---
aliases: ["Books Q1 2025"]
Is A: Target
Belongs to: "[[25q1]]"
Measure: "[[measure-books-per-month]]"
Goal value: 6
Actual value: 4
Status: Done
---
# Books Target Q1 2025
Target: 6 books in the quarter (2/month).

Q1 2025 was heavily impacted by the launch push for [[25q1-laputa-v1]], which consumed most of [[person-luca-rossi]]'s evenings and weekends. The reading target was maintained at 6 books knowing it would be a stretch. The reading list was deliberately curated toward product development and systems design to support the Laputa work.

## Progress

- January: completed 2 books -- "Designing Data-Intensive Applications" by Martin Kleppmann (a technical deep-dive relevant to Laputa's architecture) and "Sprint" by Jake Knapp.
- February: completed 1 book -- "Shape Up" by Ryan Singer. Laputa development consumed nearly all available time outside of newsletter production.
- March: completed 1 book -- "Badass: Making Users Awesome" by Kathy Sierra. Started "Thinking, Fast and Slow" but only reached the halfway point.
- Finished with 4 books -- missing by 2, the same shortfall as Q2 2024.

## Notes

- The pattern is clear: quarters with major project launches (editor hiring in Q2 2024, Laputa v1 in Q1 2025) consistently produce 4-book quarters. This is acceptable as long as the reading maintains quality.
- "Shape Up" directly influenced the project management approach for Laputa. The 6-week cycle concept was adapted for the quarterly milestone structure.
