Earlier last month, it was a personal goal to read at-least one book per week.
As they say, ‘You always find time for what you’re truly passionate about’- my resolution was pretty much a success.
Here’s my June Book-List.
1. Start with Why — by Simon Sinek in the beginning of the month. Pretty neat concept. Once you understand the CORE mission behind what you do, it is much easier to take the journey ahead and helps in prioritization when the plate gets too full. This is the kind of book that needs revising/reading the summary. You can read the summary here: https://medium.com/@kalgaonkarsnehal/start-with-why-simon-sinek-book-summary-35dfe66fffbb
2. 9 Perfect Strangers by Liane Moriarty — Its a funny suspense thriller by this Australian author. She writes about these 9 people who find themselves at a wellness resort and each of them has a history including the owner. While the suspense build up is good, there are a few pearls of wisdom hidden, that you can choose to pick as a take away- namely about self preservation and self image, importance of push-ups :), discipline, why it’s never too late to re-start even after going off diet/discipline a 100 times and so on. The story is just a bonus.
3. A Man called Ove by Fredrik Backman— This is a story based in Sweden. This is a story about this man, whose had a very simple life and yet has faced many losses like loss of parents in childhood, lack of schooling and so on. However, it is also about him as a self made man, who builds his own skills, finds the love of his life, builds his own house and so on. Very Forrest Gump but with a shade of ‘The Notebook’. Beautiful read and a beautiful story. The book is full of beautiful quotations and takeaways. Here’s a snippet- “Never mess with someone who has more spare time than you do[.]” and “Having a grandmother is like having an army. This is a grandchild’s ultimate privilege: knowing that someone is on your side, always, whatever the details.”
4. The Moment of Lift — by Melinda Gates. She co-heads the Bill and Melinda Foundation and has done a lot of work to uplift poverty/women empowerment along with her own story of how she brought about equality in her own house. She actually delves deeper into WHY people are poor and WHAT can we do to help? How that can be done is addressed throughout the book. It is a splendid read for people who want to make a difference in the world. She says- “Poverty is not being able to protect your family. Poverty is not being able to save your children when mothers with more money could. And because the strongest instinct of a mother is to protect her children, poverty is the most disempowering force on earth.”. She speaks of their work done in India, Africa, Mexico, South America and ties the findings together. Everyone should read this book.
5. This Could Change Everything- by Jill Manson. Jill is a British author and this short beautiful romantic book is based out of Bath. Bath is a beautiful ancient city in UK, near Bristol and University of Bath is famous for producing world athletes. This city is also the home of famous Jane Austen. The story is short and not too complex, but evolves the story between 5–6 central characters beautifully. My favorite quote from the book is “Everyday we do things that are capable of changing everything(in our lives). And that’s what makes life exciting!”.
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Reading a Baldacci thriller (Amos Decker series) currently and will move on to Igikai later this week, when it gets delivered.
