A review by kricketa
Trying Not to Try: The Art and Science of Spontaneity by Edward Slingerland

Did not finish book.

I am the least spontaneous person I've ever met, so I felt I could learn something from this book. I found the introduction very dry, but soldiered on into the first chapter. Then I injured my toe by spontaneously dropping a can of wine on it, and spontaneously decided to read something more fun while I recuperated. Meanwhile every time I saw this book on my table I felt bad feelings of guilt. My friend suggested that if I truly wanted to be spontaneous I would return it to the library unfinished (pretty rare for me.)

So I did. And that is how this book taught me to be spontaneous.

*bows*