I'm thinking about start a book-a-week program, modeled after the guy at the Largehearted Boy blog. My wife reads probably more than a book a week, and I used to do this myself before grad school. I'm going to try to do it again starting this week. There are several reasons I'm going to try this book a week program:
1. The same way I'm into running to develop my physique, I'm starting this program to develop my intellect. The habit of reading makes a person knowledgeable, competent, and articulate.
2. I already have a large collection of books, and I like books. I tried audiobooks and eBooks, these did not work out for me. I have a hard time reading eBooks due to the limitations of current eBook readers - no I haven't tried the Amazon Kindle yet - and I find that I have a hard time retaining information listening to audiobooks. I tried reading stuff on the internet - but it is just way to easy to get distracted when researching a subject on the internet - I find the majority of my internet research devolves into digg.com or youtube. The amount of information on the internet is practically limitless - I like the idea of a book as finite unit of information.
3. To develop expertise in a number of areas - these being business and finance, economics and politics, and computer science. I don't know if I'll be able to read a tech book a week, as these tend to be a lot longer than the average book and require a lot of interactivity. I guess I'll deal with that as I go along.
This is the 34th week of 2008, 18 weeks left to go in the year. This week's book is 'The Total Money Makeover' by Dave Ramsey.
Friday, August 22, 2008
Book a week - 34/52
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