Book Lists: Episode IX

Hah! It’s been exactly 1 month, and I’ve read exactly 4 books. (Ok ok fine I sort of cheated and used the holiday weekend to finish 3 books, but still). I’m happy.

Finished Books:

Toughness was surprisingly good, and it got me through a lot of tough times last month. Not gonna lie, last month was especially trying, and I found myself finding comfort in this book. I must admit, I particularly find inspiration from basketball and I relate to it, so it may not be for everyone (when they started using football examples, I skimmed, so that’s just a heads up). But it has a lot of life lessons that anyone can apply. Peter Thiel/Blake Masters notes was amazing and blew my mind. I feel like I just had a truck load of knowledge dropped on me and I think anyone running a startup should read this note set as mandatory reading. The Husband’s Secret was surprisingly morbid (unlike the last book I read by the author) so I have decided no more books by this woman. I think she only has 3 anyway so it’s all right. How I Braved Anu Aunty & Co- Founded a Million Dollar Company was actually a book I picked up at a train station a year ago, and at the Ink Conference, I actually met Varun, the author. He was an INK fellow last year and he’s a super cool guy. Then I was like…man I need to find out what happens in the book. It’s a quick read and I actually really enjoyed it. I liked it because I feel like it gives you an accurate glimpse of what life in India is like for the average upper middle class family. It was cool because so much of that I related to, as in, I have been in those conversations with my guy friends/family in India (so it was pretty funny).

Graveyard: