There are some novels that start slowly, and build up momentum as we progress through the story. And there are others that start with a bang. ‘Of love and other demons’ is definitely in the latter category. The books opens with a letter from Marquez on how he came upon the story.

Jordan Peterson is one of those people who does not mince words. When you listen to his talks on YouTube, you always come back a little more pumped up and motivated than before. You also get a feeling that you’ve not been doing enough and need to step up and take more responsibilities.

I’d always wanted to read a novel by Neal Stephenson. Back in 2005, NC had mentioned him as a great author who wrote cyber thrillers and I should definitely read. Time passed by, I forgot about this and when someone recently mentioned Stephenson in a chat about books, I thought I must get hold of a copy.

This is probably the 3rd time I’m reading this book. Got this book when I attended Payments 101 & 201 by Glenbrook in Jan/Feb 2015. It was just a couple of days but was one of the best courses I’ve attended. It is simple, easy to read and helps to connect with a lot of projects that I deal with on a daily basis.

This is a great book. You can open any page and random and find tidbits that immediately resonate with you. It has so many “I should be doing this, I should have done this, This is super advice” kind of messages. I had given it as a gift to my manager and he said he’s read it over 50 times!

I like the writing style of Malcom Gladwell. With enchanting short real-life stories and fascinating anecdotes, he takes you right into the book, to a different world where you are a student who is observing and studying the behavior of the people in different parts of the world, effortlessly moving to and fro through different periods of time.

The ONE Thing: The Surprisingly Simple Truth Behind Extraordinary Result by Gary Keller with Jay Papapsan “If you chase two rabbits, you will not catch either one.” ~ Russian Proverb This is the first book that I’m reading from “Prime Reading” catalog. I discovered Prime reading accidentally, that too when searching for deals during thanksgiving !

For someone who has been doing Java programming and reading through lot of OO codebase for over a decade, functional programming is truly a paradigm shift. It is not like learning a different language or different version of Java from Java 2 (1.2) to Java 8. The first time I was exposed to functional programming is probably around 2012 when I had to do a project for an ML course using R language.