This week, I started George RR Martin’s A Clash of Kings. I made it through 605 pages (out of about 1000) in six days, so I made a pretty good pace, but I’m not likely to finish this book toady. I wouldn’t want to either – I enjoy this book and I wouldn’t want to feel rushed.
So this morning, I opened up my copy of The Underachiever’s Manifesto by Ray Bennett. I picked it because it was a gift that I hadn’t read yet and it’s incredibly short (I would expect nothing less from a self-styled underachiever). Coming in at something like 85 pages ( there are about a dozen blank pages at the end, helpfully labelled “Some Blank Pages”), it was a quick and funny read, but also surprisingly insightful.