The Tipping Point

16. Read 30 books I haven’t read before (in addition to the above) and blog about them. (7/30)

The Tipping Point
by Malcolm Gladwell

I have now officially finished my Malcolm Gladwell trilogy.  It started with Blink a few years back.  Then, earlier this year, I read Outliers and now I have gone back and read his first book, The Tipping Point.

Blink is still my favorite, by far, but each of these books is brilliant.  This book, in particular, could be used in so many fields and practices, that I feel like it's almost dangerous - especially if its ideas were taken into the world of politics.  Sure, plenty of ideas could use the sort of support and word of mouth that brings something to the tipping point, but other ideas might be dangerous that way. Gladwell definitely has a fan for life in me.  He hasn't done me wrong yet.

And now I must decide what to read next.  I can't decide whether I should start His Dark Materials, my Austen collection, or the modern re-telling of King Lear, A Thousand Acres.  I have to see which one tickles my fancy most.  I definitely need a fiction fix, though.  I could also use a good dose of poetry, but I need to be in a quieter state of mind to adequately read a book of poetry and compose a response post.  It's been raining so much lately; I wish I could just stay home and listen to rain while I read.  Unfortunately, that would cause a stop in my paychecks which would then cause me and all my belongings to be out IN the rain after I get evicted.  Not so good.