You are what you read

Philippe Kruchtenn at the University of British Columbia published an article entitled You Are What You Read in the Career Development section of IEEESoftware, March/April 2009.  In the article he indicates that his favorite interview question is to ask the candicate what they have read lately.  He goes on to discuss what to read: books, journals, blogs; when to read; and how to retain what you've read.  He develops the concept of a fieldstone to use a sort of bookmark with notes.  Near the conclusion of the article is a real gem, a link to a list of the Top 100 Best Software Engineering Books as listed by Jurgen Appello, the CIO at ISM eCompany in The Netherlands.  I noticed that the author of the book I recently reviewed, Steve McConnell, has four books in the top 100 list with Software Project Survival Guide as #47.