I love to read. For some reason I occasionally will fall off the wagon (or is it ‘on the wagon’? I always forget…) and not read anything for a while, but I do love the books. I’ve actually been reading a lot of digital versions of books on my netbook as opposed to the ‘real thing’, but that’s a whole different blog post (or book)…. I’m trying to update more frequently so I can’t ramble on as much as I might like.
I really enjoy the feeling I get from learning; feeling someone else’s life-work get in my brain and fire tiny pistons that light up and twinkle with knowledge. It’s amazing… reading really does give you knowledge and knowledge really is power. Maybe those motivational speakers in high school actually were right… I should have paid attention.
But seriously, if you want to learn about something, learn how to do something, find out about Anything, you can find almost anything ever written about any subject. Anything! It’s crazy. Of course the more time you spend reading the less time you spend actually doing these things or putting these ideas into action, but still – if you want to get better at something, if you want to be more interesting or just better yourself, read a freaking book.
Here’s what I’ve been reading:
