A new month means another book update!!

I finished both of my work related books. The Kanban book I found really useful. The design book less so.

I then decided to go fiction, and found a suggestion from either the Kottke blog or from MG Sieglar’s blog to read Ishmael by Daniel Quinn.

I just finished it tonight…. And it was awesome. The reviews on Goodreads are either 5-star or none, but man oh man was I in the 5-star camp.

I don’t even think it was the philosophy as much as it’s been so long since I read a book that made me think. I didn’t want to stop reading, and 50 pages would go by in a flash. I asked myself big questions, and challenged the books big questions as well.

The ending was a dud, but by that point you’ve either got what you’re going to get; or you’ll never get it.

I would highly recommend the book to others.

On the list now is 4-hour work week and I need to find a really good, practical, book on agile product development.