Category Archives: Reading

June was an appalling month of reading for me. Coming back to San Francisco from India and all the uncertainty around the immigration ban certainly took it out of me. Anyway here’s the very short list of the 3 books I managed to squeeze in (favorite in bold as always). The Jetsetters: I don’t knowContinue reading “June Reading List”

I can’t believe this still needs to be said, but here it is again. BLACK LIVES MATTER. As an ally, my goal is to put money and actions where my mouth is. The Minnesota Freedom Fund is one of many organizations you can support. I was mentally pretty exhausted this month and my reading materialContinue reading “May Reading List”

Anonymous Potato left a comment on my previous post: “You must write a piece about how you choose your books.” I thought it was a great idea. Having read about 70 books last year and on track for about a 100 this year, I have a certain method to the madness of choosing what IContinue reading “How I choose what books to read”

I binge-read a lot this past month. 13 books is a lot even for me although most of them weren’t intellectually strenuous. The ability to really focus on and digest challenging material is something I’ve been struggling with during this lockdown. Nevertheless, there were some good ones. Conversations with Friends: I wanted to see ifContinue reading “April Reading List”

I started reading when I was fairly young, not at child-prodigious levels, but early enough where I was that kid with my nose in a book at adult parties. It was by necessity. As a quiet, only child, I didn’t have many options for entertainment. I graduated from the beautifully illustrated Ladybird books to everyContinue reading “Cataloging my 500+ books”

March has been such a weird month. I am so unbelievably fortunate because COVID-19 hasn’t affected my life in a meaningful way. If you are in the same position, I encourage you to please help people and communities in need. We can get through this. Okay, on to the 10 books I read in March.Continue reading “March Reading List”

February was a relatively slow reading month for me (a grand total of 4)… but in my defense, it is the shortest month! I read some incredible books in February, the ones in bold I will hold dear to my heart in the years to come. A Gentleman in Moscow: Urban legend is that IContinue reading “February Reading List”

Starting in 2020, I thought it would be fun to document my thoughts on the books I’ve read each month, albeit briefly. So for the month of January, here are the 9 books I’ve read, in the order I’ve read them. The ones in bold are the ones I enjoyed the most! Blitzscaling: The Lightning-FastContinue reading “January Reading List”

Earlier this year in July which was Week 28 of the year, I hit the 39 book milestone. Now at the end of the year, I’m at 68 books and going strong. Everything in bold in the list below is what I’ve read since July. Obviously, I outperformed my goal of 52 books for theContinue reading “Reading summary for 2019”