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Shom’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Shom’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
Shom Biswas’s Followers (49)
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Shom Biswas
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in Asansol, India
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Alexandre Dumas, Neville Cardus, Raymond Chandler, John le Carré, Grah
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October 2011
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https://www.goodreads.com/biswas
Dwight Muhammad Qawi (1953-2025)
Most of you have probably never heard of Dwight Muhammad Qawi.
He passed away a couple of days ago, and here are a few thoughts about him.
Qawi was one of my all-time favorites – an embodiment of bravery, resilience, and sheer will. Despite standing just 5’6″, he fought from light-heavyweight all the way up to heavyweight, and made every inch count. His style was a masterclass in pressure and precis
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I saw this trick being applied by the famous Goodreads reviewer emma, and thought that I could cheat this process. One story a day, maybe two. I can do other things, read other stuff, and I can still nail the book in a month, I think.So, trying, tryi ...more "
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I saw this trick being applied by the famous Goodreads reviewer emma, and thought that I could cheat this process. One story a day, maybe two. I can do other things, read other stuff, and I can still nail the book in a month, I think. So, trying, tryi ...more |
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"I’ve long followed Tanuj Solanki’s social media updates, specifically his insights into the issues facing Indian Writing in English (IWE). Of the challenges he regularly draws attention to, two in particular make sense: the geographic elitism that ig"
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I saw this trick being applied by the famous Goodreads reviewer emma, and thought that I could cheat this process. One story a day, maybe two. I can do other things, read other stuff, and I can still nail the book in a month, I think. So, trying, tryi ...more |
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This is some idea. I am influenced, and have decided on doing this too. Reading in Bengali and reviewing in English, what's more. Let's see.
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I saw this trick being applied by the famous Goodreads reviewer emma, and thought that I could cheat this process. One story a day, maybe two. I can do other things, read other stuff, and I can still nail the book in a month, I think. So, trying, tryi ...more |
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“Hooray! Hooray! The end of the world has been postponed! ”
― The Shooting Star
― The Shooting Star
“and when all the wars are over, a butterfly will still be beautiful.”
― Scenes from a Writer's Life
― Scenes from a Writer's Life
“শুধু বেঁচে থাকতে পারলে, কোনওরকমে কেবলমাত্র বেঁচে থাকতে পারলেও জীবনে কত কী যে হয় !”
― সাঁতারু ও জলকন্যা
― সাঁতারু ও জলকন্যা
“I am here today to cross the swamp, not to fight all the alligators.”
― The Art of Possibility: Transforming Professional and Personal Life
― The Art of Possibility: Transforming Professional and Personal Life
“Hammett gave murder back to the kind of people that commit it for reasons, not just to provide a corpse; and with the means at hand, not hand-wrought dueling pistols, curare and tropical fish.”
― The Simple Art of Murder
― The Simple Art of Murder
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