{"componentChunkName":"component---src-templates-blog-post-js","path":"/january-2016-reading-log/","result":{"data":{"site":{"siteMetadata":{"title":"Rope and Tire","author":"Suprada Urval"}},"markdownRemark":{"id":"f7cfa23c-9306-5c26-9dd2-070344bafb65","excerpt":"Here is my reading log from January 2016. After a holiday month of a minuscule amount of reading, I was back to reading a few books. This was the first month of my reading experiment and I struggled with it. I finished my first book on my reading…","html":"<p>Here is my reading log from January 2016. After a holiday month of a minuscule amount of reading, I was back to reading a few books. This was the first month of my <a href=\"https://wp.me/p30cNm-ep\">reading experiment</a> and I struggled with it. I finished my first book on my reading experiment list – <a>Buffett: Making of an American Capitalist</a> by Roger Lowenstein – but then decided to give in to my urge to read something else.</p>\n<p>The <strong>most enjoyable book I read in January</strong> was “<a href=\"https://amzn.to/1qwPgtU\">The Hard Thing about Hard Things</a>” by Ben Horowitz. It is an excellent book with anecdotes and advice on startups, on building companies and on being a leader. Highly recommended if your are into this sort of reading.</p>\n<p><span\n      class=\"gatsby-resp-image-wrapper\"\n      style=\"position: relative; display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; max-width: 590px; \"\n    >\n      <a\n    class=\"gatsby-resp-image-link\"\n    href=\"/static/1d376ee8d004e3efd1ef6db9f6491ae5/2bef9/january-2016-reading-log-1024x579.png\"\n    style=\"display: block\"\n    target=\"_blank\"\n    rel=\"noopener\"\n  >\n    <span\n    class=\"gatsby-resp-image-background-image\"\n    style=\"padding-bottom: 56.75675675675676%; position: relative; bottom: 0; left: 0; background-image: url('data:image/png;base64,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'); background-size: cover; display: block;\"\n  ></span>\n  <img\n        class=\"gatsby-resp-image-image\"\n        alt=\"January 2016 reading log\"\n        title=\"January 2016 reading log\"\n        src=\"/static/1d376ee8d004e3efd1ef6db9f6491ae5/fcda8/january-2016-reading-log-1024x579.png\"\n        srcset=\"/static/1d376ee8d004e3efd1ef6db9f6491ae5/12f09/january-2016-reading-log-1024x579.png 148w,\n/static/1d376ee8d004e3efd1ef6db9f6491ae5/e4a3f/january-2016-reading-log-1024x579.png 295w,\n/static/1d376ee8d004e3efd1ef6db9f6491ae5/fcda8/january-2016-reading-log-1024x579.png 590w,\n/static/1d376ee8d004e3efd1ef6db9f6491ae5/efc66/january-2016-reading-log-1024x579.png 885w,\n/static/1d376ee8d004e3efd1ef6db9f6491ae5/2bef9/january-2016-reading-log-1024x579.png 1024w\"\n        sizes=\"(max-width: 590px) 100vw, 590px\"\n        style=\"width:100%;height:100%;margin:0;vertical-align:middle;position:absolute;top:0;left:0;\"\n        loading=\"lazy\"\n      />\n  </a>\n    </span>\n<em>January 2016 Reading Log</em></p>\n<p>You can find all my <strong><a href=\"https://ropeandtire.com/tags/reading-log/\">previous Reading logs here</a></strong></p>","frontmatter":{"title":"January 2016 Reading Log","date":"May 26, 2016","url":"/january-2016-reading-log/","tags":["Books","reading-log"]}}},"pageContext":{"slug":"/january-2016-reading-log/","previous":{"fields":{"slug":"/update-on-my-reading-experiment-for-2016/2016-05-23-update-on-my-reading-experiment-for-2016/"},"frontmatter":{"title":"Update on my reading experiment for 2016","url":"/update-on-my-reading-experiment-for-2016/","tags":["Thoughts"]}},"next":{"fields":{"slug":"/an-ecosystem-for-reading-ebooks-the-e-ink-reader-saga-part-5/2016-05-26-an-ecosystem-for-reading-ebooks-the-e-ink-reader-saga-part-5/"},"frontmatter":{"title":"An ecosystem for reading ebooks – The e-ink reader saga Part 5","url":"/an-ecosystem-for-reading-ebooks-the-e-ink-reader-saga-part-5/","tags":["Thoughts"]}}}},"staticQueryHashes":["3128451518","426816048"]}