At the start of the year, I will log in to my Goodreads account and set a reading challenge for the year. Last year in 2021, I set a goal of reading 20 books. However, I blazed through my goals and achieved reading 29 before the year ended. Initially I set my goal to read... Continue Reading →
Every year, I set myself a reading goal. It varies from year to year. I usually set my goals to read an average of 20 books a year. Some years, I set at 24 books, which means having to complete reading one book almost every two weeks. Some years, slightly less. Since 2014, I have... Continue Reading →
Two weeks ago I bought the 2019 version of Kindle Oasis, Amazon’s flagship kindle. I decided to replace my 2016 Kindle Paperwhite when the battery life of the old device started deteriorating badly. I went all out and bought the Oasis. The Kindle Oasis is the most expensive electronic book reader in the Kindle lineup.... Continue Reading →
Every year for the past six years, I have participated in the Goodreads reading challenge. It is a challenge of setting yourself a goal; the number of books you would like to read for the year. And throughout the year, you track your progress, marking the books you have read, and selecting the books you... Continue Reading →
The final book in the trilogy that follows the journey and adventure of Fitz and the Fool. I read the second book last year November. Now six months later, I embarking on the third and final book. This 900 page tome will take me a while to read. I am almost half way there. I... Continue Reading →
I am an avid reader but not a voracious one. I suffer from episodes of intense reading sessions followed by absolute disgust for books. I go through these cycles several times in a year. Apart from the magazines and news sources that I subscribe to, I am quite conservative when it comes to deciding just... Continue Reading →
24 books. That was the number of books I challenged myself to read for 2016. I set my reading challenge on Goodreads, and it really does help in tracking my progress. 24 books a year roughly amount to about a book every 2 weeks. Challenging for someone who constantly have to find time to set... Continue Reading →
Sometime last year, I subscribed to The New Yorker, taking advantage of the 3 month subscription promotion for only $1 an issue for 12 issues. It was a good deal and I had not only access to the latest issue of the magazine, but also it's archive. I loved The New Yorker. Its long form... Continue Reading →
Having completed my second read through of this amazing novel by Patrick Rothfuss, I am still at awed by the way it is written. Beautiful, engaging and the characters filled within the pages are believable and as real as it gets. I am so emotionally attached to the characters in the book, that I will... Continue Reading →
E-readers have come a long way. Since then many companies have created, built and improved on e-reader technologies. On the forefront are e-readers with e-ink technology. E-ink technology is suppose to mimic the look and possibly feel of a trade paperback book. It uses very little power and a typical device could be used for... Continue Reading →
VS I own the iPad and I love reading books on the iPad. E-books are a big thing for me especially when the iPad is around. It is the most dominant form of usage when I'm using the iPad. I mainly use the Amazon Kindle to buy and read my books. Currently I have... Continue Reading →
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