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Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking (Audio book)
by Malcolm Gladwell | Nonfiction
Registered by potok-fan of Turku, Varsinais-Suomi Finland on Thursday, January 28, 2010
Average 8 star rating by BookCrossing Members 

status (set by zosime): to be read


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Journal Entry 1 by potok-fan from Turku, Varsinais-Suomi Finland on Thursday, January 28, 2010

8 out of 10

This is an audiobook, originally purchased from audible.com, and then burned onto cds and deleted from my itunes so that this would be the only copy and legal. Please do not copy this, but pass it along to a friend or release it! Thank you.

I so much enjoyed this book that it was my choice for the "Best of 2009" yankee-style bookswap on bookobsessed.com. Of all the books I read (or listened to) last year, this is the one I talk about the most. I found it really interesting and entertaining. In fact, I bought another copy from audible as our Christmas gift for one of the people in our family.

I haven't given the book a 10. I had minor quibbles, like that the first section, on the kouros, seemed to go on too long. But I keep talking and thinking about the research into married couples and the devastating effects of contempt. I loved the section near the very end on blind auditions for orchestras. And the stuff about the war game do-over is just so depressing that I don't even want to comment on it. A super-interesting book! 


Journal Entry 2 by potok-fan from Turku, Varsinais-Suomi Finland on Monday, March 08, 2010

This book has not been rated.

I'm a little overdue in getting this sent off, but it'll soon be on its way.

In the meantime, I was excited to see a new tv series based on the work of Paul Ekman, who is featured heavily in one of the chapters of "Blink" (I had also seen him interviewed in a linguistics documentary several years ago). If you enjoy that chapter of Blink, I'd recommend at least the first episode of "Lie to me" - and then you can decide for yourself whether to carry on or not. 


Journal Entry 3 by potok-fan at Turku, Varsinais-Suomi Finland on Friday, November 05, 2010

This book has not been rated.

I hang my head in shame at how long it has taken me to get this sent, but it is now IN THE MAIL, really really.

The person who won it in the swap had it already, but asked me to send it to another friend. That makes it even more embarrassing that it took me so long to do it, but as I say, it's on its way now.  


Journal Entry 4 by wingzosimewing at Marshfield, Wisconsin USA on Tuesday, January 04, 2011

This book has not been rated.

Thank you Potok and Lauren! I heard one of the author's lectures on Minnesota Public Radio last year and have been wanting to read one of his books ever since. 




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