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vamysteryfanMoonwalking with Einstein by Joshua Foer. The art and science of memory. He writes about the different types of memory and techniques for memorization during a project to improve his own. I learned a lot about memory palaces. Some of the techniques are only useful for useless tasks (who really needs to memorize pages of binary numbers?) but the techniques can be applied in some useful areas. They won't help you remember where you left your keys but will help with phone numbers and shopping lists. The book also has an interesting, slightly unnerving discussion of the Internet as external memory that fit well with that seminar on the SmartPower Class I went to a few weeks ago.
Amuse Bouche by Anthony Bidulka. I was really pleased to find the first book in this series. A very enjoyable read. And I will never hear the phrase Amuse Bouche in the same way again.
Drama City by George Pelecanos. He writes engaging characters that can break your heart. He's very noir and well worth reading if you like those kinds of books.
The Bourne Identity by Robert Ludlum. I've read a lot of Ludlum's books but had never read this one. His style of writing is rather fraught. People generally scream their conversations. It's a good book though. Very convoluted plot.
Amuse Bouche by Anthony Bidulka. I was really pleased to find the first book in this series. A very enjoyable read. And I will never hear the phrase Amuse Bouche in the same way again.
Drama City by George Pelecanos. He writes engaging characters that can break your heart. He's very noir and well worth reading if you like those kinds of books.
The Bourne Identity by Robert Ludlum. I've read a lot of Ludlum's books but had never read this one. His style of writing is rather fraught. People generally scream their conversations. It's a good book though. Very convoluted plot.
