In Praise of Slow
Rating: ★★★★★ Category: Books Genre: Nonfiction Author: Carl Honoré NOTE: I can't quite decide whether to classify this book under Entertainment, or Professional and Technical, or Religion and Spirituality. So I decided to classify it under a neutral classification as Non-fiction. I've long been searching for something that would explain to me why I am what I am or why I do things the way I do things. I'm pretty much certain that I walk, talk and even think slow. Some people get bothered or irritated by it. Some even ridicule me for it. I have given those remarks a typically long but hard look. And I was just about to conclude that these people were right and it's about time I started speeding up things. But as it is my character to take things slowly, I procrastinated and decided to put it off for another day. That day is yet to come. One day, while I was browsing through my favorite bookstore, and contemplating on how I will actually change from what I am to (slow) to...