I pretty much agree on everything, plus three personal ideas about reading: 1) there's no need to cluster. I like better to read different topics at once, you

I pretty much agree on everything, plus three personal ideas about reading: 1) there's no need to cluster. I like better to read different topics at once, you don't know what ideas are in there that may apply to other fields by analogy or something 2) read very specific books over more broader stuff, sonetimes. For instance, a book about the birds of zone X may be better than a books on birds 3) read controversial books or books that has been controversial. Books that stimulated people are more likely to stimulate you