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BOOK REVIEW: THE NAME OF THE WIND BY PATRICK ROTHFUSS

BOOK REVIEW: THE NAME OF THE WIND BY PATRICK ROTHFUSS

Posted December 16, 2013 by @amanhimself in Books, Reviews / 0 Comments

They say, writers should write what they love and Patrick Rothfuss seems to do so. He love stories. Telling them is one thing but to live and tell them is astonishing. And how a writer can live in the stories?… By his imagination. Imagination is infinite. You certainly don’t have to pay for it. It is legal to use. And it’s the best thing a human has got, I believe.  The Name of the Wind . At first, I never wanted to read it. But then, when strongly recommended by one of my friend, I borrowed his copy and read it. Now I can say, I can’t wait to read the second.  The Name of the Wind  introduce us to Kvothe, a figure which is hard […]

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A REAL WORDLESS WEDNESDAY

A REAL WORDLESS WEDNESDAY

Posted December 12, 2013 by @amanhimself in Essay, MyWorks / 0 Comments

It’s been past two days since I have been at home. It’s like I may have over relaxed, may have over slept, or over eaten… ’cause I am not getting any words in my head. And also, I am not able to read not more than 100 pages a day of the book I am currently reading. I am depressed. Is this a writer’s block? Is it this how it is? It makes me feel sick. But then, why not reading is helping me. Is there also a reader’s block? If there is, then I am sure dead. I won’t be able to survive the dishonesty of daily life without reading. I will be doomed. Become a slave may be. […]

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CURRENTLY READING

CURRENTLY READING

Posted December 10, 2013 by @amanhimself in Books / 0 Comments

Currently Reading Books: The Name of the Wind by Patrick Rothfuss. Highly recommended by a friend, after I was disappointed on learning that Game of Thrones next part will not be coming soon. Already on page 145 and it’s quite a book. The style is good, plot and story till now good, not filled with boredom at all. Let’s see, what the rest of the pages unfolds to me. Zen in the Art of Writing by Ray Bradbury is again a recommendation by a fellow writer. I have read just five pages so I cannot really say how is it. But still short in length, light reading, after all it’s Bradbury.   I am always eager to read more and open to recommendations. So what do you […]

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How I welcome the winter!

How I welcome the winter!

Posted December 10, 2013 by @amanhimself in Essay / 0 Comments

Ah, the month of November went pretty fast for me. The later half of the month, I still can’t believe it existed. It’s been over a month since I had read something or wrote something(Of Course, except in the examinations). “Examinations! Examinations! Examinations!”, right now it sounds like “Exterminate! Exterminate! Exterminate!” in the voice of Daleks. It was kind of a Dalek-phase I was passing through. I still hope that the time lord will come and will take me back in time, back to the mid of last month. But then I’ll be in the Dalek-phase all over again. And I’ll still be reading text books instead of ‘Real Books’  writing exams instead of poetry. Due to this phase, I feel I will not be able […]

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THE WIT OF WRITING

THE WIT OF WRITING

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

Right ho, then. To start a story is the most dashingly difficult task for any writer. To establish an atmosphere, as they say, is a vexation in itself. You have to make it perfect, otherwise if you went too long or too short for a start your audience will be smoking joints of boredom instead of cigarettes. You know your boat has sunk before it left the shore. Sometimes there are more cigarette butts in my dustbin then words on the paper resting itself with a blank face. The obligation of a writer is to satisfy his audience and have the stamina to complete his work with wittiness. Wittiness I said, otherwise it would be another one of those in […]

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BOOK REVIEW: HITLER’S DAUGHTER

BOOK REVIEW: HITLER’S DAUGHTER

Posted November 5, 2013 by @amanhimself in Books, Reviews / 0 Comments

HITLER’S DAUGHTER By Jackie French Hitler’s Daughter is an impressive book. The title of the book is in itself is a wonder and a seed of curiosity. Short length, one day read I would call (though due to lack of time, I made it in three days). I got this book randomly when I was hovering around the internet for I had this unsatisfied urge to go for book-shopping for months. Due to it’s length I picked the book though after reading it I realized it could have been a little more longer for the words just flow through your mind as the book is simply written. The book certainly aims at younger readers and it was interesting to see Hitler from […]

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CURRENTLY READING

CURRENTLY READING

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

THE MAN WHO LOVED BOOKS TOO MUCH by Allison Bartlett MY AUTOBIOGRAPHY by Sir Alex Ferguson

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BOOK REVIEW: THE BOOK THIEF

BOOK REVIEW: THE BOOK THIEF

Posted October 16, 2013 by @amanhimself in Books, Reviews / 0 Comments

THE BOOK THIEF by Markus Zusak The extraordinary New York Times Bestseller for 230 weeks must be on your reading list this year. This book is a treasure, a modern classic I would say. Set during the time of Nazi Germany and World War II, it tells the story about a foster girl, Liesel Meminger with a fine and an extraordinaire narrative by Death. The narration was one of the reasons I picked this book due to the immense curiosity, I can say I am completely satisfied and I have read after along time, a totally satisfying book. It leaves with a mysterious thrill which is hard to define in words and can only be experienced if you read it. The book is very well structured. It seems […]

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BOOK OF THE WEEK: FATHERS AND SONS

BOOK OF THE WEEK: FATHERS AND SONS

Posted October 12, 2013 by @amanhimself in Books, classics, Fiction, Reviews / 0 Comments

FATHERS AND SONS BY IVAN SERGEYEVICH TURGENEV Set in Nineteenth Century Russia, Fathers and Sons by I. S. Turgenev takes us  the estates and agricultural fields – among the rural gentry and their peasants. It portrays two different sons and fathers deal with the changes happening around them. The book starts when Arkady returns home from school with his friend Bazarov, who is  a nihilist, to the home of his father, Nicholas. His uncle Pavel also lives there. Nicholas is trying to stay with the times and has set his serfs free, but his estate has fallen into disrepair. He also has been having a relationship with a former servant, Fenichka, and has fathered a child. My experience in Russian Literature is quite […]

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A SHORT JOURNEY OF A BAREFOOT

A SHORT JOURNEY OF A BAREFOOT

Posted October 9, 2013 by @amanhimself in Essay, MyWorks / 0 Comments

On an early August morning, wandering alone on the crispy and crumby dead leaves I felt sharp rays of sun appearing betwixt the naked branches of trees. The trees appeared as some broken mannequins, their faces totally blank in aspect to show an expression that if ever a brainy mind ever groom in them or do they have brainless mind already? I felt even if I stand all day long and just stare them, they will still be blank just like the current state of humanity. People don’t react on the consequences and events they should but they do overreact on when they should show least of the interest. Squirrels were hovering hither and thither trees to hide themselves beneath […]

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