Ace the Programming Interview: 160 Questions and Answers for Success

Nice refresher for a seasoned developer,or someone attending interview after a long break. It mostly provides a high level view rather than jumping into nitty gritty details. I enjoyed reading it, but didn't find any freshly baked stuff. 

Blue sparrow

Nice collection of inspirational one liners intended for budding authors. Ideal for reading on smartphones. One of those reads , which consumes you during a short ride. Best thing is , the kind author is distributing pdf copy for free. You can get it here.

Around India in 80 Trains

Monisha rajesh's debut book is a sheer entertainer. She skillfully narrated minute mistakes,bad habits  of common Indian  people . If you want to see india through a back packer's point of view , then this book is for you. It's humorous , funny . But in some places , a bit exaggerated. It's more like a dramatized account rather than a boring travel log.  There is a chapter , describing internal workings of osho's ashram. I was looking for that for long. Overall it's nice read, but not a memorable one.

One

I love to read . I love to read reviews before reading. But review shouldn't have the size of a book. So I prefer reading / writing one paragraph reviews in various e commerce sites. This blog is just a collection  of one paragraph reviews of the books I finished. Occasionally , I might write about book writing experiences :) . Lets begin ...