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#PSA - especially for #MedMastodon folks who love #reading #books
Dr Abraham Verghese's new novel, 'The Covenant of Water' is out.
It's right now available only as a #HardcoverBook in #AmazonIndia
But in some really good news for #audiobook lovers, it's available in #AudibleIndia narrated by the author himself.
So I have absolutely no hesitation in highly recommending both the #DeadTreeBook and #audiobook versions of
Ivan Turgenev's 'A Sportsman's Notebook,' also more popularly known as 'Sketches from a Hunter's Album.'
#books 📚 #Bookstodon #reading #2023ReadingList
#audiobooks #ShortStories #RussianClassics #ScanmanRecommends
The next #book that I've finished #reading in my #2023ReadingList is;
William Dalrymple's first book, written in 1986 when he was a 21-year-old Cambridge undergraduate. The #travelogue / #memoir / #history book, In Xanadu: A Quest.
Though I had misgivings about the author's opinions in several places, I liked the book. Though it happened less than 40 years ago, such a journey would be inconceivable now. That alone makes it a unique read.
I'm getting put-off by #SubstackNotes.
I've been trying it daily for two weeks now and I don't like how so many people that I encounter there seem to be pushy about their paid newsletters and getting more subscribers.
That place has a commercial vibe compared to #mastodon and #twitter.
@[email protected] "these apps that purport to tell you about a book in 15 minutes"
Oh no! 😲 You've misunderstood the Serial Reader app. See the screenshot from a Mashable review of the app. This app SERIALISES books and delivers one part per day to your phone. They do it for all the out of copyright classics within the app. We can upload our own epub books and get them serialised also.
Btw, I too hate book summary apps like Blinkist. I can't understand why people would read books like that.
#AmReading #NowReading #reading
A Luxury Called Health: A Doctor's Journey Through the Art, the Science and the Trickery of Medicine by Kavery Nambisan
I could relate so well from the first chapter - as a small town boy who went to study in a medical college in southern India.
Oh, and I could never 'pith a frog.' I still can't stand frogs and reptiles.
#books 📚 #Bookstodon
#memoirs #MedicalBooks #DoctorsWhoWrite #IndianAuthors
Oh, btw, I used @SerialReader app to finish my last book - the Arundhati Roy book mentioned in my immediate last post. I think I put the app to good use. That's the first book that I finished using the app. This will definitely continue. Especially to clear up the unfinished books in my reading list. I'm finding it very useful and productive.
#ReadingApps #AppRecommendation #ScanmanRecommends #books #Bookstodon #reading