Category: Books

BOOK REVIEW: Moonwalking with Einstein by Joshua Foer

BOOK REVIEW: Moonwalking with Einstein by Joshua Foer

Posted July 21, 2018 by @amanhimself in Book Reviews, Books / 5 Comments

  Pages: 320, Kindle Edition Published: 2011 Cover Rating: 2/5 Do you often wonder about how you can improve your memory even after staging and settling into the adulthood? When was the last time you tried to memorise a phone number? Do you still remember it? If not, Johsua Foer’s Moonwalking with Einstein can be a great start to explore a real life experience of someone working on and improving his own memory to become a “mental athlete” and describing baby steps to build what is commonly known as a “memory palace”.

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BOOK REVIEW: Personal Stereo by Rebecca Tuhus-Dubrow

BOOK REVIEW: Personal Stereo by Rebecca Tuhus-Dubrow

Posted July 19, 2018 by @amanhimself in Book Reviews, Books / 3 Comments

Pages: 160 Pages, Kindle Edition Published: September 7th 2017 by Bloomsbury Academic Cover Rating: 5/5 Goodreads Bloomsbury Academic Press has released a series of “Object Lessons” over the last few years that are books on items that have less significance these days or have lost their charm in time but some of us might experience the same amount of nostalgia about many of these “objects” whenever we see one of them.

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BOOK REVIEW: Pep Guardiola – The Evolution by Martí Perarnau

BOOK REVIEW: Pep Guardiola – The Evolution by Martí Perarnau

Posted July 14, 2018 by @amanhimself in Book Reviews, Books, Reviews / 0 Comments

Pages: 384, Kindle Edition Published: November 2016 Cover Raring: 5/5 When Pep Guardiola left Barceolna in 2012 there was one huge question hanging on him. He had grown up in Barcelona, came through the youth system to break through in their first team. His managerial career started with Barcelona B team. Hew knew Barcelona and its culture better than anybody else. How could he thrive elsewhere?

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BOOK REVIEW: The Architecture of Happiness by Alain de Botton

BOOK REVIEW: The Architecture of Happiness by Alain de Botton

Posted July 12, 2018 by @amanhimself in Books, Reviews / 2 Comments

I picked this book this book for two reasons: one, it has images in it. Secondly, last year I remember reading Botton’s How Proust Can Change Your Life? which was a fascinating read on Marcel Proust with an evoking title. The Architecture of Happiness is a completely different book and while reading it I observed the same essay-like writing style from Botton’s previous work. This book if full of images and involves short chapters. It revolves around one simple question: What is beautiful building? and to provide an articulate answer author takes his readers on a tour with focus on architectural psychology and talks about the way we think about our homes, our streets.

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BOOK REVIEW: Sitanshu by Anita Shirodkar

BOOK REVIEW: Sitanshu by Anita Shirodkar

Posted July 10, 2018 by @amanhimself in Books / 8 Comments

Sitanshu is the second book in the series of Guardians of Blue Lotus in continuation to the first book Aryavir. Set in ancient India, it tries to provide a perfect blend of Indian mythology and fantasy fiction. Does it succeed in that? To find the answer to the question, please continue to read the review. The plot revolves around Sitanshu, an Ashtradhari and a friend to the protagonist of the first book, Aryavir. In their kingdom, it is considered an omen, a sign of danger when a Blue Lotus Indivara springs. Sitanshu and his friends are harbored on the border of Kalipura for a war against Chandraketu King Divyendu. With hidden secrets of its own, the Old World is in […]

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BOOK REVIEW: The Inheritants Saga by Kristy Mackmurdie

BOOK REVIEW: The Inheritants Saga by Kristy Mackmurdie

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

Kristy Mackmurdie’s latest trilogy, The Inheritants, an urban fantasy, is her debut work. The book is divided into three parts namely: The Funeral March, Invisible Man and The Offering. I recently got the chance to read all three parts. My experience as a reader with urban fantasy is limited and I am glad I could get my hands on The Inheritants Trilogy. The plot revolves around Meredith Earl who is an Inheritant orphan. Her lover is recently found dead and now his corpse is missing. Meredith is recently feeling lonely after his death and gets obsessed to find the dead body. She embarks in the journey of cruelty, backstabbing, loss and a struggle that needs constant sacrifices from herself. Moreover, […]

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Tips on #BookBlogging

Tips on #BookBlogging

Posted June 28, 2018 by @amanhimself in Announcement, Blogging Tips, Book List, Books / 0 Comments

  Do you want to become a better blogger? Or you struggling to even start one? Being a blogger means more than just putting words into post. Everything matters when it comes to run a blog consistently. Things like a blog’s design, managing social media profiles, saving countless drafts and then scheduling them in manner as they fit your theme of the month or something like that. Lastly, do not forget about networking with authors and fellow bloggers. It sounds overwhelming. It is OVERWHELMING 😅 I am here to help. I have been writing this blog for about 5 years now and have monthly subscribers of more than 7.5k. I am currently writing for three blogs other than this and various […]

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BOOK REVIEW: Keshava by Bhawana Somaaya

BOOK REVIEW: Keshava by Bhawana Somaaya

Posted June 26, 2018 by @amanhimself in Book Reviews, Books, Fiction / 0 Comments

Bhawana Somaaya is a journalist and an author of 14 books. Her latest book, Keshava – A Magnificent Obsession. Lord Krishna is one of the many gods in Hindu religion. He can be identified in various forms and his identity is spread in a variety of cultures all across the nation. That said, he has been a significant part of Indian Mythology. This book does not have a significant plot that concentrates on character building with twists and turns. This book is something altogether different. It is divided into nine different chapters in which the lord is himself represented as different entities. These entities vary from being an obsession, lord of knowledge, cows and trees, love, guardian to royalty, and […]

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BOOK REVIEW: Such is Her Life by Reecha Agarwal Goyal

BOOK REVIEW: Such is Her Life by Reecha Agarwal Goyal

Posted June 23, 2018 by @amanhimself in Book Reviews, Books, Non-Fiction / 0 Comments

Such is Her Life is the debut work of writer Reecha Goyal published earlier this year. It is a heartwarming collection of thoughts. These thoughts are based mostly on reality and presented to us as a reader in the form of musings. It is as clear and raw as if I, the reader is picking on her brain. Expressed over 184 pages long, the whole concept works well as it contains around 150 musings. The common theme of these musings is the role a woman plays in lives of everyone as a mother, daughter, sister, wife, daughter-in-law, but societal norms do not appreciate all the effort to the life giver herself. I know that the western world has accepted or […]

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BOOK REVIEW: Crushing It by Gary Vaynerchuk

BOOK REVIEW: Crushing It by Gary Vaynerchuk

Posted June 21, 2018 by @amanhimself in Books / 0 Comments

Since the start of this decade Gary’s Crush It! has done wonders for many of its readers. In it, he insisted that a vibrant personal brand was crucial to entrepreneurial success. I happen to read it recently, just he announced the launch of Crushing It! a follow-up or you can say a modern version of Crush It! because a lot has changed and evolved since Gary wrote his previous book in 2009.   In Crushing It! Gary Vaynerchuk starts by explaining why it is important to create a personal brand and what tools you can use to do so. He briefly shares his own journey about how in his twenties he developed his family’s wine business from $4 million to […]

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