Everyone likes to read, even if it’s just a little bit, sometimes! (I mean, you reading this post is proof of that, right?)

As previously mentioned, I’m currently reading The Kingdom of Couches by Will Walker.

In talking about the Bible, operating manuals and complexity, Walker writes:

Nobody reads operating manuals for pleasure, because they tend to be boring. Brett gets the impression that some students we meet with find the Bible boring. They only read it because they are supposed to or because they need to find a solution of some sort. Very few read the Bible because they long to discover the depth of mystery that is God and man and relationship between the two.

Well mister Walker, call me a geek, but I like to read operating manuals! OK, so I don’t read them terribly often, but they can be fun; You can’t tell me I’m the only one who reads instruction booklets just in case I’ve missed out some exciting feature or easy way to achieve a certain result with the latest new gadget!

I’ve recently finished reading “Canon EOS 40D” and Flash Photography with Canon EOS Cameras (Not quite a manual as such, but a great 60-odd page article on flash photography!) See? Manuals can be exciting!

I’d like to hear what you’re reading this summer (or winter if you’re on that side of the world)! I’d also be keen to hear what the last operating manual that you enjoyed reading was!

Here are my three favourite entries:

1. 150 Funniest Resume Mistakes, Bloopers and Blunders Ever – Some of these are pretty hilarious!
2. 35 Guaranteed Ways to Increase Your RSS Subscribers – While some of the ideas listed here are things that blog owners might hear often, there are also some things listed that I haven’t thought of or read before. If you have a blog, check it out!
3. Ten Things I Didn’t Know Until Last Week – Random trivia is something I enjoy from time to time. For quite a few of these I found myself saying, “Oh, I didn’t know that!”

Good luck to all those who entered the competition. For those of you who didn’t, check out the entires at Litemind (link above), there’s some good content out there!