Book Reading #38: Why We Make Mistakes

Reference Information:

Title: Why We Make Mistakes
Author: Joseph T. Hallinan
Publisher: 2009 Crown Archetype

Chapter 0 & 1:

Summary: Hallinan begins his novel describing the various mistakes that people make in the world today. In the second chapter, he mostly takes about "Looking Without Seeing." People often observe things without actually perceiving what they are seeing. He drives this point home with a long example about crime witnesses.

Discussion: I love these contemporary books. Novels like this are much easier to read and understand then something like Coming of Age in Samoa or Obedience to Authority. My favorite portion of this reading was the example of people being interrupted mid conversation, not noticing that the person they were talking to had changed.