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==== Policy ====
Policy:
  * Once you finish reading the book, move the entry to goodreads.
  * sort order: Latest read book comes first.

Why:
  * Goodreads assumes that you read from beginning to end. But I tend to read couple of pages here and there. This is my naive way to keep track of the progress.

==== Python for Finance Cookbook ====
Book details:
  * Python for Finance Cookbook - Eryk Lewinson - 2nd edition - 2022
  * Pages: {total in pdf: 741, front matter: 1-19, content: 20-721, back matter: 722-741}
  * Will be using the pages in the book (and not pdf) to track the progress.

^ date ^ pages ^ overall progress ^ notes ^
| 2023-05-20 | [1-1] | [1-1] | |
| 2023-05-21 | [2-3] | [1-3] | The book talks about yfinance. \\ But it is not working at the moment.\\ More details at https://github.com/ranaroussi/yfinance/issues/1407 .\\ Use yahooquery until then.|
| 2023-05-22 | [4-5] | [1-5] | Have to create an account at Nasdaq Data Link. |

==== Test-Driven Development with Python ====
Book details:
  * Test-Driven Development with Python - Harry J. W. Percival - 2017 - 2nd edition
  * Pages: {total in pdf: 614, front matter: 1-38, content: 39-602, back matter: 603-614}
  * Why I wanted to read it:
    * I was looking for a book that discusses "authentication"
  * Will be using the pages in the book (and not pdf) to track the progress.

^ date ^ pages ^ overall progress ^ notes ^
| 2022-12-12 | [xv-xxv] | [xv-xxv] | pg-xxvi asks to install Geckodriver. Do that before continuing. |
| 2022-12-13 | [xxvi-xxvi] | [xv-xxvi] | Installing geckodriver was easy. \\ The .tar.gz contains a single file called geckodriver! |

==== The Vest Pocket CPA ====
Book details:
  * The Vest Pocket CPA - Joel G. Siegel, Nick A. Dauber, Jae K. Shim - edition 4 - 2008
  * Pages: {total in pdf: 760, front matter: 1-34, content: 35-742, back matter: 743-760}
  * Why I wanted to read it:
    * I was looking for books that discuss "treasury stock method"
  * Will be using the pages in the book (and not pdf) to track the progress.

^ date ^ pages ^ overall progress ^ notes ^
| 2022-12-03 10 am | [1-3] | [1-3] | |
| 2022-12-03 11 am | [4-20] | [1-20] | |
| 2022-12-05 10 am | [21-23] | [1-23] | |

==== Pandas 1.x Cookbook ====
Book details:
  * Title: Pandas 1.x Cookbook
  * Sub title: Practical recipes for scientific compuing, time series analysis, and exploratory data analysis using Python
  * Authors: Matt Harrison, Theodore Petrou
  * Edition: 2
  * Publisher: Packt
  * ISBN: 978-1-83921-310-6
  * Year: 2020
  * Pages: {total in pdf: 627, front matter: 1-21, content: 22-615, back matter: 616-627}
  * Why I wanted to read it in the first place:
    * I was looking for books that discuss the pandas merge_asof() function and came across the first edition of this book.
    * The second edition does not talk about the merge_asof(). But the pandas discussion seemed pretty comprehensive and interesting. So I want to read it from end to end.
  * Will be using the pages in the book (and not pdf) to track the progress.

^ date ^ pages ^ overall progress ^ notes ^
| 2022-11-12 | [1-1] | [1-1] | |
| 2022-11-13 | [x-xii] | [x-xii][1-1] | |
| 2022-11-14 | [xiii-xiv][2-6] | [x-xiv][1-6] | |
| 2023-02-06 | [7-13] | [x-xiv][1-13] | lots of good stuff. |

====The human body ====
Book details:
  * Title: The human body
  * sub title: An essential guide to how the body works
  * Author: Dr. Peter Abrahams
  * Publisher: Amber books
  * This edition published in 2021. Reprinted in 2022.
  * ISBN: 978-1-83886-096-7
  * pages: 512
Purchase details:
  * {from: Costco, in: 2022-11, for: $13}

^ date ^ pages ^ overall progress ^ notes ^
| 2022-11-08 | [1-7] | [1-7] | |
| 2022-11-09 | [8-8] | [1-8] | |
| 2022-11-13 | [9-9] | [1-9] | |

==== Python Automation Cookbook - Jaime Buelta - 2nd edition - 2020 ====
  * Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Python-Automation-Cookbook-automation-processing/dp/1800207085
  * Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/54595738-python-automation-cookbook

  * pages in pdf: 527
  * front matter: page 1 - 17; content: page 18 - 514; back matter: page 515 - 527

  * Why I wanted to read it in the first place:
    * I was looking for books that discusss the argparse.FileType() function and came across this.
    * The discussion on pytest in Chapter 12 seems to be interesting.

^ date ^ pages ^ overall progress ^ notes ^
| 2022-10-06 | [16-23] | [16-23] | Uses Python 3.8|

==== Financial Accounting - LibreTexts - 20220616 ====
url: https://biz.libretexts.org/Bookshelves/Accounting/Book%3A_Accounting_in_the_Finance_World

pages in pdf: 373

front matter: page 1- page 12; content: page 13 - page 363; back matter: page 364 - 373

^ date ^ pages ^ overall progress ^ notes ^
| 2022-06-17 | [13-16] | [13-16] | Easy to understand. Seems like a book worth reading from end to end. |
| 2022-07-25 | [59] | [13-16], [59] | |
| 2022-07-27 | [60],[17-20] | [13-20], [59-60] | The Socratic method of asking and answering questions is very helpful. |
| 2022-10-02 | [240-241] | [13-20], [59-60], [240-241] | Talks about "the equity method" of accounting for investments. \\ I came across the latter in [[https://www.reuters.com/business/berkshire-hathaway-boosts-occidental-petroleum-stake-above-20-2022-08-09/ | this]]  Reuter's article. |

==== algorithmic trading with tnteractive brokers python ====
  * Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Algorithmic-Trading-Interactive-Brokers-Python/dp/0997303735/
  * Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/en/book/show/49690728-algorithmic-trading-with-interactive-brokers

Total positions in the ebook = 658; Using Calibre to store highlights.

^ date ^ pages ^ overall progress ^ notes ^
| 2022-06-13 | [1.0-5.0] | [1.0-5.0] | |
| 2022-06-14 08:00 AM | [5.1-14.6] | [1.0-14.6] | Have to start from "1.2 Trader Workstation and the TWS API" section onwards |
| 2022-06-14 11:48 PM | [14.7-15.6] | [1.0-15.6] | Have to install TWS from https://www.interactivebrokers.com/en/index.php?f=16042 \\ and then read "1.2.1 Introducing Trader Workstation" |

Total pages in the pdf = 534; Using okular to store highlights.

^ date ^ pages ^ overall progress ^ notes ^
| 2023-01-07 02:48 AM | [19-27] | [19-27] | <WRAP>
  * Section 1.2 starts in pg 19.
  * It is also the starting page for 1.2.1
  * Installed TWS
  * Installed TWS API
  * Downloaded the example code
</WRAP>|