Tag: Reading

A SHORT JOURNEY OF A BAREFOOT

A SHORT JOURNEY OF A BAREFOOT

Posted October 9, 2013 by @amanhimself in Essay, MyWorks / 0 Comments

On an early August morning, wandering alone on the crispy and crumby dead leaves I felt sharp rays of sun appearing betwixt the naked branches of trees. The trees appeared as some broken mannequins, their faces totally blank in aspect to show an expression that if ever a brainy mind ever groom in them or do they have brainless mind already? I felt even if I stand all day long and just stare them, they will still be blank just like the current state of humanity. People don’t react on the consequences and events they should but they do overreact on when they should show least of the interest. Squirrels were hovering hither and thither trees to hide themselves beneath […]

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FAR FROM THE MADDING CROWD: A REVIEW

FAR FROM THE MADDING CROWD: A REVIEW

Posted October 3, 2013 by @amanhimself in Books, classics / 0 Comments

FAR FROM THE MADDING CROWD by THOMAS HARDY The more I read, the more I realize that a book should be wrought with a special physiognomy but also it should be astonishing. Far From the Madding Crowd is one example of the aforesaid. This was my first book of the author Thomas Hardy, his poetic way and his way of portraying a scene gives a reader the feeling repletion. Many a times, the reader would be astonished by the way of illustrations Thomas Hardy provides in this particular title. The way he pulled images, I was bewitched by his art. Far from the Madding Crowd is basically the story of Bathsheba Everdene and how her three suitors affect her life. Looking at the protagonist Bathsheba Everdene, considering her […]

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BOOK REVIEW: MISTRESS by JAMES PATTERSON & DAVID ELLIS

BOOK REVIEW: MISTRESS by JAMES PATTERSON & DAVID ELLIS

Posted September 19, 2013 by @amanhimself in Books, Crime & Mystery, Reviews / 0 Comments

This was my seventh James Patterson’s book and I would say he writes better when he is not co-authoring. There were times when I read his Alex Cross‘ series or Women’s Mystery Club series and when I read his Private series or the Mistress. The difference would be in front of you. The difference is like between the day and the night. This fact may be true that he has sold more than combining Stephen King, Dan Brown and John Grisham, also, 19 consecutive No. 1 New York Times bestselling novels, and holds The New York Times record for most bestselling hardcover fiction titles by a single author but books like Mistress, it feels gone are those days when James Patterson was a real Page turner. It is just not […]

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CONFESSIONS OF A READAHOLIC: FIRST BOOK

CONFESSIONS OF A READAHOLIC: FIRST BOOK

Posted September 16, 2013 by @amanhimself in Books / 0 Comments

When did I start reading? Hmm… Well, surely I must have been a small kid with the curiosity of childhood. Nevertheless, I remember when I bought my first book. I was in third standard then. I remember the incident clearly. There was a book fair for a week in my school (my school always had them) and we use to get a leaflet containing the name a brief description and the pricing of the book. I showed that leaflet to my father after the dinner and I think he agreed and gave me money. Next day came early, and I was blooming with the excitement. I remember the book, it is still there on my shelf. Though, I don’t remember […]

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NEW BUYS- CLASSICS

NEW BUYS- CLASSICS

Posted September 4, 2013 by @amanhimself in Books / 0 Comments

Finally the most awaited order of this month has arrived. I was eagerly waiting for the below books from past four days, and they were giving me sleepless nights. They are in order: The Complete Father Brown Series by G. K. Chesterton Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad The Divine comedy: Inferno by Dante Fathers and Sons by Ivan S. Turgenev Far from the Madding Crowd by Thomas Hardy Paradise Lost and Paradise Regained by John Milton What do you guys have to say?  

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WORLD OF FICTION

WORLD OF FICTION

Posted September 1, 2013 by @amanhimself in Books, MyWorks / 0 Comments

Books are written because an author wants to write and a reader wants to read. Fiction is a most read form of writing and it is the kind of writing that is not factual. In the world of fiction, I am going to concentrate on four aspects of fiction: Flash Fiction, Short Story, Novella, and Micro Fiction. Flash Fiction is small. They are short, short stories. Generally consists of 500 to 750 words. Well, if you think writing that many words is easy for you, think again. If you still think it is easy for you, well try to the limit. In my research a Flash Fiction does not exceed 1,000 words. Short Story which is something between a Flash Fiction and a Novella. I love reading short stories. They […]

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CURRENTLY READING

CURRENTLY READING

Posted August 14, 2013 by @amanhimself in Books / 0 Comments

Wide Sargasso Sea  is a postcolonial parallel novel by Jean Rhys a Dominican born author. The novel is a prequel to Charlotte Bronte’s 1847 novel Jane Eyre. It is the story of Antoinette Cosway known as Bertha Mason in Jane Eyre, a white Creole heiress, from the time of her youth in the Caribbean to her unhappy marriage with Mr Rochester and relocation to England. Jean when was sixteen came to England and struggled into few demimonde jobs like a chorus girl, mannequin, artist’s model. She began to write in her thirties and was encouraged by Ford Madox Ford, who also discovered D. H. Lawrence. Her first book was a collection of short stories called The Left Bank in which Ford Madox wrote an introduction in 1927. With the outbreak of World War II in 1939, she […]

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BOOK REVIEW:THE SEA AND THE SILENCE

BOOK REVIEW:THE SEA AND THE SILENCE

Posted August 8, 2013 by @amanhimself in Books, Reviews / 0 Comments

The Sea and the SILENCE  by PETER CUNNINGHAM The Sea and the Silence is a beautifully written historical fiction by Peter Cunningham. It is one of those books that you don’t appreciate the craftsman until you read it. I got an ebook format of it, a few weeks back on my Kindle application from Amazon. This historical novel set in Ireland, spanning the years from WWII to the 1960s, the story is chiefly about Iz, the daughter of a cash-poor but land-rich Anglo-Irish aristocrat during a time when the IRA was “taking back” Ireland. The novel is broken into two parts, the first entitled ‘Hector’ and it encompasses the years of Iz’s marriage. There’s not too much Irish history in this part, rather it is […]

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A CLASH OF KINGS: A REVIEW FOR THE KINGS

A CLASH OF KINGS: A REVIEW FOR THE KINGS

Posted August 7, 2013 by @amanhimself in Books, Fiction, Reviews / 0 Comments

A CLASH OF KINGS by George R. R. Martin As I read George R. R. Martin more I fall in love with his essence of writing more.  I finished A Clash of Kings in four day reading. A Song of Ice and Fire which is an ongoing series. I believe, this series is one of the deepest realms since Tolkien, with a mythology, culture, and history. When you’re reading Martin’s books, you feel you want to quit your job and everything in life, just to be at one place and read all day. I certainly enjoyed the first book, A Game of Thrones more than the second one. The pace of the book is as usual but the plotting suffers. This book really feels like the second of a series of […]

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CURRENTLY READING

CURRENTLY READING

Posted August 2, 2013 by @amanhimself in Books / 0 Comments

A Clash of Kings by George R. R. Martin

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