Finally I am done with “Blink.” It is the first book that I finished this year. It�s one baby step towards my New Year�s Resolution of finishing 50 books. I do not know if I would be able to finish that many� I hope I don�t need to add up unfinished books as fractions towards the end.

All in all, I am glad that I am done with one book at last. Unfortunately, this book is less than satisfying for me.

I had my hope up when I first got the book, because of the nice cover design and reviews at the back. I hoped to learn something about myself from reading this book. However, I learned nothing but some fun stories. I could only take it on a very literal level, as a mere entertainment, rather than anything factual.

Yes we have rapid cognition, instincts, and ability to detect dangers around us. Yes we have unconscious working behind the scene that tell us things that we cannot even explain. Yet sometimes we make mistakes, too, because we let appearance fool us, or rely on “instincts” blindly and improperly. How can we avoid making those mistakes? The book doesn’t say…

I am a bit disappointed at this point. I hope the next book will be more interesting. Currently I have a few books in hand worth reading. A detective/mystery short story collection, a novel about a murder, another book on adaptive unconscious, or PHP� It becomes difficult to choose.