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Reading list – what’s left for 2024?

22 November 2024 By Bel

So there are a few books I would like to complete before the end of the year.

It’s eminently doable. All it takes is a bit of focus and dedication.

These are good books. No reason not to read and enjoy them. Here’s the list:

  • Out, by Tim Shipman;
  • Butler to the World, by Oliver Bullough;
  • How Big Things Get Done, by Bent Flyvberg and Dan Gardner;
  • Cloistered, by Catherine Coldstream.

Some more on the ramp, but these ones are top of the list.

Let’s see how I get on.

Filed Under: ARTS, Books

October reading list

5 October 2024 By Bel

Here are three books I’m reading this month:

  • The Powerful and the Damned, by Lionel Barber
  • Butler to the World, by Oliver Burrough
  • The Dealmaker, Lessons from a Life in Private Equity, by Guy Hands

All three have been around a while, but I have some time for them this month. Good to have them grouped together on the list, given the common finance theme. Highly entertaining books, despite the serious subjects covered.

Filed Under: Books

Reading list – April 2024

5 April 2024 By Bel

Here’s what I’m reading in April:

  • Private Equity: A Memoir, by Carrie Sun
    Cloistered, by Catherine Coldstream
    Slow Productivity, by Cal Newport
    The Organised Mind, by Daniel Levitin
    Burn Book, by Kara Swisher

These are all great books.

I love the mesmerising poetry of Cloistered. The language is beautiful, heavenly; I smile as I read. I will miss this author when I finish this book.

Filed Under: ARTS, Books, Poetry

Reading list – January 2024

7 January 2024 By Bel

Still reading Schwarzmann’s What it takes.

Also reading Superhubs, by Sandra Navidi.

Plus this super whisky book, A Sense of Place, by Dave Broom.

Filed Under: Books, Food and drink, Whisky

Reading list – December 2023

26 December 2023 By Bel

Re-reading Stephen Schwarzman’s What It Takes.

First go was around three years ago.

Good book. I like the writer’s easy, humorous style.

I also think it’s a great business book.

Filed Under: Books

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