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Buying Books I Don’t Read

Buying Books I Don’t Read

Posted July 22, 2015 by @amanhimself in Book List, Books / 69 Comments

Sometimes I am annoyed by myself. The reason is simple, I buy books that I don’t read. Ever. I never really go for a book shopping for more than two books a time, and once or twice I have been I made sure that I have read them all. But there are some books or the other when in time I glance on my shelf that brings back the happiness of buying it but the guilt of not reading it. I must day, I like buying books. Books which are lesser known. Books in series. Books with yellow pages, rusty covers and that smell! I don’t think I am harming them in any way even if they are lying soundlessly on my […]

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GUEST POST- The Reading Troubles by Alex

Posted June 21, 2015 by @amanhimself in Guest Post / 11 Comments

THE READING TROUBLES by ALEX  Everyone who loves reading has to go through these reading troubles, once a while.  But since we love books too much,  we are willing to adjust. So, I’m going to list all those and ask you something regarding it. Withering Books are as precious, beautiful and delicate as flowers. So just like flowers,  they wither too. Just look at your copy of your favorite book. As many times as you’ve read it,  the book has suffered. The bind is bent, pages are folded. It’s in bad shape, no doubt. But what can we do? We have read it so many times. The proof shows on the outside. Which is the book on your shelf that is […]

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Things I Have Learned About Blogging

Things I Have Learned About Blogging

Posted June 19, 2015 by @amanhimself in Blogging Tips, Books, Essay / 40 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 am I going to take it forward or will I ever run out of ideas and blog posts some day? That idea of running out of blog posts sometimes still haunts me today, mostly when I am not writing a blog post. It’s okay I guess with a blog and an audience(of course, you guys) comes a greater responsibility. I must say I enjoy blogging. I enjoy writing posts, I enjoy keeping a word limit for every post and trying not to exceed it, I enjoy sharing my […]

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BOOK REVIEW: The Time Machine by H. G. Wells

BOOK REVIEW: The Time Machine by H. G. Wells

Posted June 3, 2015 by @amanhimself in Books, classics, Reviews, science fiction / 4 Comments

Herbert George Wells starts the book THE TIME MACHINE by arguing that the ‘Time’ is itself a separate dimension. Through the protagonist of the book, Wells present a theory that the first three dimensions are occupied by the space and the time is the fourth dimension. Just like the narrator of the book, as a reader of the text, I felt eccentric while coming across the aforementioned theory of Mr. Herbert G. Wells. In the book, an unnamed narrator tells the story of a time traveller whom he met and who then takes over the narration to describe about an event that happened to him. The Time Machine is all about imagination. Both of the person who wrote it, and the person […]

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May- A Monthly Recap

May- A Monthly Recap

Posted May 30, 2015 by @amanhimself in Book List, Books / 4 Comments

This post is all about what was posted this month on Confessions of a Readaholic. Book Reviews                          Guest Post  Mrs P’s Journey by Matthew Ruddle Book Lists Five Dystopian Novels to Read Five Anthony Trollope Books You Should Read

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GUEST POST- Mrs P’s Journey by Matthew Ruddle (A Book Review)

GUEST POST- Mrs P’s Journey by Matthew Ruddle (A Book Review)

Posted May 24, 2015 by @amanhimself in Guest Post / 15 Comments

Book Review: Mrs P’s Journey by Matthew Ruddle Mrs P’s Journey by Sarah Hartley Phyllis got lost in London. We’ve all been there. Lost in a big city, trying to find that little, hidden gem a friend told us about, going around in circles, walking down the wrong side street, and ending up in a dead-end. We retrace our steps, double-check the street names, and somehow, accidentally, find our destination. Finding your way around an American city, for example, isn’t too bad, due to the way the streets are set out in a systematic grid system, but in older European cities, like London, the streets are unpredictable and haphazard, with complete disregard for logic or common sense. These days, help […]

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BOOK REVIEW: The Monk by Matthew Gregory Lewis

BOOK REVIEW: The Monk by Matthew Gregory Lewis

Posted May 20, 2015 by @amanhimself in Books, classics, Goth, Reviews / 15 Comments

THE MONK by Matthew Gregory Lewis was first published in 1796. It is an early gothic novel and despite being written over two hundred years ago, now considered under the classification of classic, it is a real page turner. Matthew Lewis has described the story in an effective manner, and this book is a good display of his story-telling. Previously read a few books related to the specific genre: Gothic, I am very much fascinated by the writings, the display of the words, and different type of plots. And by other books I mean Frankenstein by Mary Shelley and Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte. I don’t know if Dracula by Bram Stoker is a true horror or can also be considered as a part-gothic but […]

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Marcel Proust on Reading and Dying

Marcel Proust on Reading and Dying

Posted May 18, 2015 by @amanhimself in Books, Reviews / 5 Comments

Alain de Botton’s How Proust Can Change Your Life? tries to find an inspiration and explore various themes out of Proust’s essays, letters, and his fictional work. So far, it succeeds to achieve its goal, it’s a clever book with an amusing  and an evoking title. No prior knowledge of Proust or his epic, seven volume novel In Search of Lost Time is necessary in order to read and enjoy this book but after reading it, half of you will go for the first volume of In Search of Lost Time if you haven’t read Proust’s work before. In summer of 1922, a French newspaper formulated an elaborate question for its contributors. Marcel Proust was one of the contributors. The question asked was: An […]

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BOOK REVIEW: Infinite Jest by David Foster Wallace

BOOK REVIEW: Infinite Jest by David Foster Wallace

Posted May 8, 2015 by @amanhimself in Books, Reviews / 14 Comments

Reading INFINITE JEST was a task waiting to be done for quite a long of time. Reading INFINITE JEST in an Ebook format, is another task altogether. I searched for the paperback copy of Infinite Jest in more than ten big stores all over the city I live in. It was a shame, none of them were responsible enough to have at least a single copy. It took me two days to find the best possible solution until I decided to go with the e-formatted copy on my phablet. I considered ordering it online, but that just depletes the awe in which you are in when you want to read a book so badly. Also, the online process would have taken at least twelve days, by […]

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April- Monthly Recap

April- Monthly Recap

Posted April 30, 2015 by @amanhimself in Book List, Books / 0 Comments

This post is all about what was posted this month on Confessions of a Readaholic. Book Reviews                                Author Interview with Laura van den Berg Guest Post She Stands Aloof by Kendi Gloria Book Lists Books to read on Vincent van Gogh Four Books to read in April Five Books to read if you’re waiting for TRUE DETECTIVE season 2

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