I don’t know why but it gets really hard to do anything once you’ve progressed to the middle of the summer vacation. It took an immense amount of effort to do something that was even worth mentioning here in spite of there being a post drought for almost a week. Nevertheless, I did finally manage to read up Anthony Burgess’ A Clockwork Orange (the only book I hadn’t read in Goodreads’ Top 10 entries in the Best Novellas list). The book was a pain in the beginning. It took time to get used to Burgess’ lingo. The issues the book raised were definitely worth some thought but overall, I’d consider it a one-time read.
I had thoroughly underestimated the vastness of Udacity’s Intro to Artificial Intelligence course. I must have spent over 15 hours on it cumulatively and I’m not even halfway through. But the amount I’ve learnt is immense. AI is seriously something I see myself pursuing and studying in the future. Up until now, I’m done with 10 units of the course with 12 more to go. Hopefully, I’ll follow up with courses which treat its sub branches in depth.
Rommel Rodriguez’s Everything You Wanted To Know About Business and Economics presented a lot of useful information about the Indian Economy and the working of Stock Markets. The writing wasn’t exceptional but it is one book I can fall back on if I needed help with almost anything to do with money.
Lastly, I’ve started reading Philp Pullman’s His Dark Materials. The Golden Compass has turned out to be a pretty interesting and easy read so far. I hope series lives up to its third place on BBC’s Big Read List.
The Black Swan 