My library

I love reading both fiction and non-fiction books. Here I keep a short review for each book I finish. This section is mainly for my benefit, but write me a message if you’d like to talk about books.

Bohumil Hrabal - I Served the King of England

When I started reading this e-book, I thought that I’ve got to get a faulty file. Bohumil definitely wasn’t messing around when starting this book. It’s on since the page 1.

My …

Finished 29 April 2020

David Thomas, Andrew Hunt - The Pragmatic Programmer

I have no idea, why did it take me 10 years of professional programming to get this book and read it. Maybe it was the 1999 release date that made it look too old. Too old to provide any useful …

Finished 25 April 2020

Cal Newport - Deep Work: Rules for Focused Success in a Distracted World

I have a mixed feeling about this book. On one hand it was extremely repetitive and the first part of the book felt like a broken record. But this might just be because I’m familiar with the …

Finished 18 April 2020

Burton G. Malkiel - A Random Walk Down Wall Street

When I read Barefoot investor three years ago, I felt like I discovered a whole new world. Lowering taxes by saving for retirement, indexed funds? In my late twenties I finally started saving more …

Finished 13 April 2020

Amor Towles - Rules of Civility

Rules of Civility made me love the idea New York even though I’ve never been. Following the story of 22yo Katherine Kontent I’ve found her the most relatable female character ever (maybe …

Finished 23 February 2020

David Spiegelhalter - The Art of Statistics: How to Learn from Data

This book is something. A chapter in I went to a nearby office supplies store and I bought notebook to make notes. The first few chapters I felt like statistician. Sir David Spiegelhalter (yeah, you …

Finished 12 February 2020