Never read Godel, Escher, Bach and need a push? Here's your opportunity. I read it a million years ago as a grad student and really enjoyed it, think it probably perma-tweaked my mind.

Don't know what I'm talking about? See

http://www.amazon.ca/Godel-Escher-Bach-Eternal-Golden/dp/0465026567/ref=sr_1_...

Details on the Read-through event are here: http://redd.it/nwh4d