I was an avid reader — inculcated this habit in my schooldays. I used to be the kid that read on the bus ride to and from school. That dedicated.
But unfortunately I didn't keep at it and eventually paused reading around 12th grade, well into college years. I picked it back up during covid but wasn't very committed. Then I rekindled this old flame — so as a promise to myself, I consciously committed to it and have been very regular. I owe a large part of rebuilding this habit to Blossoms, a very old bookstore in Bangalore.
As part of that commitment, I've been tracking the books I'm reading. Next thing to do: draft book summaries and reviews. Oh, and I started a book club at IG — it turned out to be a safe space to talk about work, mental health, lifestyle, entrepreneurship, and parenting for my colleagues. That's okay too :)
books I've read since last year
Zero to One
Almond
A Man Called Ove
all about love
Old Man and the Sea
Animal Farm
The Book Thief
The Mom Test
Earthlings
really good, actually
Less
Five People You Meet in Heaven
Quarterlife
Lessons in Chemistry
Convenience Store Woman
Letters to a Young Poet
Crying in H Mart
The Philosophy of the Alpaca
The Hard Thing About Hard Things
Continuous Discovery Habits
Friends, Lovers and the Big Terrible Thing
Super Freakonomics
Slaughterhouse Five
Welcome to Paradise
Maybe You Should Talk to Someone
Anxious People
The Creative Act
Cracking the PM Interview
In Other Words
Just Kids
Visual MBA
Before the Coffee Gets Cold
Plato and a Platypus Walk into a Bar
Notes from Underground
The Woman Destroyed
Yellowface
The Authenticity Project
The Book of Disquiet
Good Omens
Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow
Catalyst
The Vegetarian
My Brilliant Friend
Mythos
The Story of a New Name
Those Who Leave and Those Who Stay
Notes on a Nervous Planet
The Money Trap
The Story of the Lost Child
Days at the Morisaki Bookshop
Breakfast of Champions
Sputnik Sweetheart
Kim Jiyoung, Born 1982
My Friends
Men Without Women
The Answer is No
Only Dull People are Brilliant at Breakfast
The Psychology of Money
Good Material
Why the Poor Don't Kill Us
Awareness
Open