Tag: E-book

#BOOKSPOTLIGHT: The Assassinations – A Novel of 1984

Posted January 4, 2018 by @amanhimself in Books, Spotlight/Giveaway / 0 Comments

Published: 2017 by Speaking Tiger Books Blurb To Deepa, Prem gave no hint of the churning inside him. In front of her he affected a cheery demeanour, indulging her in her plans for their honeymoon, which she kept revising. It was a welcome escape from the mayhem surrounding him. There were occasions where the pretence got to him and a voice rose inside, urging him to tell her everything. He silenced it. Deepa was a Hindu and would never understand. Until then, he had never thought of her as different.

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BOOK REVIEW: Saudade by Husna Mohammad

Posted December 30, 2017 by @amanhimself in Book Reviews, Books, Reviews / 0 Comments

Pages: 149, Paperback Published: September, 2017 Cover Rating: 5/5 This year, I have read few short stories. Recent addition being Saudade written by creative Indian Writer, Husna Mohammad. Saudade is a collection nine different stories that cover a variety of topics but every one of them share same geographical location: Kerela, Southern India. The stories revolve around the social, political and cultural environment that exists in the region.The title itself explains by the meaning of the word Saudade, which is incidentally the running thread in most of the stories. Short stories generally mean different plots and these stories are centred around the lives of people from different walks of life and shaped by their own fate and circumstance. The first […]

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What to Read in 2018? A List of books worth your time

Posted December 17, 2017 by @amanhimself in Book List, Books / 20 Comments

In 2017, I started my voracious reading journey with the word “productivity” in mind. In my workflow, I wanted to be as productive as I could but later realise that it has its limitations. First limitation that I come across as I continued on my path as I found that there is a vast field and there are sub-niches that fall under that word. I had to make a decision on how will I benefit more in terms of productivity itself but more importantly having/developing that mindset? I came across 28 books throughout the year. Few were recommendations from people who share similar goals as mine and few were picks of my own.

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BOOK REVIEW: Ice Bound by Hywel Richard Pinto

Posted December 16, 2017 by @amanhimself in Book Reviews, Books, Reviews / 5 Comments

Pages: 234 Publisher: Becomeshakespeare.com First edition (20 July 2015) Cover Rating: 4/5 In a post-apocalyptic world, Earth is mostly covered by snow. A group of residents are traversing these frozen lands and being led by a man in search of his own father. The Diabolical army have always been one step ahead but are not the only concern of the group. Another major concern that exist is beating the nature in its own game.

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BOOK REVIEW: Aliens in Delhi by Sami Ahmad Khan

Posted December 5, 2017 by @amanhimself in Book Reviews, Books, Reviews, Thrillers / 4 Comments

Pages: 300, Paperback Published: 2017 by Niyogi Books Cover Rating: 3/5 Sci-Fi fans I have a new delight for you this time. Dr. Sami Ahmad Khan’s latest book that concerns with an extra-terrestrial race of reptiloids invasion of planet Earth. That too very much close to the place I currently live. (Brownie points to author for that). It is titled as Aliens in Delhi. Fascinating enough for me!

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BOOK REVIEW: Tribe of Mentors – Short Life Advice from the Best in the World by Timothy Ferriss

Posted November 26, 2017 by @amanhimself in Book Reviews, Books / 7 Comments

Pages: 624, Kindle Edition Published: 21st November 2017, by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Cover Rating: 5/5 (hint: something is in symmetry, see carefully) I get excited when I hear Tim Ferriss is going to release a new book. The guy knows what to write, or at least how to present information in terms of mere words. Last year, I spent 18 days on his Tools of Titans which came out in the month of December. I haven’t spent more than 15 days on Infinite Jest by David Foster Wallace and War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy. Tim’s books tend to cover a vast amount of information that is not easy for a human brain to process. After putting my nose in his […]

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BOOK REVIEW: Who me, Poor? by Gayatri Jayaraman

Posted November 23, 2017 by @amanhimself in Book Reviews, Books, Business / 4 Comments

Pages: 184 Published: 2017 by Bloomsbury Cover Rating: 5/5 Buy this book? Gayatri Jayaraman’s article The Urban Poor You Haven’t Noticed: Millennials Who’re Broke, Hungry, But On Trend on BuzzFeed last year was realistic and fascinating. It what tempted me more to give this book a read. The main theme it covers is what can be label as Urban Poverty that can be seen as an after effect in corporate offices after Friday nights and weekends spend in bars and lounges.

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BOOK REVIEW: Project Bodi by Hosein Kouros-Mehr

Posted November 16, 2017 by @amanhimself in Book Reviews, Books, science fiction / 4 Comments

Pages: 219, Kindle Edition Published: September 2017 Cover Rating: 3/5 How many science fiction books you have read on the future of out species? Out of them, how many are dystopian? Recently, I watched Blade Runner and I liked the flying cars. What if the occurrence of changes are dystopian not as the society but for the large corporations of the world of today. What if Apple becomes obsolete?

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BOOK REVIEW: Boomerang by Temba Magorimbo

Posted November 14, 2017 by @amanhimself in Book Reviews, Books / 4 Comments

Pages: 446, Kindle Edition Published: 2016 Cover Rating: 3/5 Boomerang by Temba Magorimbo is based in Africa and is one those few novels that I have read that allows me to explore the enormous continent. The novel is a unique in many ways with a good start that allows the reader like myself to indulge in it from page one.

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BOOK REVIEW: Ikigai – The Japanese Secret to a Long and Happy Life

Posted November 11, 2017 by @amanhimself in Book Reviews, Books, Reviews / 2 Comments

Pages: 192, Kindle Edition Published: August 2017 by Penguin Books Cover Rating: 5/5 The positive attitude and emotional awareness of Japanese is appealing to anyone since it is directly associated with health. It is known that people of Japan have longest life expectancy in the world. Don’t we all want to live a long, and healthy life? Co-authors of this book, Frances Miralles and Hector Garcia did research on this variables and the main subject of their research was the elderly in Japan. The result is Ikigai, the book rightly titled.