The last few weeks has had me in: Miami, London, Helsinki, Chicago, and New York. So, I’m taking a week at home in VT to sleep in my own bed and wake up for runs with Odin. A few dinners catching up with old friends and getting my hands dirty with some projects will make a relaxing week.

I did get through several books on all my transatlantic flying:

• Blah Blah Blah: What to Do When Words Don’t Work by Dan Roam – A good read on how to use the visual side of your brain.
• The Start-up of You by Reid Hoffman and Ben Casnocha – Worth reading lots of useful tips an tricks. A must read for recent college graduates.
• The Mill River Recluse by Darcie Chan – A reasonable piece of VT fiction.
• Great by Choice by Jim Collins – Not Good to Great but still worth your time.
• Behind the Cloud by Marc Benioff – I’d pass on all the minutia of how great SalesForce is but if you work in the cloud a book worth skimming.
• Uncertainty: Turning Fear and Doubt into Fuel for Brilliance by Jonathan Fields – Ok.

According to Amazon I made my way through 58 Kindle books this year and my best guess is about five hardcovers.  In no particular order here are ones worth reading:

• Lean Start Up by Eric Ries
• Steve Jobs by Walter Isaacson
• Habit: The 95% of Behavior Marketer Ignore by Neale Martin
• The Last Werewolf by Glen Duncan
• Do More Faster: Tech Stars Lessons to Accelerate Your StartUp by Brad Feld and David Cohen
• Three Cups of Deceit: How Greg Mortenson, Humanitarian Hero, Lost His Way by Jon Krakauer
• Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience, and Redemption by Laura Hillenbrand
• Enchantment: The Art of Changing Hearts, Minds, and Actions by Guy Kawasaki
• George R. R. Martin’s A Game of Thrones 4-Book Bundle