---
aliases: ["Books Q2 2024"]
Is A: Target
Belongs to: "[[24q2]]"
Measure: "[[measure-books-per-month]]"
Goal value: 6
Actual value: 4
Status: Done
---
# Books Target Q2 2024
Target: 6 books in the quarter (2/month).

Q2 was expected to be more challenging for reading time due to the [[24q2-hire-editor]] project consuming significant bandwidth. The 6-book target was maintained regardless, as [[person-luca-rossi]] views the reading habit as non-negotiable infrastructure for content quality.

## Progress

- April: completed 2 books -- "An Elegant Puzzle" by Will Larson and "Show Your Work" by Austin Kleon.
- May: completed 1 book -- "The Hard Thing About Hard Things" by Ben Horowitz. The editor hiring process ate into evening reading time significantly.
- June: completed 1 book -- "Continuous Discovery Habits" by Teresa Torres. Started a second book but did not finish before quarter end.
- Finished with 4 books -- the weakest quarter of the year, missing the target by 2.

## Notes

- The miss was directly attributable to the editor hiring process, which involved reviewing writing samples and conducting interviews over evenings and weekends. This was a worthwhile trade-off.
- Quality over quantity: the 4 books read this quarter were all highly relevant and each generated at least one newsletter idea. Better to read fewer books well than rush through more.
