Here is my year in books according to Goodreads.
I read more books than that, but unfortunately, a large percentage of the ones I read didn’t give me anything, and I regretted spending time on them. The most disappointing part was that I didn’t like any of the books from our book club at work. However, I am happy to report that I learned to drop the books I didn’t like without any guilt. Here are the last several books I read at the end of the year:
The Tipping Point. The full title of this book is The Tipping Point: How Little Things Can Make a Big Difference. Published 25 years ago, it’s considered a classic, and I think it’s a must-read for anyone who wants to understand how ideas are spread in society, and what can be done to promote progressive ideas or desired behavior. I didn’t read this book before, but I saw an advertisement about the next book, Revenge of the Tipping Point, and figured I needed to read the original one first.
Revenge is even more interesting; it explores social engineering, its faults, and offers a new perspective on the COVID pandemic and opioid crisis, among many other topics.
What we can know – A dystopia, the most interesting part of which is, in my opinion, how much the digital trace of our lives will reveal about the true us to our distant descendants.
Careless People – an explosive book, which I am glad I read. I am not disagreeing with those who say that the book is extremely subjective, and I can see the point of those who say that the author was not as naive as she presents herself, but still, I believe it. And somehow, it does not surprise me.
Hettie's Reflections 