I’m not sure what’s gotten into me, but I’ve been reading a lot more books then I normally do. I normally read technical blog posts, articles, whitepapers and too much garbage from twitter. Occasionally, taking the time to read a tech book from cover-to-cover.
Anyhow, not only am I reading more, but I’ve also got stuck in the middle of multiple books at one time. The brain isn’t multi-threaded, and juggling these books all at once is a challenge but I’m having fun with it. Reading some in the morning before work (the Bible), audio book on the way to/from work (Defending the Free Market). And the others in the evenings.
Here is the list:
- the Bible – God’s word. Great stories. Read it!
- Defending the Free Market: The Moral Case for a Free Economy – Only a few chapters in… So far really dig it. Deep stuff on property rights, contracts, and government slowing down private businesses
- Parenting with Love and Logic: Teaching Children Responsibility – Katie has me reading this. Really like it. It teaches a “consulting” style of raising your kids, and considering I’m a consultant. 😉
- Murach’s JavaScript and jQuery – The good people at Murach’s send me their new titles to review. I read just about everything they send. Sometimes they are a bit too basic, other times they are Microsoft technologies (not my tech stack), but they’re normally well written/edited and good reads. Just started the jQuery book. Review coming soon.
- Work Smarter with Evernote – Just picked this up yesterday after seeing something about it tweeted by the Harvard Business Review. I am a novice Evernote user. Looking to become a power user.
And just for grins, for those keeping score. Here are the books I’ve just recently finished:
- The Racketeer – 1/8/13 – I read all of Grisham’s books. Each one makes me wish I was a lawyer.
- Killing Kennedy: The End of Camelot – 1/6/13 – Great book. Learned a ton about Kennedy. He made Bill Clinton look like a saint. Repeatedly cheated on his wife. Got a lot of people killed over his bad decisions in the Bay of Pigs, Cuba. Solid job getting us through the Cuban Missile Crisis… Lots of enemies.
The Bay of Pigs invasion was inherited from Eisenhower.