Tag: Fiction

BOOK REVIEW:THE SEA AND THE SILENCE

BOOK REVIEW:THE SEA AND THE SILENCE

Posted August 8, 2013 by @amanhimself in Books, Reviews / 0 Comments

The Sea and the SILENCE  by PETER CUNNINGHAM The Sea and the Silence is a beautifully written historical fiction by Peter Cunningham. It is one of those books that you don’t appreciate the craftsman until you read it. I got an ebook format of it, a few weeks back on my Kindle application from Amazon. This historical novel set in Ireland, spanning the years from WWII to the 1960s, the story is chiefly about Iz, the daughter of a cash-poor but land-rich Anglo-Irish aristocrat during a time when the IRA was “taking back” Ireland. The novel is broken into two parts, the first entitled ‘Hector’ and it encompasses the years of Iz’s marriage. There’s not too much Irish history in this part, rather it is […]

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Posted August 2, 2013 by @amanhimself in Books / 0 Comments

A Clash of Kings by George R. R. Martin

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HOW TO LOVE YOUR FATHER?

Posted July 31, 2013 by @amanhimself in MyWorks / 0 Comments

It felt I was going to meet my father after a long periodic time. I was excited but also nervous. Meetings with my father always gave me butterflies in my stomach. Due to the past experience, our meetings were always short and premature. We either end up on calmly disagreeing with each other or end up arguing on idiotic situations. His ways, my ways were quite different. Of course, they would be. After all we were two different human beings. But he still supported me. He compromised with his own time and space, and devoted his whole for me. I have always felt a question in my mind, would he had not been my father, what in the hell would […]

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A GAME OF THRONES: A REVIEW FOR THE IRON THRONE

A GAME OF THRONES: A REVIEW FOR THE IRON THRONE

Posted July 23, 2013 by @amanhimself in Books, Reviews / 0 Comments

A GAME OF THRONES by GEORGE R. R. Martin Game of Thrones by George R. R. Martin had been in my to-read list of books for quite a long time. I generally prefer ebooks over paperbacks. But for this one, I always had a feeling that I should read it in paperback. Its essence is one of the main reasons, plus its length is also a matter of interest. This epic fantasy is followed by four more books in the series called A Song of Ice and Fire which is an ongoing series. There is also a television series based on the title A Game of Thrones, in which I am not interested as it’s not my habit to follow […]

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THE MYSTERY OF ROBERT GAILBRAITH

THE MYSTERY OF ROBERT GAILBRAITH

Posted July 15, 2013 by @amanhimself in Books / 0 Comments

Creator of the Boy Wizard, Harry Potter, J.K.Rowling has written a crime novel now, The Cuckoo’s Calling, released earlier this year under the pseudonym: Robert Galbraith. Over the years, Rowling often spoke of writing a crime novel. In 2007, during the Edinburgh Book Festival, author Ian Rankin claimed that his wife spotted Rowling “scribbling away” at a detective novel in a cafe. Rankin later retracted the story, claiming it was a joke. The rumour persisted with The Guardian speculating in 2012 that Rowling’s next book would be a crime novel. The story was broken by Richard Brooks, the arts editor of the UK’s Sunday Times. Kate Mills, fiction editor at Orion Publishing, came forward to admit that she had unwittingly turned down the new Rowling work, and suggested that […]

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CURRENTLY READING: A GAME OF THRONES

CURRENTLY READING: A GAME OF THRONES

Posted July 13, 2013 by @amanhimself in Books / 0 Comments

A GAME OF THRONES by GEORGE R. R. MARTIN

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TOP TEN FOR FIRST HALF OF 2013

TOP TEN FOR FIRST HALF OF 2013

Posted July 9, 2013 by @amanhimself in Books, Reviews / 0 Comments

2013, a year it is! It’s been six months since the year started, since those words I started to read written by various authors. Six months time is long and but not enough to read. Still I managed to read thirty one books (till the last month, and yes I keep a log). So far, it has been a great reading year for me and thus I manage to compile a list of my top ten books I have read so far. 1. THE GREAT GATSBY BY SCOTT FITZGERALD I was flattered by the book and the philosophy behind it by Fitzgerald. How this book can be closely related to his private life and the time of 1920s is by reading […]

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Posted July 2, 2013 by @amanhimself in Books / 0 Comments

The Artist of Disappearance by Anita Desai

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REBUS IS BACK

REBUS IS BACK

Posted June 25, 2013 by @amanhimself in Books / 0 Comments

The Naming of the Dead by Ian Rankin, A Must read crime-fiction of the month!

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Posted June 14, 2013 by @amanhimself in Books / 0 Comments

The Dark Road by Ma Jian

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