By: David Lim
Pages: 231
Motivation, Non Fiction
My recommendation: 7 / 10
Date read: 20th Apr'17
Brief review: David Lim was the leader of the first Singapore expedition to Mount Everest in 1998. He narrates what it takes to get on top of Mount Everest. It took them 4 years of practice and team work to achieve this enormous feat. It required tough decisions even if it meant leaving a friend from the final list of climbers. It required tremendous amount of discipline and patience. At one point of time they came within 100 metres of the summit only to turn back. Leaders are tough and so was David in the quest to conquer the highest peak in the world, the Mount Everest. The team finally made it to the summit on 25th May'1998. I don't have keen interest in mountaineering but I enjoyed reading this book and I hope you too will.
By: Barrack Obama
Pages: 464
Biography, Non Fiction
My recommendation: 7 / 10
Date read: 6th Apr'17
Brief review: The book is written by ex president of United States of America, Barrack Obama. He wrote it in year 1995 (he became president in 2009). The book is about his early life. His learning's and about his father. If you want to know the history of the world's most powerful person at one point of time, in his own words; grab this book.
By: Neil Pasricha
Pages: 416
Non Fiction, Self Help
My recommendation: 6 / 10
Date read: 27th Mar'17
Brief review: Neil Pasricha got the award for the best blog in the world. This book is a collection of his daily blogs where he reminds us that the best things in life are free by giving simply daily examples.
By: Nassim Nicholas Taleb
Pages: 450
Non Fiction, Psychology
My recommendation: 9 / 10
Date read: 15th Mar'17
Brief review: Taleb claims to have read over 30 hours every week for over 40 years and it clearly shows in his quality of writing. He knows his subject well. His has mastery over ‘probabilistic theories & randomness’. In the book, Taleb discusses about what is 'antifragile'. He suggests that antifragile are things that not only gain from chaos but need it in order to survive and flourish. Apart from many things, Taleb heavily criticizes the medical world for its excessive use of medicines and surgeries citing well researched data and historical evidences that most of it doesn't work. Though I sometimes feel he is too brutal and fierce about his views but at the same it is difficult to counter his arguments and statistics. A brilliant read. I have read most of the books of Taleb and love his writings. A little heavy but a must read. Some of your firm thinking will definitely be shaken by this book.
By: Nandan Nilekani
Pages: 293
Non Fiction
My recommendation: 8 / 10
Date read: 12th Feb'17
Brief review: Aadhar Card is becoming the lifeline of India. How did it all happen so fast and how can it transform India; is covered brilliantly in this book. Nandan Nilekani left the top job of India's leading software technology company to head this challenging project. It captures the challenges faced and how it is transforming India. How Aadhar will help integrating the Indian economy with GST, how it will help in friction less highways for economic growth and how government spending will be streamlined. A new era begins with the introduction of Aadhar card. Read it to know more.
