“I find television very educating. Every time somebody turns on the set, I go into the other room and read a book.” - Groucho Marx
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I just finished the first 3 books of the Mistborn trilogy, it was a fantastic series of ups and downs, fantasy, and character development. I've been reading through Refactoring and The Millionaire Mind back in forth, both are great reads for two important areas of my life - development and lifestyle!
"Why We Sleep" is on my to read list, I might need to read it next!
Currently reading a few books:
I'm about halfway through Brotopia by Emily Chang, but I had to take a break from reading it because I got so angry. It should be required reading for any man in the tech industry.
I'm about to finish SHOUT by Laurie Halse Anderson, then after that, I'll dig into Elenor Oliphant Is Completely Fine by Gail Honeyman.
After I finally finish Brotopia, I'm starting on Technically Wrong by Sara Wachter-Boettcher, because apparently I just want to be really, really upset by the industry.
I also listen to a lot of audiobooks - most recently was No Happy Endings by Nora McInerny, which was lovely.
I read voraciously, at least in some people's views.
My reading falls into 2 distinct categories lately:
But to take what is the point here, what books am I reading pertaining to my profession: practically none at this point. The last book on programming was actually a re-read of "The Pragmatic Programmer" which is still I book I felt I was writing in my head as I was reading it. I just finished "Close to the Machine" by Ellen Ullman, which was great, but wasn't insightful for me, since I'd pretty much met all the people she talked about in one form or another.
Reading outside our professions is important to become better at what we do. Thanks for sharing. 😀
My current reading list:
Accelerated C++. Quite good book (although it teaches C++98). One of the rare books which don't teach C++ as "C with Classes".
I just finished Coders and thought it was absolutely amazing. It goes into some interesting history of programming and also into some pretty disturbing trends that programmers are going through these days.
I am currently reading Jean Paul Sartre's No Exit along with a commentary explaining the book and Jean's mindset.
I find it quite entertaining
That’s a great way to help understand the context around the book. 👍🏼
The Warhammer 40k "Horus Heresy" series :D
But since I have kids, I barely make any progress
Getting reading time is definitely a challenge with kids. I try to wake up much earlier than the family to get some reading time. The struggle is real! 😉
I wish I could sleep in a noisy place. Wow, 53 volumes! That's amazing. The novel sounds very interesting, will have to check it out.
Thanks for sharing. :)
I just got started with The Book!