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The Man from Chinnamasta book review on Ameya

The Man from Chinnamasta | Book Review | 2006 | Indira Goswami

ABOUT THE AUTHOR Indira Goswami was an Indian writer, poet, scholar, professor, and editor. She was born in Guwahati, India in 1942. Her pen name was Mamoni Raisom Goswami. Goswami was an accomplished author, and many of her works were translated from Assamese to English. Her body of work includes short stories, novels, and poetry. Read more…

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The Metamorphosis | Book Review | 1915 | Franz Kafka

ABOUT THE AUTHOR Franz Kafka was a German-speaking Czech novelist and short-story writer. He was born in 1883 in Prague. Kafka was regarded as one of the prominent figures in twentieth-century literature. In fact, the term Kafkaesque is now used to describe the typical situations one encounters in Kafka’s works. It is noteworthy that Kafka Read more…

Book review of How to Change by Katy Milkman

How to Change | Book Review | 2021 | Katy Milkman

ABOUT THE AUTHOR Katy Milkman does so many things simultaneously. She is the former president of the Society for Judgment and Decision Making. She is the co-founder and co-director of the Behavior Change for Good Initiative, a research center aimed at advancing the science of lasting behavioral changes. An award-winning scholar and teacher, Katy writes Read more…

Shadow Kiss book review

Shadow Kiss | Book Review | 2008 | Richelle Mead

ABOUT THE AUTHOR Richelle Mead is best known for her fictional series titled Vampire Academy and its spinoff, Bloodlines. All of Mead’s book are fantasy novels with elements of the supernatural. She published her first book in 2017. Over the next two years, she would go on to publish another six books, marking her steep Read more…

Frostbite book review

Frostbite | Book Review | 2008 | Richelle Mead

ABOUT THE AUTHOR Richelle Mead is a Michigan-born American author. Mead’s debut novel, Succubus Blues, was published in 2017. While the book garnered immense popularity among fans, it failed to make an impression on the critics. However, the author made a strong comeback the same year. Her fictional series titled Vampire Academy and its spinoff, Read more…

Coraline book review

Coraline | Book Review | 2002 | Neil Gaiman & Chris Riddell

ABOUT THE AUTHOR Neil Gaiman is a bestselling English author. Aside from screenwriting for movies, Gaiman also writes short fiction, comic books, graphic novels and non-fiction. His preferred genres are fantasy, comedy, horror, and science fiction. Gaiman’s notable works include The Sandman, Stardust, American Gods, Coraline, Good Omens, The Ocean at the End of the Read more…

Building a Second Brain book review

Building a Second Brain | Book Review | 2022 | Tiago Forte

ABOUT THE AUTHOR Tiago Forte was born and raised in Southern California. He grew up in a mixed Filipino and Brazilian household. Forte is the founder of Forte Labs and a productivity expert. He taught thousands of people how technology can revolutionize lives. The New York Times and the Harvard Business Review have featured his Read more…

Eat That Frog by Brian Tracy

Eat That Frog! | Book Review | 2001 | Brian Tracy

ABOUT THE AUTHOR Brian Tracy is a Canadian-American motivational speaker and author. Tracy was born in Canada in 1944. He has written over eighty books on self-development, leadership, strategy, and management. These books have been translated into many languages. Some of his most notable works are Eat That Frog!, Earn What You’re Really Worth, and No Read more…

The Queen’s Gambit | Book Review | 1983 | Walter Tevis

ABOUT THE AUTHOR Walter Tevis was an American novelist and short-story writer. Tevis was born in 1928 in San Francisco. At the age of 17, he served in the Pacific Theater as a Navy carpenter’s mate on board the USS Hamilton. Post-discharge, he completed his B.A. and M.A. in English literature from the University of Read more…