I am on holiday now. My main challenge has become producing daily picnics for large numbers of teenagers in Scotland!
There was a feature on BBC breakfast this morning about what your holiday reading choice says about you. As it happens, I made the terrible mistake last week of sending lots of friends a text asking them to tell me what to read while I am on the beach. I asked for things that will hurt my head and change my mind. They took me seriously!
The list is below. It’s long, and not exactly light reading, but it’s sure to change my mind on lots of things – that must be good.
Here it is – Summer Reading list.
If you have any suggestions of books, articles, podcasts, videos, magazines to add to the list then let me know.
30/09/2009
A bit late for summer, here is an updated list based on more titles that have been sent to me. Some of them good be could be nice for reading as the days get shroter this winter.
4 responses so far ↓
1 jackie schneider // Aug 1, 2009 at 21:14
Interesting list. Here is my contribution for some summer reading for those who are getting to grips with new media or looking to change the world
The wisdom of crowds by James Surowiecki
Here comes everyone by Clay Shirkey
The Long tail by Chris Anderson
Predictably irrational by Dan Ariely
:59 seconds by Richard Wiseman
My top fiction choices are
Fine Balance by Rohinton Minstry ( be warned not very cheery!)
The Ragged Trousered Philandthropist by Robert Tressell
The diary of a nobody by Grossmith
Happy reading!
2 David Morland // Sep 11, 2009 at 17:18
Shantaram
A Martyr’s Crossing
The Lemon Tree
Ten Thousand Lovers
The Book of Negroes
3 Paul Hibbert // Sep 30, 2009 at 16:46
Couple of good reads from my summer:
Trick of the Mind by Derren Brown
Bad Science by Ben Goldacre
both of which give some great insight into reason, evidence, perception and the relationships between them. And the Derren Brown book contained memory tricks which I’ve actually found useful.
4 cpjuliamiddleton // Jan 22, 2010 at 12:37
Hello from Russia, yes, please feel free to do so.
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