Freakonomics
I finally finished reading Freakonomics during lunch today. Of course, I could have finished it Monday if I had realized that the epilogue, the only part I had yet to read, was three pages long. Freakonomics is about applying economic theory to everyday life. While the book was interesting to read, it did not have a lot of meat to it. It told some interesting stories and provided several conjectures; however, it completely glossed over how the Levitt came to his conclusions. I would recommend it for some light reading but if you are looking for something with a little oomph to it, you might want to try elsewhere.
February 25th, 2006 at 10:00 am
[...] Ok, so I have finally started to slow down in my book reading. Since I finished reading Freakonomics last month, I have not been idly whiling away my time. I have still been reading fiction, finishing up Children of the Mind (CotM), Night Watch (NW), and To Dream in the City of Sorrows (TDitCoS). Below are my brief thoughts on these three, relatively short, books. [...]