If you recall I made a post about time management and productivity, that was inspired by this book, which I applied to my own routine, at its core the message it delivers is that we only get to live 4000 weeks in our life, pretty short right? Oliver argues that instead of getting many things done we should embrace our limitations and accept the things as they are. Plus, many other concepts he delivers related with me in many levels, in a way that I knew most of them subconsciously and this author spoke my mind, which sparked my curiosity. I have read countless self-help books and can confidently say that this is one of those that stood out and delivered something quite novel to me. Highly recommended)

This fiction stood out for me with its peculiar and wild writing style, which is colloquial and open (some swear but genuine words), narrated from the perspective of a 16-year old Holden, flunked 4 out of 5 subjects he drops out from a prestigious school Pencey, and goes back home to New York, to avoid direct confrontation from his parents he avoids going there directly, and sort of travels around the city, meeting many different people, his old teachers, classmates, a prostitute and etc. He dislikes all of the people who are materialistic, inclined towards hustle and career whom he calls phony. He just tries to find a genuine connection with someone and confronts the life of adults, the way they live. That's basically it, novel is coming out of age one.