📚 This Week on BookLab
I turned 42. Which reminds me of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy — where 42 is the answer to life, the universe, and everything. That book really ignited my curiosity about the world and I urge you to read it if you haven't already.
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📦 New Book Arrival
I think this book will help me unlock the next level of execution (and fix the bug where I procrastinate for an hour before doing what I ought to do 😂). I will share more as I start to dig in.
🧠 Thought of the Week
A key to understanding the new world architecture is to understand code and computer hardware. No, I'm not learning how to code. Human written code is dead. I'm trying to gain knowledge about how the world of bits and compute works at the core.
This book is supposed to be an accessible (well…) way for laymen to gain such knowledge. I love it so far. You can follow notes from the book on X.
📖 Code: The Hidden Language of Computer Hardware and Software by Charles Petzold
Demian by Hermann Hesse
A short, moody novel about young Sinclair and the difficult task of finding oneself. Growing up in a protected middle-class home, he eventually has to face the real world — guided by his mysterious classmate Demian. Deeply influenced by Jungian psychology, this coming-of-age classic holds up a mirror: what disturbs you in others often reveals something unresolved in yourself. One of my all-time favorites.
🗳️ Last Chance — Vote on Top May Nonfiction Releases!
Last chance to vote for May releases on the Hype Meter! This month we'll have a BookLab community pick of the month.
How it works: head to the May 2026 Releases page, check out the upcoming books, and vote on each one — are you pre-ordering, curious, or passing? Your votes help other readers and show authors what the community thinks. The top-voted book becomes our community pick!
📖 What I'm Reading
Week 17 — Reading List 2026 progress: 22% 📊
📚 Finished: Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut — Great book, but unfortunately this classic doesn't provide much concrete lessons for readers that want to study human nature. Trippy, well written, but lacking in insights. At least for me.
📚 Started: Code: The Hidden Language of Computer Hardware and Software by Charles Petzold
📦 Book ordered: Steve Jobs in Exile by Geoffrey Cain — A May release I'm really looking forward to. After reading most of The Curious Mind of Elon Musk I can't get enough of biography and this one has a fresh angle on Steve Jobs' life.
Have a great week! ☀️ Feel free to hit reply and say hi — I read every message. Happy reading!
— Bjorn