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BOOK REVIEW: Men and Dreams In the Dhauladhar by Kochery Shibu

BOOK REVIEW: Men and Dreams In the Dhauladhar by Kochery Shibu

Posted January 31, 2018 by @amanhimself in Book Reviews, Books / 0 Comments

Pages: 284, Paperback Published: 2015 by Niyogi Books Cover Rating: 5/5 Kochery Shibu’s debut novel Men and Dreams In the Dhauladhar is a mesmerising tale. Set in the lesser Himalayan Ranges around the peaks in Dhauladhar, this book is a perfect companion on a wintry night to get cozy. The plot majorly revolves around the lives of three individuals who in return somehow get intertwine with each their. It starts at a hydro power project in Himalayas where an engineer running from his past, after losing almost all of his family. Another individual, a Kashmiri boy displaced in his youth from his family, gets involve in terrorism and some how lands working as a labour at the Dam construction site. […]

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Ebook available for Preorders

Ebook available for Preorders

Posted January 29, 2018 by @amanhimself in Announcement / 15 Comments

So I recently published my first ebook through KDP (Kinde Direct Publishing) and it feels great! 😃 It is short, and will not take much time for you to read and I hope it helps you with blogging. The ebook will be available on Amazon on 1st Feburuary and it is available for pre-order here! for $ 2.99 Here is the blurb of the ebook: A Blogger’s Manifesto is a short ebook about blogging written by a blogger. It covers the story of my book blog Confessions of a Readaholic and other essentials for an individual who is getting started with blogging or is a new blogger. The book in detail covers: – Starting a blog with zero followers – Writing a compelling […]

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Cover is decided for the upcoming Ebook

Cover is decided for the upcoming Ebook

Posted January 28, 2018 by @amanhimself in Announcement, Books / 8 Comments

Once again, thank you so much. In the second last post, I asked you to help me choose a cover for my upcoming ebook. You did very well. I have to go with the audience choice. It was a busy week and the cover of my ebook, A Blogger’s Manifesto is decided.   The voting lines are closed now. You have done a great job by helping me 😃 These were the results of the poll:  

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Book Spotlight: The Shadow of Darkness

Book Spotlight: The Shadow of Darkness

Posted January 27, 2018 by @amanhimself in Book Reviews, Books / 0 Comments

Congratulations! On your book, The Shadow of Darkness. I hope you won’t mind answering a few questions for my book blog and the lovely readers who are awaiting your book. Not at all! I am glad to answer your questions and hope (the) readers enjoy reading them. Q. What is the book (or books) you’ve given most as a gift, and why? Or what are one to three books that have greatly influenced your life? When it comes to gifting ideas for adults, it’s hard to pick books because you don’t know their reading preferences and also the fact whether they like reading makes books a challenging choice. But if I know the receiver likes to read, I’d certainly pick […]

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I need your help with my upcoming Ebook

I need your help with my upcoming Ebook

Posted January 25, 2018 by @amanhimself in Announcement, Books / 24 Comments

In my last post, I publicly announced that I am writing an ebook for bloggers and will be covering topics for book bloggers as my own niche. Those of you do not know me, I have been blogging for 5 years and I have learned a lot. This ebook is going to be a token of appreciation and my experiences I want to share with the people who are getting started in the blogosphere or are already a part of one. Update on Ebook Writing I am almost done with it. Going through a final draft and proofreading activities. I haven’t come up with a tentative date since I am new in the world of Self Publishing and I think it […]

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Shoutout to my Blogging Friend: JenGee

Shoutout to my Blogging Friend: JenGee

Posted January 21, 2018 by @amanhimself in Authors, Books / 9 Comments

Connecting with bloggers is always my priority and I am so glad that I could connect with JenGee last week. She even took time to visit my blog and mention me in one of her posts. A BIG THANK YOU Jen 🙏 [Check her blog out: geejenmotw] In her post she asked me few questions that you can I both can refer to in the screenshot below.

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AUTHOR INTERVIEW: Maia Duerr

AUTHOR INTERVIEW: Maia Duerr

Posted January 20, 2018 by @amanhimself in Books, Interviews / 1 Comment

  Published: December 2017 by Parallax Press I recently, got a chance to have a QnA with Maia Duerr, the author Work That Matters. Q. What is the book (or books) you’ve given most as a gift, and why? Or what are one to three books that have greatly influenced your life? Two books that have informed how I move through the world are Zen Mind, Beginner’s Mind by Shunryu Suzuki Roshi, and Let Your Life Speak by Parker Palmer. Sometimes I give each of those as gifts to dear friends, knowing what a difference they’ve made in my life! Both those books invited me into an experience that was deeper than the words on the page. Zen Mind, Beginner’s […]

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Hustle: The Power to Charge your Life with Money, Meaning and Momentum

Hustle: The Power to Charge your Life with Money, Meaning and Momentum

Posted January 18, 2018 by @amanhimself in Book Reviews, Books, Non-Fiction / 3 Comments

Published: September, 2016 by Rodale Books Pages: 272 Think for a moment. When you read the word, ‘Hustle’, what does it mean to you? How does your brain process it? Have you ever thought that a word such as Hustle posses power over your heart, mind and habits? These are the questions I’d want you to think about before going in-depth into this book. To answer the questions, this book describes Hustling is about shaking things up, letting go of old patterns that suck the life out of us and beginning anew.

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BOOK REVIEW: Sindoori Ranng by Gargi Saxena

BOOK REVIEW: Sindoori Ranng by Gargi Saxena

Posted January 16, 2018 by @amanhimself in Book Reviews, Books / 3 Comments

Pages: 42, Kindle Edition Gargi Saxena’s Sindoori Ranng: Love is not Blind is short story that will leave an impression on its reader. Only 42 pages long, this story can be read within an hour and is great companion if you are looking to read something enjoyable and too in quick manner.

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3 Books Like "The Martian"

3 Books Like "The Martian"

Posted January 14, 2018 by @amanhimself in Book List, Books, science fiction / 9 Comments

If  you enjoyed and lol’ed (in some places) while reading Andy Weir‘s (see Andy Weir’s interview) The Martian (read book review here), the story of an astronaut Mark Watney, who struggles to survive, alone on the red planet. Maybe, you’d watched the movie directed by Ridley Scott, in which Matt Damon portray’s Mark Watney. Maybe, you just more of the red planet. Whichever the case is, you’d want to take a look at these books.

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