Kyle, Rosie and I have, on Rosie's request, entered into some sort of contest... no, not like on Seinfeld, but a book reading contest. Mostly, its just to push ourselves to read more, which, I think, is probably a good thing. And, while I realized I am absolutely going to get slaughtered, because I can't sit still for more than 7 minutes at a time, I'm going to try and read a book a month.
This month I've given myself a little bit of a soft-ball to ease my way into the competition The Inner Game of Tennis. It's a pretty easy read, short (134 pgs.), and right up my alley. Even though the book talks about tennis - mostly because Timothy Gallwey was (and presumably still is) a tennis guy - the book really talks about how to get the best out of yourself in whatever you're doing.
Grade: A
Up next: maybe Outliers although I suspect its a pretty standard Gladwellian - find an interesting study, explain how its different than the public perception, and ignore any interesting counter arguments that undermine his point; or, possibly, The Last Shot which I'm pretty sure is the book equivalent of Hoop Dreams... which wouldn't be a bad thing.
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What if we offer you bonus pages for anything that's not about sports or music?
And I thought our contest was both books AND Seinfeldian.
... hang on... they write books that aren't about sports or music?
"can't sit still for more than 7 minutes at a time"
bwahaha, another A.D.D. blogger, i love it!
I've been trying to read more lately too but man does it take me a long time to finish a book.
If I could make a music book suggestion... try Lester Bangs book, Psychotic Reactions and Carburetor Dung. I've always thought of him as the first blogger.
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