I loved it and I wrote a great entry but then Movable Type ate it. It went something like this:

A book club member loaned me The Tipping Point after the club nominated Gladwell's newest book, Blink. (It was a top choice but we won’t read it until it comes out in paperback.)

I've always liked Gladwell's writing in the New Yorker, and, unlike some books I've read that should not have expanded beyond feature article length, this book is fascinating from start to finish.

It is deceptively easy to read. I found myself gliding along effortlessly, then suddenly realizing he'd perfectly articulated some universal truth, or a banal but revealing detail of everyday life that I'd never consciously thought about. In this manner his writing changes the way I observe and process the world around me.

The Tipping Point is fascinating and funny too: See, for example, the anecdote of young theologians literally stepping over an ailing man on their way to deliver a talk about the parable of the Good Samaritan.