books

Book reading on 2021 and planning for 2022

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Last year was excellent in terms of reading. I did manage to go beyond my initial challenge, and I read many different books. But my most significant achieve...

The Jazz Standards Book

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I’ll explain it here quickly if you do not know what Jazz Standards (JS) are. If you do, you can skip this paragraph. JS are music compositions that the Jazz...

On reading books

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I have been reading my whole life, but not like now. Before, I read a few books a year, no more than two novels and a technical book. But around six years ag...

Daniel H. Pink, Drive (★★★☆☆)

less than 1 minute read

This is the second time I read this book. Like this first time, I did enjoy the book, but it brings nothing new or helpful. I did not take any notes or gain ...

Mark Miodownik, Liquid Rules

less than 1 minute read

I am a math person, and I never really liked chemistry. It is a highly interesting subject, but it just did not click in me. But, in this book, I loved the a...

Jason Fung, The Complete Guide to Fasting

1 minute read

I have been doing intermittent fasting for more than two years already, but I never did more than 24 hours. I was Ok doing between 16 to 18 hours every day. ...

Rene Cacheaux, Advanced iOS App Architecture

less than 1 minute read

The book is “advance” in the way that is written. It is complex to follow, and some of the chapters look out of place. Throughout the book, they base their e...

Erin Macdonald, The Science of Sci-Fi

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Erin Macdonald, “The Science of Sci-Fi” This is a cool book. Despite that I like physics, I am far from being an expert or having deep knowledge of the subje...

Esther Perel, Mating in Captivity

less than 1 minute read

It was an entertaining read. I picked up this book, hoping to get advice on how to improve my relationship. What I found is a solution for people that has se...

Michael Connelly, The Late Show

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Last year I read another novel from M. Connelly. I did enjoy it so much that I decided to read another this year. “The Late Show” introduces another detecti...

Seth Godin, Linchpin

less than 1 minute read

The concept of the book doesn’t really fancy my life philosophy. I’m more a team player than an individualist. But the book ends up being interesting. It res...

Lisa Damour, Untangled

less than 1 minute read

This book is like a manual for teenager parents, and I know I already said this in my previous review of the book “Voice Lessons for Parents”. I learned a lo...

David Byrne, How Music Works

less than 1 minute read

It sounds heartfelt. It doesn’t look like the author tries to sell you the music industry or even his music. It sounds like telling facts, always remembering...

Eric Barker, Barking up the wrong tree

less than 1 minute read

It is a lovely read, with a caveat: it is way too packed. It feels like a summary of the other many books that I have read. It doesn’t focus on addressing a ...

Wendy Mogel, Voice Lessons for Parents

less than 1 minute read

Lately, I have been reading a lot about parents and kids. At the moment, I have a teenage daughter and a 9-year-old son. And I want to have as much informati...

Michael Singer, The Untethered Soul

less than 1 minute read

I did not understand this book. Either the message was too complicated or too simple, but I did not catch the idea. I guess that I do not see what the author...

Read, read and read a bit more

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If there is something that changed my life in the last years is reading. Some years ago, I notice that something was missing. I was not sure what was it, but...

Getting things done

less than 1 minute read

I think it is the third time that I read this book and I always take something new with me. This time has not been an exception. Several chapters I have read...