2023! Halfway through the year, I gave birth to my second kid. My 2.5 year old kept us very busy, though we kept him in daycare so while on maternity leave and looking after the new baby I was able to do some multi-tasking and reading. I started the book reviews a bit earlier (something […]
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Book notes: Good Inside by Dr Becky Kennedy
I already liked the podcast of the same name, Good Inside, so checked the e-book out from my local library on Libby and gave it a read. I really liked it. Here are some assorted thoughts on the first 18 chapters or so, at random: I ran out of steam summarizing more, I ended up […]
What I read in 2022
My first year reading with a full fledged toddler! There is definitely less sitting; I am now chasing after my son. He can walk, run, and climb. That said, I am still impressed with how compatible avid reading can be with kid life. I also got pregnant with my second child towards the end of […]
What I read in 2021
Prior to 2020, I averaged about 25 books/year. In 2020, I had a spike to over 50 books/year in part because of the exceptional nature of the COVID-19 Pandemic, working from home, cancelling trips, and social distancing. In 2021, while life isn’t back to “normal” and COVID impacts are still present, life isn’t “normal” still […]
What I read in 2020: Part 2
July -December See first half of the year here (30 other books!). This post has reviews for 21 books. I read a bit less as I got more and more pregnant. For a while I knit instead of reading. For a while I did neither. COVID-19 social distancing/isolation/etc. kept changing up existing routines. Also! Spoilers […]
What I read in 2020: Part 1
January – June 30 books and its only partway through the year! Last year I read 28 in the entire year. While I used to read on my commute to work on the SkyTrain, I now read at home before working from my home office. I’m fortunate to be able to work from home during […]
What I read in 2019
This is my second year doing an annual book review (the first was in 2018, when I read 24)! I read 27 books this year! That is a 16% increase. Though the goal isn’t to read more, it is to read better. If the goal was to read more I’d probably ‘hack’ that goal and […]
How to be Authentic and Make Friends Like a 1930s Housewife
At Christmas of 2018, I was gifted the classic “How to Win Friends and Influence People” by Dale Carnegie. Written in 1936, this book’s title tells you what it aims to help you do. It was a great read. While there are lessons I learned and beliefs I had reinforced, my favourite part of it […]
Discovering and Reading Content
I read blogs related to data science, the industry I’m working in, and technology in general both because it can be fun and because it keeps me informed for my career. I think others should do the same. I have a kind of ‘systematized’ approach to how I do this that I’ll share at the […]
What I read in 2018
I have been reading many books the past few years and have decided to start writing up my thoughts on what I’ve read as a summary post. Since I didn’t do this regularly in 2018, some of the ideas in the books I read aren’t as fresh. I’ll try to do the write ups as […]