybe I'm a know-it-all perfectionist. Ehhhh, either way, come winter, when my reading list is shorter (hopefully) I'll take another stab at them.
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