My book for October, The Organized Mind, by Daniel J. Levitin, was on a list of most influential books of a famous CEO. With the recommendation from a respected CEO and the interesting title, I was eager to read this book. However, this book very quickly became a "skimmer"; flip through to determine if continuing to read would be worth the time and effort. Unfortunately it wasn't.
Initially, there were a few good points, but in general the book failed to capture my interest. Secondly, I would expect a book like this to be 250-270 pages; this one was 400 pages. While certainly not a show-stopper, it is a tell-tale sign that the author probably wasn't able to make his point clearly and in a concise manner; aka too much bloviating.
I'm disappointed in this book failure, but fortunately my book list for this year is long. Onward and upward...