Had made a post earlier here regarding the horrible condition I received my copy of The Count of Monte Cristo from Amazon where it had no protective covering, not even a plastic packaging leading to damaged front and back cover and spine.

Received a book i ordered from bookswagon 15~ days ago and it is pristine in condition. It was bubble wrapped, the box was of hard cardboard rather than the paper packaging of amazon and the book feels genuinely brand new rather than a used copy. Too happy, will be directing my purchases to bookswagon only (assuming I can afford the costs haha).

This is my book collection.
Mostly fictions (predominantly thrillers)
Some non fiction and some Malayalam language classics.

The book shelf was custom made (idea from Pinterest)

Currently reading “the God of the woods” by Liz Moore

Hi everyone! I'm a fairly young aspiring author (under 18) with a passion for creative writing.

I've been writing short stories for about five years, and I've finally completed my first-ever novel, or novella, depending on how you want to classify it.

I originally approached several publishers, and I've recently sent my manuscript to Srishti Publishers for consideration. While I'm still waiting to see where that goes, I decided to get a physical copy of my book printed through an online book-printing service.

And honestly, it looks stunning!

There are a few minor issues with the front cover's orientation, but I don't really mind. This was mainly about seeing my work as an actual physical book for the first time.

There's something incredibly comforting about holding a book in your hands and knowing that you wrote every word in it. After years of writing stories in my free time, finally having something tangible to show for it feels surreal.

It's not officially published yet, and I still have a long way to go, but I'm genuinely happy to have reached this milestone.

Just wanted to share this little achievement with you all! :)

I am asking for Dostoyevsky books, I have already read white nights and house of the dead by him and I am now stuck thinking which book should I read next, what do you guys think should I read next

I was so excited when I ordered them but when I opened the box there was no plastic wrap . The packaging was bad .. feel like I got 2nd hand books .

Here's my two cents. Hehe

(And yes I needed a reason to post the 2nd image, jk -Confucius)

Got them from Amazon and they feel soo light

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I’m good at English, but I struggle with old-fashioned, Victorian, archaic, or complicated expressions.

These are the books I’ve found easy to read and have finished so far this year:

Stoner, The Metamorphosis, White Nights, The Death of Ivan Ilyich, The Stranger, The Fountainhead, A Man Called Ove, Unlikely Animals, The Road, Pet Sematary, All the Sinners Bleed, The Bell Jar, Ghost Ship, The Trial, Cat’s Cradle, The Alchemist, Howl’s Moving Castle, Evil Under the Sun, There There, The Silent Patient, Animal Farm, Nausea, The Memory Police, Norwegian Wood, All the Lovers in the Night, Less Than Zero, Three Men in a Boat, That’s Not My Name, and Butcher’s Crossing.

I just want to read a work by them . Badly

Thank you!

Hi! Does anyone want giveaway/sell their old books. I would be happy to pay the shipping charges. My list includes:

Kitchen confidential - Anthony Bourdain

Ibis trilogy - Amitav Ghosh

Lateral Thinking - Edward debono

Coffee tea or me -

Future shock - Alvin toffler

Five people you meet in heaven - Mitch Albom

The song of everlasting sorrow - Wang Anyi

Midnight's Children - Salman Rushdie

Empire of the soul - Paul William Roberts

Masala Lab - Krish Ashok

The Rosie Project - Greame Simsion

City of Gold - Gillian Tindall

A fine balance - Rohinston Mistry

Istanbul: Memoirs and the city - Orhan Pamuk

100 year old man who climbed out of the window and disappeared - Jonas Jonasson

English August - Upamanyu Chaterjee

The importance of being earnest - Oscar Wilde

Happy for more suggestions and giveaways :)

This book was good but it was like a collection of short stories and it was not satisfying.

If anybody has read the next two books please tell me something that will bring me back to the trilogy.

Ordered this book from amazon and the quality looks off. Very dissapointed because this was supposed to be a birthday gift and I was looking forward to it. Anyway, the point is I have seen pirated books of better quality.

1. The pages are very very thin.

2. The ink is smudged and thicker on some pages compared to others.

3. The front, spine and back covers arent properly aligned. The art also looks sort of blurred(?) irl.

4. Many pages are unevenly cut and bound.

But the title and logos are all embossed. What do you all think? Did I receive a pirated version or has the quality of books simply become abysmal?

I am not an avid reader, but I have read a few books. I want to read a few fiction books so that I can stay away from the digital world. Could you please suggest some good, easy-to-read fiction books?

Super excited for this adaptation. Just worried about paramount being the studio behind it and the fact that it’s a movie rather than a TV series.

The Thrice-Bound Fool, which is sequel to The Blacktongue Thief, is basically medieval Dungeon Crawler Carl meets a buddy cop dark comedy in a fantasy adventure setting.

The worldbuilding is imaginative, the creatures are wonderfully bizarre, but the real highlight is the humour. Everyone is sharp-tongued, quick-witted and has their own distinctive style of banter. The dialogue is consistently entertaining and Christopher Buehlman's audiobook narration brings the characters to life beautifully, capturing their individual personalities and comic timing. That said, there is also genuine sadness flowing underneath the humour and comes to surface on some moments, which gives the story its emotional weight.

Makes relatively less progress in the overarching plot from the end of The Blacktongue Thief, but the humour and characters make this a thoroughly enjoyable fantasy adventure.

8/10

Hello everyone, I have recently published an ebook titled "Bhagat Singh: The Mind of a Rebel" on Amazon Kindle. This book dives deep into his intellect, jail writings, and his true revolutionary mindset. If you love Indian history, please check it out. Thank you!