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Earlier today, just hovering on ‘My Books’ section on Goodreads I found an astonishing stats page that tells you about the authors you have most read, ranking according to the amount of books read of each author. It helps to recall a lot of involuntary memories of when I read those authors, and how I felt about their work. This stats does not show those authors for whom I have read only one book. Thus, I conclude a list of some those writers and the number of books written by each I have managed to read, and a recommendation from my part, in that order. Ian Rankin- 16 books I have read Set In Darkness introduced me to the world […]
Authors I have read Posted March 1, 2015 by @amanhimself in Book List, Books / 0 Comments Earlier today, just hovering on ‘My Books’ section on Goodreads I found an astonishing stats page that tells you about the authors you have most read, ranking according to the amount of books read of each autho
Book Review: Middlemarch by George Eliot Posted February 19, 2015 by @amanhimself in Books, classics, Reviews / 0 Comments The magnificent book that, with all its imperfections, is one of the few English novels written for grown-up people Virginia Woolf It took me almost 9 days to finish reading Mid
The Unknown Van Gogh Posted February 13, 2015 by @amanhimself in Books, Essay, Reviews / 0 Comments Admire as much as you can. Most people do not admire enough. ― Vincent van Gogh I can’t stop admiring his art work. Sometimes I just want to drown myself in them. Anyone familiar with the drawings and
What to learn from Dante’s Inferno? Posted January 4, 2015 by @amanhimself in Books, Essay / 0 Comments Dante’s Inferno offers a great amount of lessons that are considered to be moral and necessary. Born in Florence to a noble family, and ended up spending almost half of his life in exile Dante pre
BOOK REVIEW: Inferno by Dante Alighieri Posted December 24, 2014 by @amanhimself in Books, classics, Non-Fiction, Reviews / 0 Comments Inferno by Dante Alighieri My rating: 5 of 5 stars Imagine that feeling, when you are reading a book and by the end it makes you feel complete. We all have observed
BOOK REVIEW: Matilda by Roald Dahl Posted November 24, 2014 by @amanhimself in Books, Reviews / 0 Comments Matilda by Roald Dahl My rating: 5 of 5 stars To celebrate Roald Dahl’s birthday in my on way, I choose this book. I often regret on not coming across his books in my childhood as each of them
BOOK REVIEW: The Last Man by Mary Shelley Posted October 24, 2014 by @amanhimself in Books, classics, Reviews / 0 Comments The Last Man by Mary Shelley My rating: 3.5 of 5 stars Critics consider The Last Man is Mary Shelley‘s most important novel after Frankenstein. Since I read Frankenstein, a few
PULP FICTION, Anyone? Posted July 30, 2014 by @amanhimself in Books, Essay / 0 Comments No, I am not talking about Tarantino’s Pulp Fiction here. But what is Pulp Fiction anyway? The real pulp fiction goes back to the magazines that used cheaper pulp paper in order to sell in great volume to a vorac
TUESDAY TOP TEN: 10 Stories to read at The New Yorker Posted July 22, 2014 by @amanhimself in Uncategorized / 0 Comments The New Yorker relaunched its website yesterday with complete makeover signifying the first step in the magazine’s new focus on the web. Part of that initiative is the magazine’s
BOOK REVIEW: Frankenstein by Mary Shelley Posted July 20, 2014 by @amanhimself in Books, classics, Essay, Goth, Reviews / 0 Comments For several years, I avoided reading FRANKENSTEIN by Mary Shelly because the name had been caught up in endless clichés and had been inextricably linked with the horro