Review of the book Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov. Abandoned after 5% because I found it disgusting being inside the narrator’s mind. Reading feels like telepathy.

Review of the book Power vs Force by David Hawkins. Big claims with impenetrable explanations. Abandoned after 20%.

Review of the book El Otoño Del Patriarca (The Autumn of the Patriarch) by Gabriel García Márquez. It’s lonely being a dictator.

Review of the book Dopamine Nation by Anna Lembke.

Review of the book Food Rules by Michael Pollan. Eat food, not too much, mostly plants.

Review of the book How to read literature like a professor by Thomas Foster.

Review of the book Hyperion by Dan Simons.

Review of the book Overstory by Richard Powers.

Review of the book Stranger in a Strange Land by Robert A. Heinlein.

Review of the book Termination Shock by Neal Stephenson.

Review of the book The Alchemist by Paul Coelho.

Review of the book The Neuromancer by William Gibson.

Review of the book The Surrender Experiment by Michael Singer.

Review of the book The Yoga of the Yogi by Kausthub Desikachar.

Review of the book The Moon is a Harsh Mistress by Robert A. Heinlein.

Review of the book What to say when you talk to yourself by Shad Helmstetter.

Review of the book Ancillary Justice by Ann Leckie.

Review of the book One Small Step Can Change Your Life by Robert Maurer.

Review of the book The Enchiridion by Epictetus.

Review of the book How We Learn by Benedict Carey.

Review of the book Risk Savvy by Gerd Gigerenzer.

Review of the book The Happiness Advantage by Shawn Achor.

Review of the book Moonwalking with Einstein by Joshua Foer.

Review of the book The Effective Executive by Peter F. Drucker.

Review of the book Manage Your Day-to-Day by Elizabeth Saunders.

Review of the book Smart Choices by H. Raiffa, J. Hammond, and R. Keeney.

Parece ser que este fin de semana Tintín cumple 80 años. Una de las pocas cosas que tengo a menos de un metro de mi mesa es la colección entera de las aventuras de Tintín (que son vecinas codo con codo de la colección entera de las aventuras de Astérix y Obélix). No sé cuántas veces habré leído cada uno de esos libros pero la última vez que cogí uno fue estas navidades cuando estaba en cama con gripe.

Uno de los libros que he leído durante este 2008 ha sido Getting Things Done: The Art of Stress-Free Productivity de David Allen. En él su autor propone el siguiente método de productividad personal: cada vez que te venga un pensamiento deséchalo si no merece la pena o en caso contrario apúntalo para quitártelo de la cabeza (fase de recogida) cada cierto tiempo procesa la lista de pensamientos. Para cada pensamiento si es algo “accionable” y te lleva menos de 2 minutos házlo en ese momento.