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BOOK REVIEW: Reading People by Anne Bogel

BOOK REVIEW: Reading People by Anne Bogel

Posted May 22, 2018 by @amanhimself in Book Reviews, Books / 0 Comments

Pages: 226, Kindle Edition Published: 2017 by Baker Books Cover Rating: 4/5 Reading People: How Seeing the World through the Lens of Personality Changes is the latest written flick by Anne Bogel. The title is so cliched and attractive at the same time that I decided to pick this book last week. For those of you, likewise me, are unaware of who is Anne Bogel, well, she is a blogger who excessively read books and share stuff like #bookstagram on her blog Modern Mrs. Darcy.

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BOOK REVIEW: Age of Azmoq – The Valantian Imperium by Rajamayyoor Sharma

BOOK REVIEW: Age of Azmoq – The Valantian Imperium by Rajamayyoor Sharma

Posted May 19, 2018 by @amanhimself in blog, Books, Fiction / 5 Comments

Reading a highly imaginative tale can go either way, the good or the bad. Out of the imagination comes the plot and the characters which form the complete story. The effort of the writer does not diminish itself, but these are the two main factors I look in every fantasy novel. Age of Azmoq – The Valantian Imperium by Rajamayyoor Sharma is a fantasy novel. Azmoq is a rare metal found on the planet. It’s the ultimate source and symbol of real power, and the Valantian Imperium controls it all in Valantia. It is a tale that consists of magic and sorcery. and adventures that fill all 470 plus pages. The storyline of the book is divided into forty-eight chapters. […]

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BOOK REVIEW: Powerful by Patty McCord

BOOK REVIEW: Powerful by Patty McCord

Posted May 17, 2018 by @amanhimself in Book Reviews, Books / 2 Comments

The nature of business in the modern digital and information overload age is ever-changing. The foundation of Patty McCord’s book Powerful – Building a Culture of Freedom and Responsibility is that the as workplace progress, so should human resources. The author challenges the old, traditional corporate HR that include annual performance reviews, retention plans, engagement programs, etc. She clearly speaks her mind in the early chapters that these activities and actions are a mere waste of time and resources and why the modern day companies, irrespective of their number of employees should not practice them. I liked this ideology. I feel this is the most positive point in the book. All that corporate mumbo-jumbo is a distraction and I have […]

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BOOK REVIEW: The Aryabhata Clan by Sudipto Das

BOOK REVIEW: The Aryabhata Clan by Sudipto Das

Posted May 15, 2018 by @amanhimself in Books, Fiction / 1 Comment

The delightedness of reading a book depends on very few factors. One of them is how the plot unfolds in front of the reader and his mind. Afterall, every story has some of it. Without a storyline, a book or a novel is spineless. Sudipto Das’ latest work, The Aryabhata Clan is a great example of why storyline matters. The Aryabhata Clan is the second novel in the series after Ekkos clan. The genesis of the plot is coupled with some facts based on author’s research of ancient India, some 1500 years ago. The storyline starts in the present day New Delhi and takes its reader back in time as it advances. The plot is as follows: The Islamic State […]

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BOOK REVIEW: Clarity is the Only Spirituality by Susunaga Weeraperuma

BOOK REVIEW: Clarity is the Only Spirituality by Susunaga Weeraperuma

Posted May 12, 2018 by @amanhimself in Book Reviews, Books, Non-Fiction / 0 Comments

How often to do you think a human brain, your mind, is at peace? Not the ultimate peace, but the one from all the daily chaos that makes it scattered and eventually affects our decisions. Susunaga Weeraperuma who devotes different forms of yoga, organic gardening, creative writing, reading, and meditation, thinks has the answer to the above question and has come out with a book with the same level of wisdom to enlight his readers. The book starts on a high note and directly with the first chapter. The author addresses the title of the book in the first chapter and goes on talking about ‘attention’ span of a human mind in the first chapter. The whole book is divided […]

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BOOK REVIEW: Macbeth by Jo Nesbø

BOOK REVIEW: Macbeth by Jo Nesbø

Posted May 10, 2018 by @amanhimself in Book Reviews, Books, Fiction / 9 Comments

The latest addition to Hogarth Shakespeare Project is Jo Nesbø’s Macbeth. For those who do not know, Hogarth was launched in London in 2012 to retold one of the greatest stories of all times by modern day bestselling authors of today. Hogarth was founded by Virginia Woolf and her husband Leonard Woolf in 1917. This modern-day adaption of Shakespeare’s original play, sharing the same title is set in the 1970s. The book starts in a vividly poetic style. It is a crime plus noir version of the play that was written almost 400 years before. It focuses on a police force attempting to shed the drug problem in the local town. A drug lord, who keeps the whole town by […]

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BOOK REVIEW: Voice of the Rain Season by Subrata Dasgupta

BOOK REVIEW: Voice of the Rain Season by Subrata Dasgupta

Posted May 8, 2018 by @amanhimself in Book Reviews, Books, Fiction / 1 Comment

In past two years, I feel Indian fiction is on a rise. Not only the authors are trying to do the lonely job of writing elegantly, publishers have started acknowledging it. Such a book I came across, Voice of the Rain Season written by Subrata Dasgupta. A tale full of warmth. The plot is based on the intertwining lives of two individuals, Martin Shawncross and Joya Bose, both in their twenties one American student and the other a Bengali teacher who teaches Indian Literature in the United States. The plot dives deeper into the lives these two characters as Joya learns about Martin’s Bengali background and is intrigued by the fact stated. She is attracted to the friendliness but also […]

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A Blogger’s Manifesto is on Sale!

A Blogger’s Manifesto is on Sale!

Posted May 7, 2018 by @amanhimself in Books / 0 Comments

After previous month reviews and positive feedback on my ebook: A Blogger’s Manifesto, I have decided to reduce the prices to $0.99 worldwide on Amazon since I want my message to reach the maximum number of bloggers whether they are newbies or have already dipped their toes but are struggling to find some answers. All I want is to help you to produce content both in terms of quantity and quality but enjoy the process of doing so. If you are a book blogger, I want you to get started in your niche amd learn from my mistakes. You will have your share of mistakes when it comes to creating a book blog brand in terms of blogging, but there […]

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#WhatsOnMyKindle? What am I reading this month.

#WhatsOnMyKindle? What am I reading this month.

Posted May 6, 2018 by @amanhimself in Books / 16 Comments

I went shopping. A task I try to avoid until its books. Only to make myself calm and to satisfy the lust of buying ebooks, I bought most of the books written by Colin Wright from Amazon. For those who do not know, Colin is many things. He is a traveller, a minimalist, author of many books both in genres of fiction and non-fiction. He also runs a podcast Let’s Know Things and is a co-founder of Asymmetrical Press. I am not advertising anything about Colin in this post. All words are truly mine. Nor Colin is paying me to write this post. I am just excited to read his work. The reason I am excited is that I feel […]

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BOOK REVIEW: My Mute Girlfriend by Himanshu Rai

BOOK REVIEW: My Mute Girlfriend by Himanshu Rai

Posted May 5, 2018 by @amanhimself in Books, Fiction / 0 Comments

Himanshu Rai’s latest book, My Mute Girlfriend is a typical romance fiction. I generally do not adore reading novels in this genre but this one caught my eye because of the title and blurb of the book. The plot revolves around the boy, Rohan, the protagonist in this story and lives with his family. He has a teenage crush on a girl in his school and decides to propose her. Soon an incident in his life turns around his plans and he finds himself sitting for admit counseling after getting a good result in an entrance exam and fulfill his family’s dreams. This where we meet our second protagonist of the story. The female lead, Vaidehi. She and Rohan soon […]

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