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  • June Book List: Top 5 Best Books to Read While Traveling 2019

    June Book List: Top 5 Best Books to Read While Traveling 2019

    As we start the third quarter of this year, I’ve continued to focus on personal finance and investing books for my best books to read while traveling list. I started reading about this topic in my April book list and continued the topic for my May book list. In my January book list, February book…


  • May Book List: Top 3 Best Books to Read While Traveling 2019

    May Book List: Top 3 Best Books to Read While Traveling 2019

    The first topic that I took on in Q1 this year was negotiation. I read several helpful books that I’ve included in my best books to read while traveling January, February, and March lists that are worth checking out. For Q2, I’m taking on personal finance. This is a topic that I’ve read about before,…


  • April Book List: Top 3 Best Books to Read While Traveling 2019

    April Book List: Top 3 Best Books to Read While Traveling 2019

    After focusing on the topic of negotiation, I switched gears in April. In this best books to read while traveling list, the categories ranged from psychology to self-improvement to history. I set a goal to read 3.5 books per month at the start of the year. While I fell short of that goal in April,…


  • March Book List: Top 3 Best Books to Read While Traveling 2019

    March Book List: Top 3 Best Books to Read While Traveling 2019

    I tackled the topic of negotiation for this month’s best books to read while traveling. Some of the books were recommended in previous books that I read and others came from Amazon research. At the beginning of the year, I set a goal to read 4 books per month. I didn’t reach my goal for…


  • February Book List: Top 3 Best Books to Read While Traveling 2019

    February Book List: Top 3 Best Books to Read While Traveling 2019

    I fell short of my 4 books per month pace, putting me behind the 8 ball for this month’s best books to read while traveling list. 2 of the 3 books that I read weren’t great , so I’ll only have 1 recommended book this month. With that said, here are the books that I…


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