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The world of science fiction and fantasy is booming and I came across many titles on the internet in the specific genre(s) but only few grabbed my attention. This Census-Taker by China Miéville Blurb: After witnessing a profoundly traumatic event, a boy is left alone in a remote house on a hilltop with his increasingly deranged parent. When a stranger knocks on his door, the boy senses that his days of isolation are over—but by what authority does this man keep the meticulous records he carries? Is he the boy’s friend? His enemy? Or something altogether other? Arcadia by Ian Pears Blurb: Henry Lytten – a spy turned academic and writer – sits at his desk in Oxford in 1962, dreaming of other […]
5 SFF Books You Have To Read This Year Posted March 13, 2016 by @amanhimself in Book List, Books / 7 Comments The world of science fiction and fantasy is booming and I came across many titles on the internet in the specific genre(s) but only few grabbed my attention. This Census-Taker by China Miévi
BOOK REVIEW: The Marijuana Project by Brian Laslow Posted March 8, 2016 by @amanhimself in Books, Reviews / 2 Comments Yes the from title you get a hunch right? The book is about marijuana and no it is not illegal in my country to write about it, consuming might be. I am not here to discuss it, I am
BOOK REVIEW: False Ceilings by Amit Sharma Posted March 4, 2016 by @amanhimself in Books, Reviews / 0 Comments It is assumed, especially by critics that an author does his research before writing a collection of pages to call it a book itself. This assumption is rewarded in the form gratifying time,
BOOK REVIEW: The Lost Generation by Nidhi Dugar Kundalia Posted February 29, 2016 by @amanhimself in Reviews / 3 Comments Nidhi Dugar Kundalia’s The Lost Generation: Chronicling India’s Dying Professions is a collection of essays about those professionals who are clinging to their traditional, ances
BOOK REVIEW: Smarter Faster Better by Charles Duhigg Posted February 25, 2016 by @amanhimself in Books, Reviews / 6 Comments In The Power of Habit, Charles Duhigg explained why a person does what he does. He is out with a new book this time, entitled— Smarter Faster Better: The Secrets of Being Prod
5 Books on Sports I read in 2015 Posted February 20, 2016 by @amanhimself in Book List / 4 Comments Other than reading books, I am passionate about football (for americans: it’s soccer) and there isn’t a year I do not find books to read and satisfy by obsessiveness of the game. Here are 5 books wort
GUEST POST: From Lawyer to Author by Sheila Agnew Posted February 15, 2016 by @amanhimself in Guest Post / 5 Comments From Lawyer to Author in Lots of Forward, Backward and Side-Steps by Sheila Agnew I count myself very lucky to have grown up in Ireland where books are as much a part of the national
BOOK REVIEW: Enterprise by Vonda N. McIntyre Posted February 10, 2016 by @amanhimself in Books, Reviews, science fiction / 6 Comments Enterprise: The First Adventure is a part of the Star Trek: The Original Series. Star Trek is a fascinating world of its own. Like our world, it represents it consist
BOOK REVIEW: The Unbearable Lightness of Being by Milan Kundera Posted February 5, 2016 by @amanhimself in 5 Stars, Books, Reviews / 9 Comments The Unbearable Lightness of Being by Milan Kundera had had come across my sight a few times before I actually picked it. This time it wasn’t in front of my
Book Review: My Dream Man by Aditi Bose Posted February 1, 2016 by @amanhimself in Books / 11 Comments Not often do I read romance fiction, nor they are written well versed in first person narrative. Aditi Bose’s latest contribution to contemporary romance genre is a light read, and you might be mil