Monthly Archives: August 2012

Why I’m about to remove “reading list by amazon” from my linkedin profile

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I started to use this application at the end of 2008 and stopped about 3 years (and more than 80 books) later due to two intrinsic limitations of it.

First limitation: it’s not possible to start a discussion about the books.

Second limitation: if a book is not sold by Amazon it doesn’t exist.

As I’ve started this blog I don’t see a good reason to keep using the application: here the opportunity to followup and comment is available and I’m not limited to the books sold by a single shopping site.

As part of the removal process I’ll copy the content of the current reading list into a dedicated post.

Anyone interested in discussing one of my comments about the books can let me know and I will elaborate in a dedicated post.

Aldous Huxley: Point counter point

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A couple of days ago I’ve completed the reading of the Italian version from Adelphi and I’m quite disappointed.

It took me about one month (with other books in parallel) to reach the end: the story did not really picked up at any time and this slowed down my pace a lot.

I’m ok with novels that make a philosophical or political point and I’ve found stimulating a number of points made by Huxley in the book, but in my opinion a novel must first entertain  and only later send an higher message.

From the same author I’ve read  “Brave new world” and  “After Many a Summer Dies the Swan” with satisfaction.

I suggest skipping this book and invest time in better readings.

I shoot for 23 readers

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Welcome to my blog!

I was thinking about starting a it for quite a while now.

I see it as a better tool to share with my friends and the people that knows me the subjects of my interest.

The subjects include food and places to eat, business travel experience and the books I read.

And a bit of technology too: I have to deal with it a lot for my job.

Why 23 readers? They were enough for Giovannino Guareschi and are good for me too.

It’s my first experiment, please be patient while I learn how to manage it the best way.