… Blink, by Malcolm Gladwell
Although it was a hard-fought competition, our winner for one vote is Blink, a book about the kind of thinking that happens in a blink of an eye. What is going on inside our heads when we engage in rapid cognition? When are snap judgments good and when are they not? What kinds of things can we do to make our powers of rapid cognition better?
Many thanks to all the voters as well as the members who sent suggestions (the books that didn't make it for this poll will be the first in line for our next reading election).
And now, as we always do, let's see what we find and how we feel with a book that, maybe, you might not have read or even know about without the encouragement of our club and fellow members.
Suggested reading schedule coming soon!
Poll Results:
An optimist's tour of the future, by Mark Stevenson | 3 (16%) |
The Tiger's Wife, by Tea Obreht | 4 (22%) |
Blink, by Malcolm Gladwell | 5 (27%) |
Waste: Uncovering the Global Food Scandal, by Tristam Stuart | 4 (22%) |
Auntie Mame, by Patrick Denis | 2 (11%) |
