#BookReview: How To Travel Full Time by Colin Wright

#BookReview: How To Travel Full Time by Colin Wright

Posted September 13, 2018 by @amanhimself in Book Reviews, Books / 0 Comments

Published 7 years ago, How To Travel Full Time by Colin Wright still relevant today. It is not a complete how-to book but rather more of Colin’s philosophy on what makes him want to travel the world and earn to cover costs of travel or save money. Colin started traveling full time in 2009. Along with that, he was blogging and has already published a few ebooks but the main motivation that was that on his blog, he would ask his readers to vote for the country which they’d like him to move to. Sounds crazy, right? How To Travel Full Time is a pragmatic approach to kickstart your own journey. It is straightforward. The book clearly targets a mindset. […]

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BOOK NOTES: Zen And The Art of Motorcycle Maintenance

BOOK NOTES: Zen And The Art of Motorcycle Maintenance

Posted September 11, 2018 by @amanhimself in Books / 3 Comments

My Rating: 5/5 I argued that physical discomfort is important only when the mood is wrong. Then you fasten on to whatever thing is uncomfortable and call that the cause. But if the mood is right, then physical discomfort doesn’t mean much. You can’t really think hard about what you’re doing and listen to the radio at the same time. When you want to hurry something, that means you no longer care about it and want to get on to other things. the intellect of modern man isn’t that superior. IQs aren’t that much different. Those Indians and medieval men were just as intelligent as we are, but the context in which they thought was completely different. Within that context […]

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My Ebook: A BLOGGER’S MANIFESTO

My Ebook: A BLOGGER’S MANIFESTO

Posted September 10, 2018 by @amanhimself in Books / 7 Comments

A Blogger’s Manifesto is a short ebook about blogging written by a blogger. It covers the story of my book blog Confessions of a Readaholic and other essentials for an individual who is getting started with blogging or is a new blogger. The book in detail covers: Starting a blog with zero followers Writing a compelling blog post Why Comments are essential part in blogging community How to reach your milestones with your blog Social Media and money making tips Since I am a book blogger, I have covered topics that are essential to know before if you are getting started or recently started in Book Blogging. Writing a Book review Blog Tours Getting an ARC Interviewing Authors If this […]

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BOOK REVIEW: The Suicide Shop by Jean Tuelé

BOOK REVIEW: The Suicide Shop by Jean Tuelé

Posted September 4, 2018 by @amanhimself in Book Reviews, Books / 4 Comments

HAS YOUR LIFE BEEN A FAILURE? LET’S MAKE YOUR DEATH A SUCCESS! Jean Tuelé’s The Suicide Shop is a dark comedy. The plot goes on with the twenty-first century just a distant memory and the world in environmental chaos, many people have lost the will to live. And business is brisk at The Suicide Shop. Run by the Tuvache family for generations, the shop offers an amazing variety of ways to end it all, with something to fit every budget.

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BOOK REVIEW: The Last Attractor of Chaos by Abhinav Singh

BOOK REVIEW: The Last Attractor of Chaos by Abhinav Singh

Posted August 30, 2018 by @amanhimself in Book Reviews, Books / 0 Comments

If you get a chance to read a Spy novel written by an Indian writer you to read it. It is a like once in a blue moon material that gets out in the market. The plot starts with a married couple. Ashwin Rathore is killed in a well-planned murder that gets wrong. The murderer was after his wife Shruti Rathore who is a retired R&AW agent. This is just a start of this thrilling storyline as the wife gets arrested by the Intelligence Bureau on the charge of stealing a strategic weapon and killing her associate. Unaware of her wife’s past, and after his death Ashwin meets a strange consciousness appearing in the form of a guide in his […]

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BOOK REVIEW: A Place Called Schugara by Joe English

BOOK REVIEW: A Place Called Schugara by Joe English

Posted August 28, 2018 by @amanhimself in 5 Stars, Book Reviews, Books / 0 Comments

Sometimes, when reading a book I often feel the characters it consists are the backbone. I do not know if you have encountered this feeling but I have. The storyline can be flawless but there is a lot that depends on the characters. These characters do not just fill up the pages but they tend to create their own illustration in our minds. For this kind of book, I do believe a writer needs to have a seamless ability to develop such characters and give them air to breathe in between the pages. A Place called Schugara by Joe English is one of that type of book. The storyline is intriguing as it is based in Caribbean islands. It consists […]

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BOOK REVIEW: Sherlock’s World: Fan Fiction and the Reimagining of BBC’s Sherlock by Ann K. McClellan

BOOK REVIEW: Sherlock’s World: Fan Fiction and the Reimagining of BBC’s Sherlock by Ann K. McClellan

Posted August 25, 2018 by @amanhimself in Books / 0 Comments

Sherlock series by BBC set in contemporary London has one of the most mixed bag reviews I have ever heard from fans and non-fans of the original Sherlock Holmes books. Sherlock Holmes is still popular after making his first appearance in the print 130 years ago. It is one of the most fan-fictionalized characters. No other character from the literary world has been written about than Sherlock Holmes. So what makes Sherlock’s fanfic so popular? Ann McClellan tries to answer this question in her latest book which consists of a series of essays. She tries to answer, even after 130 years of Sherlock Holmes, why are people so attracted to it? Sherlock’s fanfic does not end at the BBC’s remaking […]

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BOOK REVIEW: Zen and the Art of Admin Tasks by Nic De Castro and Nathan Pettijohn

BOOK REVIEW: Zen and the Art of Admin Tasks by Nic De Castro and Nathan Pettijohn

Posted August 23, 2018 by @amanhimself in Book Reviews, Books, Business / 1 Comment

In the world of hustle, we often forget how much time we lose instead of spending it in a useful manner. Time management is an actionable task if you run a startup or a micro business. If you are not managing your time wilfully, you are not only losing time but your energy too in performing mundane tasks. Think about the most mundane task you go through every day that unknowingly consumes a lot of time? I am a remote worker and I spend a lot of my time reading and answering emails (not from my workmates). Emails in a modern world, consume a lot of our time. I often find myself reading emails on my laptop and if away […]

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BOOK REVIEW: Mastering Fear – A Navy SEAL’s Guide by Brandon Webb and John David Mann

BOOK REVIEW: Mastering Fear – A Navy SEAL’s Guide by Brandon Webb and John David Mann

Best book I have read in 2018! When I saw the cover of the book I knew I had to get my hands on it. The cover is unique and simple. A yellow background with a man representing a warrior type of a person on a horse killing a lion with a spear. Might sound mythological to some or hypothetical to others. It has a significance to the context of the book. I urge you whatever thought comes into your mind after grasping the cover image from both of your eyes, either try to remember it or write it down somewhere. You will be astonished by its significance. Mastering Fear is a great title to start the book. It is […]

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BOOK REVIEW: Inkredia by Sarang Mahajan

BOOK REVIEW: Inkredia by Sarang Mahajan

Posted August 16, 2018 by @amanhimself in Book Reviews, Books, Fiction / 0 Comments

Inkredia: Luwan of Brida is the first book in the series of four. Written by Sarang Mahajan, it is a fast-paced fantasy novel. Written in the fashion of tell-tale fantasy, this book takes the reader on an adventure that has knights, magic, mystery, and questions that need to be answered. From start to finish, the plot revolves around the two characters of both siblings. One is a seventeen-year-old Luwan and his sister Meg who live in the mountain village of Brida. Both of them are orphans since there is a little reference for their father or any other relative. The book cover might not seem an attractive one but believe as I started reading it, I could not keep my […]

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