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I read this book a few years ago. I was drawn to it because of the author's perspectives as both an adult learner and as an amateur, two things that applied to me. I found it an enjoyable read, but I wouldn't give it more than three stars out of five. My problem with the book is that it spends a lot of time discussing the study of learning, especially adult learning, in a way that suggests some things are settled questions or are resolved/understood when they aren't. As a working scientist myself, I found the facile (and possibly misleading) way in which some things were addressed frustrating. At the same time, though, there was a lot in his descriptions of his efforts to learn guitar that I could recognize in my own struggles, and that was entertaining enough to make the book worthwhile.