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Read Book Review Before reading The Yellow Wallpaper I did not even know that a state of mind called Postpartum Depression exists. Wikipedia describes it better: […] is a type of clinical depression which can affect both sexes after childbirth. Symptoms may include sadness, low energy, changes in sleeping and eating patterns, reduced desire for sex, crying episodes, anxiety, and irritability. While many women experience self-limited, mild symptoms postpartum, postpartum depression should be suspected when symptoms are severe and have lasted over two weeks. The Yellow Wallpaper by Charlotte Perkins Gilman is written in 1892 as journal of a woman who failing to relish the joys of marriage and motherhood, is sentenced to a country and is forbid by her […]
Depression and The Yellow Wallpaper Posted June 14, 2017 by @amanhimself in Books, classics, Essay / 0 Comments Read Book Review Before reading The Yellow Wallpaper I did not even know that a state of mind called Postpartum Depression exists. Wikipedia describes it better: […] is a type of clinical
How to Read a Book? Posted December 3, 2016 by @amanhimself in Book Reviews, Books, Essay, Reviews / 0 Comments Become a Demanding Reader Share this:Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)Click to share on Reddit (Opens in new window)Click to s
Understanding Infinite Jest Posted March 23, 2016 by @amanhimself in Books, Essay / 18 Comments David Foster Wallace’s Infinite Jest turned twenty this year and a year ago when I reviewed it, I did mention that, I am quoting myself, “Reading INFINITE JEST was a task waiting to be done for quite a lo
The World of Crime Fiction Posted November 20, 2015 by @amanhimself in Books, Essay / 10 Comments In Italy, people call a story that consist of detectives or crimes giallo, for the word yellow. The reason is that since 1930s mostly crime fiction books had yellow covers. The earliest known crime fict
Five David Foster Wallace Essays You Should Read Posted October 25, 2015 by @amanhimself in Authors, Essay / 6 Comments The other day I was just hovering around the internet researching a bit on David Foster Wallace. After reading The Pale King, I was impressed by his versatile writing style of taki
Why Bother Reading More? Posted October 16, 2015 by @amanhimself in Essay / 34 Comments I usually read 90 to 110 books a year as I have only been recording my reading habit through a widget on Goodreads.com called Yearly Reading Challenge from past four years. It’s fun thing to do, you get to know e
Reading books in the Digital Age Posted September 7, 2015 by @amanhimself in eReaders, Essay / 30 Comments I’d like to thank you guys for sharing your experiences with reading ebooks on your e-readers in the post, Buying an EReader, Worth? Two weeks back, after taking in full consideration that an e
Anne Lamott On Writing Posted August 11, 2015 by @amanhimself in Books, Essay, Reviews / 16 Comments Anne Lamott’s Bird by Bird: Some instructions on writing and life is among my favourite books on writing. It’s both practical and profound, light- reading, witty, and humorous at the same time. Publi
Things I Have Learned About Blogging Posted June 19, 2015 by @amanhimself in Blogging Tips, Books, Essay / 41 Comments It is going to be three years and some months this month in the business of blogging. I am glad I am still going on. Earlier when I started blogging I did not think much about how a
Stephen King On Writing Posted February 25, 2015 by @amanhimself in Books, Essay, Reviews / 0 Comments Stephen King’s On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft is a part memoir, part writing manual, and part master class by one of the bestselling authors of all time, this superb volume is a revealing and pr