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BOOK REVIEW: Origami Birds by Tanya Jain

March 6, 2018

Origami Birds by Tanya Jain
Published by Notionpress on 13/09/2017
Genres: Fiction
Pages: 100
Format: eBook
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Origami Birds is a collection of forty-four poems written by Tanya Jain. In order to reach a reader’s heart these poems do cover a lot of topics that some of them might be considered sensitive but then I guess poetry is a way of expressing one’s feelings and a way for those who read them to share those expressions and feel a warmth in their heart too. It works both ways.

The title of this collection is rightly justified. When I received, I was curious about it and found a satisfactory verse that introduced me to it at the start:

Some birds are free,

Some birds are caged.

This origami bird is

molded from a page.

Set her free,

Or let her be.

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What have I been up to in February 2018?

March 4, 2018

The month of February has been a too much of an hassle for me. At the start of the month, I was busy working and launching my book on blogging called A Blogger’s Manifesto which is a short ebook about blogging that talks about my journey in the world of blogging and I have lot to offer for newbie bloggers and especially for those who are getting started out in the world of book blogging.

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BOOK REVIEW: Hack the Entrepreneur by Jon Nastor

March 2, 2018

Hack the Entrepreneur by Jon Nastor
Genres: Nonfiction, Business, Entrepreneurship
Pages: 205
Format: eBook
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Jon Nastor is a famous podcaster by the name of Hack the Entrepreneur which shares same title as the book. I picked this book because I read somewhere about it in which they mentioned as quote from Nastor that no body is born an entrepreneur. It is sort of a skill plus lifestyle that you have to create, build around and live. Though after picking up this book, I can say, there are some inspiring moments mentioned in this book.

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BOOK REVIEW: Based on Lies – It Begins by Debarshi Kanjilal

February 24, 2018

Based on Lies - It Begins by Debarshi Kanjilal
Genres: Fiction
Pages: 105
Format: eBook

Based on Lies: It Begins is the first in a series of two novellas published in 2017. The main element used in this novel is of psychological thriller following the life of Anuraag Sanyal, the protagonist of the novella. The writing certainly displays the dark corners of an imaginative mind.

The plot starts with the protagonist sitting in the middle of the night, suffering from insomnia writing in his notepad about the event of his past life. The storyline somewhat follows this pattern and a reader gets to see the Anuraag’s present too. He is having a troubled marriage for five years and had a lover in past, and one as a nearby cafe owner. Each new chapter decipher a new phase or a new skeleton in the closet of Anuraag’s past. Other characters that play their roles are essential, which I realised upon reading this novella. They all have involvement in events that turns into violent crimes where some have been victims to those crimes and otherwise some were the performers of them. As it is said in the blurb of the book, there are no innocent people in this book.

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BOOK REVIEW: South of Main Street by Robert Gately

February 20, 2018

South of Main Street by Robert Gately
Published by Entrada Publishing on 2016
Genres: Fiction, Contemporary
Pages: 272
Format: eBook

South of Main Street written by Robert Gately is a contemporary novel set in small-town Pennsylvania which explores the intangible ties that form a family, a community and the influence that one man can make crossing social and economic lines.

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Accepting Book for Reviews

February 19, 2018

The month of February has been super busy for me. At the start, I got involved in the launch of my ebook, A Blogger’s Manifesto (if you remember this post on the launch day). Of course, you do remember. I asked you guys to participate in helping me choose a book cover?

Nonetheless, just after launching my ebook, I started working on revamping this book blog (almost) from scratch and shifted its nitty-gritty to its own home with a link of its own. It is a time consuming, tedious work in transferring all the blog posts and then selecting a theme, finding the right plugins and organization in somewhat a new manner. You might be noticing a lot of changes here. The last of them have happened over the weekend, and I do not want to trouble you anymore with changing the UI.

Just want to drop a line about me being on Instagram as @amanhimselfreads. I will be sharing lots of content on books and motivate you to write more blog posts on your blog. If you are on Instagram, let us connect.

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BOOK REVIEW: Succeed The Happionaire Way by Yogesh Chabria

February 18, 2018

Succeed The Happionaire Way by Yogesh Chabria
Published by TV18 Broadcast Limited (CNBC TV18) on November 10th 2017
Genres: Nonfiction
Pages: 180
Format: Audiobook
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Some say happiness is a state of mind. Many believe in that. I do too. It indeed is a state of mind but we all wonder how to achieve that state of mind, don’t we?

The happiness of an individual is reflected by aspects that are prior to us mortals. These aspects fall under few different criteria and a common ground between them is where the state of happiness lies. It is not something that is achievable because there is nothing to achieve. It is a state of mind that takes some practice and wilful mindfulness on daily basis. Thus, this is the message of Yogesh Chabria, a world-renowned leader in the field of human potential, new book: Succeed The Happionaire Way.

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Books, Non-Fiction

Author Interview: Ashraf Haggag

February 17, 2018

Q. Hi Mr Haggag, and thank you for agreeing this interview. Tell us a little about yourself and your background?
I have spent nearly three decades in the corporate business world and I am currently working as a senior executive in the hospitality industry managing a group of hotels. With direct experience in many different aspects of business, including sales, marketing, revenue management, and administration. Having worked in Germany, the United States, Turkey, Egypt, and Saudi Arabia, my global experiences have encouraged me to formulate my thoughts into written documents in business, management, history that I see may be beneficial to the younger generation. Eager to bring enhanced cross-cultural awareness to today’s business leaders.

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I have a new blog link

Confessions of a Readaholic is turning 5 this year as a book blog. For such an occasion and more flexibility over the control of my book blog, I decided to move this site to WordPress and have URL of its own.

The new URL is http://readingbooks.blog/

Do not worry rest is same (especially the content).

Thank you. 🙏

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BOOK REVIEW: Crush It! by Gary Vaynerchuk

February 16, 2018

Crush It! by Gary Vaynerchuk
Published by Harper Collins on 2009
Genres: Nonfiction, Business, Entrepreneurship
Pages: 161
Format: eBook
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Most of the Vaynerchuk books are like a personal pep talk. They’d be about money, hard work, work, and his majority focus is on passionate living. I have been following his vlogs on YouTube for months and that what lead me to read his books

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