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November 2017 - Confessions of a Readaholic

November 30, 2017

Ramonaby

Manoj Jain

Genres:

Fiction

Pages: 110, Paperback

Published: 2017 by Notion Press

Cover Rating: 5/5

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November 30, 2017

November 29, 2017

Pages: 139

Published: 25 October 2017

“From a renowned IP Attorney, Professor and Author comes a fast paced legal thriller!

The Dravidian tribe in the Western Ghats holds the key to ancient knowledge capable of redefining the fundamentals of modern medicine. When an army of Bio Pirates descend on them, the warrior tribe is faced with an adversary that must be taken down at all costs to avoid complete destruction. The last weapon in the Dravidian arsenal is Arjun Mamidi, a young, blind lawyer.

November 28, 2017

Q. Hi Jyotika, and thank you for agreeing this interview. Tell us a little about yourself and your background?

Hi. A voracious reader, ardent writer, passionate teacher, movie buff, shopaholic, zealous dancer are few ways I would like to describe myself. I enjoy the simple pleasures of life and create value in every situation.

November 26, 2017

Pages: 624, Kindle Edition

Published: 21st November 2017, by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Cover Rating: 5/5 (hint: something is in symmetry, see carefully)

I get excited when I hear Tim Ferriss is going to release a new book. The guy knows what to write, or at least how to present information in terms of mere words. Last year, I spent 18 days on his Tools of Titans which came out in the month of December. I haven’t spent more than 15 days on Infinite Jest by David Foster Wallace and War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy. Tim’s books tend to cover a vast amount of information that is not easy for a human brain to process. After putting my nose in his other books such as

November 24, 2017

November 23, 2017

November 21, 2017

Pages: 224, Kindle EditionPublished: January 2002Cover Rating: 3/5

“Long-term travel isn’t about being a college student; it’s about being a student of daily life. Long-term travel isn’t an act of rebellion against society; it’s an act of common sense within society. Long-term travel doesn’t require a massive “bundle of cash”; it requires only that we walk through the world in a more deliberate way.”

Rolf Potts travelled more than 60 countries across six continents. He is the author of Vagabonding: An Uncommon Guide to the Art of Long-Term World Travel, a book that fascinated me a for long time before I decided to finally give it a read. All that excitement was worth.

November 18, 2017

In past few weeks as the device I own has begin to age, I encountered some tiny glitches while reading books on my Kindle. May be it is the last update (5.8.1) that I recently got, which sucks and due that the device is a bit of unstable. Irrespective of the cause, there are some problems you are going to encounter if you own and use the Kindle device for reading books.

Yes, yes. It happens. But you cannot leave your device always on WIFI mode. It will suck out the battery. Keep device on the airplane mode for proper battery output. Use WiFi, when necessary.

What if doesn’t work? You can’t see a WiFi network in the network list, or you can’t connect to a WiFI that you can see on the network list. In this case, consider restarting your kindle.

November 16, 2017

November 14, 2017

Pages: 446, Kindle Edition Published: 2016 Cover Rating: 3/5

Boomerang by Temba Magorimbo is based in Africa and is one those few novels that I have read that allows me to explore the enormous continent. The novel is a unique in many ways with a good start that allows the reader like myself to indulge in it from page one.

5 Stars

BOOK REVIEW: Ramona by Manoj Jain

BOOK REVIEW: Ramona by Manoj Jain November 30, 2017 Ramona by Manoj Jain Genres: Fiction Pages: 110, Paperback Published: 2017 by Notion Press Cover Rating: 5/5 Manoj Jain released his fourth book few weeks back. After his success of his third novel Balraj which made an honest effort to explore deep

Book List

BOOK SPOTLIGHT: The Dravidian – God's Own Tribe by Kalyan Kankanala

BOOK SPOTLIGHT: The Dravidian – God's Own Tribe by Kalyan Kankanala November 29, 2017 Pages: 139 Published: 25 October 2017 Blurb “From a renowned IP Attorney, Professor and Author comes a fast paced legal thriller! The Dravidian tribe in the Western Ghats holds the key to ancient knowledge capable

Interviews

Author Interview: Jyotika Teckchandani

Author Interview: Jyotika Teckchandani November 28, 2017 Q. Hi Jyotika, and thank you for agreeing this interview. Tell us a little about yourself and your background? Hi. A voracious reader, ardent writer, passionate teacher, movie buff, shopaholic, zealous dancer are few ways I would like to descr

Book Reviews

BOOK REVIEW: The Girl Who Takes an Eye for an Eye by David Lagercrantz

BOOK REVIEW: The Girl Who Takes an Eye for an Eye by David Lagercrantz November 24, 2017 The Girl Who Takes an Eye for an Eye by David Lagercrantz Series: Millenium #5 Genres: Fiction Pages: 448, Kindle Edition Published: 2017 by MacLehose Press Cover Rating: 4/5 To continue the legacy left by Steig

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BOOK REVIEW: Who me, Poor? by Gayatri Jayaraman

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Books

Problems You Can Solve by Restarting Your Kindle

In past few weeks as the device I own has begin to age, I encountered some tiny glitches while reading books on my Kindle. May be it is the last update (5.8.1) that I recently got, which sucks and due that the device is a bit of unstable. Irrespective of the cause, there are some problems you are go

Book Reviews

BOOK REVIEW: Project Bodi by Hosein Kouros-Mehr

BOOK REVIEW: Project Bodi by Hosein Kouros-Mehr November 16, 2017 Project Bodi by Hosein Kouros-Mehr Genres: Fiction, Science Fiction Pages: 219, Kindle Edition Published: September 2017 Cover Rating: 3/5 How many science fiction books you have read on the future of out species? Out of them, how man

Book Reviews

BOOK REVIEW: Boomerang by Temba Magorimbo

BOOK REVIEW: Boomerang by Temba Magorimbo November 14, 2017 Boomerang by Temba Magorimbo Genres: Fiction Pages: 446, Kindle Edition Published: 2016 Cover Rating: 3/5 Boomerang by Temba Magorimbo is based in Africa and is one those few novels that I have read that allows me to explore the enormous co