Tag: reading
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Book Reflections: September & October 2020
Welcome to the 5th issue of 2020 book reflections. It’s been a great year for reading and discovering many gems in literature. From classics of the 1800s to books published this year. 2020 Book Challenge Update:Goal set in January: 24 booksBooks Read as of 2nd November: 42New Goal: 50 books by end of year You…
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Book Reflections: July & August 2020
How is it September already! It feels like yesterday I was at Bangalore Airport in January, contemplating buying the biography of Steve Jobs because it was 600+ pages. And just last month, I finished the lengthy novel Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy and ordered the mighty 1200 page War & Peace. It’s not my first…
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Reading 100 pages a day
While listening to the Tim Ferris Show with Brandon Stanton (founder of Humans of New York), Brandon talks about his life before pursuing photography; purposeless, and not happy with what he was doing. In the quest to find meaning, he committed to reading 100 pages per day, mostly biographies. He believes biographies are the “best…
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Book Reflections: May & June 2020
Why, What to Expect and Favorite Quotes from the 11 books I read in May + June.
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Reflecting on the books I read in the first 2 months of 2020
Why, What to Expect and Favorite Quotes from the 8 books I read in January & February 2020.