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- [The Wandering Inn Read Along : Ch 1.19R](https://thethinksync.com/2025/08/the-wandering-inn-read-along-ch-1-19r/) - Recap Erin win back the money and was finally able to buy all the things she needed. She also changed the name of her inn. Let’s read further Ryoka, I have heard this name many times in some of the book reviews(haven’t read a lot but some). And hence I believe it would be major
- [United Arab Emirates](https://thethinksync.com/2025/07/united-arab-emirates/) - What I learnt about UAE The United Arab Emirates is a federation of seven emirates that has transformed from desert outposts into a global hub of innovation, luxury, and culture. It’s a place where skyscrapers rise beside ancient forts, and where tradition and modernity coexist in fascinating ways. A federation of contrasts, Bedouin roots and
- [The Wandering Inn Read Along : Ch 1.18](https://thethinksync.com/2025/07/the-wandering-inn-read-along-ch-1-18/) - Recap Erin went back to the city to get back her swindled money. Lism got her into a chess match to win back the money and Erin is kicking a** in the game. Let’s read further I knew that Erin will turn out to be a great chess player. Why is Erin sharing so many
- [Ghosts: Raina Telgemeier](https://thethinksync.com/2025/07/ghosts-raina-telgemeier/) - Author: Raina TelgemeierGenre: Middle Grade, Graphic Novel, Contemporary FantasyPaperback: 256 pagesAudiobook: Not available “It’s okay to be scared. Being scared means you’re about to do something really, really brave.” Summary Ghosts follows Catrina and her younger sister Maya. They move to the foggy town of Bahía de la Luna, hoping the coastal air will help Maya’s
- [The Wandering Inn Read Along : Ch 1.17](https://thethinksync.com/2025/07/the-wandering-inn-read-along-ch-1-17/) - Recap Erin made peace with goblins by offering them food and kindness. Let’s read further That’s the way Erin, go with confidence. I am with you girl. I have a feeling that Erin’s knowledge of chess is going to be useful in this world and also serve as some plot device. I think I know
- [The Vegetarian : Han Kang](https://thethinksync.com/2025/07/the-vegetarian-han-kang/) - 13Author: Han KangGenre: Literary Fiction, Psychological DramaPaperback: 192 pagesAudiobook: 5h 13m Summary It is a novel about a woman named Yeong-hye who decides to stop eating meat after experiencing disturbing dreams. Her decision disrupts her family life and leads to a series of events that reveal deep-seated issues within her family. The story is told
- [The Wandering Inn Read Along : Ch 1.16](https://thethinksync.com/2025/07/the-wandering-inn-read-along-ch-1-16/) - Recap Klb comes to check out on Erin and learned about the whole episode about Goblins. He also recognizes that Erin is not from this world. And concludes the chapter by punching Relc. Let’s read further Erin reaction is very understandable. You don’t snap out of killing someone irl so quickly. Someone please control Relc
- [The Wandering Inn Read Along : Ch 1.15](https://thethinksync.com/2025/07/the-wandering-inn-read-along-ch-1-15/) - Recap There was a fight between Erin and Goblin Chieftain and Erin killed the goblin by pouring hot oil on him. Let’s read further So, it seems like I am right in guessing that antman are from the lower strata of this society. Nice of Klb to check on Erin. I like him more than
- [Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic by Alison Bechdel](https://thethinksync.com/2025/07/fun-home-a-family-tragicomic-by-alison-bechdel/) - Author: Alison BechdelGenre: Graphic MemoirPaperback: 240 pagesAudiobook: Not available “As I told my girlfriend what had happened, I cried quiet genuinely for about two minutes. That was all.” Short Summary Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic by Alison Bechdel is a graphic memoir that explores the complex relationship between Alison and her father, Bruce. Set against
- [Singapore](https://thethinksync.com/2025/07/singapore/) - What I learnt about Singapore Singapore is a place that constantly surprises you. It’s small but mighty, strict but creative, and deeply rooted in tradition while racing toward the future. If I had to sum it up in three highlights: It’s one of the world’s smallest countries, but also one of the richest, safest, and
- [The Wandering Inn Read Along : Ch 1.14](https://thethinksync.com/2025/07/the-wandering-inn-read-along-ch-1-14/) - Recap Erin gives proper burial to the dead goblins. The chief of the goblins is back to take revenge Let’s read further Is the chieftain crying? What the hell is happening here with removing clothes and all? This is the least I was expecting in this world. Oh this was much more gore than I
- [The Wandering Inn Read Along : Ch 1.13](https://thethinksync.com/2025/07/the-wandering-inn-read-along-ch-1-13/) - Recap Erin got swindled in the city. Relc in an attempt to make up with Erin, creates more problem for her by killing two goblins. Let’s read further My reaction would be something similar on seeing two severed heads. It is a fair notion to bury these goblins but my first thought is if it
- [The Wandering Inn Read Along : Ch 1.12](https://thethinksync.com/2025/07/the-wandering-inn-read-along-ch-1-12/) - Recap Erin finally takes the trip to the city and find it larger than she has imagined. Let’s read further I feel that ant man are also from the lower strata of this society. I bet that drake is trying to con Erin. Stay put girl. No, I am feeling so sorry for Erin. I
- [The Wandering Inn Read Along : Ch 1.09](https://thethinksync.com/2025/07/the-wandering-inn-read-along-ch-1-09/) - Recap There is a new character in the story, a human finally and notably a mage. Let’s read further So, the mage is back as a guest. A new friend, maybe? Someone is interfering with the weather, that’s something. So, it seems like mage is another skill or class and there are multiple specializations in
- [The Wandering Inn Read Along : Ch 1.07](https://thethinksync.com/2025/07/the-wandering-inn-read-along-ch-1-07/) - Recap so far Coming to it after some gap. New characters and voices are added to the story. There is more to this world than this dilapidated inn. Let’s read further Aww.. A good start of the day for Erin. Yes, girl use the craftsman skill. Make something. Be creative. A basket made of grass.
- [The Wandering Inn Read Along : Ch 1.10](https://thethinksync.com/2025/07/the-wandering-inn-read-along-ch-1-10/) - Recap Pisces is a necromancer which seems to be dangerous thing in this world. Relc and Klbkch tried to arrest him but he disappeared with illusion magic. Let’s read further Honestly I expected the chapter to have started with a quest to the town. But it started with complaints of cleaning post cooking. Never expected
- [The Wandering Inn Read Along : Interlude](https://thethinksync.com/2025/07/the-wandering-inn-read-along-interlude/) - Recap Erin saves Pisces from Relc but chucks him out of the inn. Let’s read further There are two moons. Aren’t we still on Earth? Ok, expanding on this world and magic system. That is exciting. I am wondering if this is the magic ritual that opened some portal for Erin to fall in this
- [The Wandering Inn Read Along : Ch 1.11](https://thethinksync.com/2025/07/the-wandering-inn-read-along-ch-1-11/) - Recap Erin stumbling into this world doesn’t seem to be an accident. There is some magic ritual performed by mage. And there are more humans in this world than we know. Let’s read further Let the city adventure begin. She is smelling and off to the city. I thought she will go to stream to
- [The Wandering Inn Read Along : Ch 1.08](https://thethinksync.com/2025/07/the-wandering-inn-read-along-ch-1-08/) - Recap so far Erin figured out that the blue fruit seed is poisonous and the trick to find non poisonous ones. There is a new ghostly guest at the inn. Let’s read further Was there a man or a skeleton from the beginning? Or the skeleton turned into a man? Oh, it’s a mage. This
- [Algeria](https://thethinksync.com/2025/07/algeria/) - What I learnt about Algeria From Coast to Desert: Algeria is the largest country in Africa, stretching from the Mediterranean coast to the vast Sahara Desert. Its geography includes fertile plains, rugged mountains, and endless dunes, offering a dramatic mix of landscapes and climates. Centuries of Struggle and Strength: Algeria’s history spans ancient Berber civilizations, Roman rule,
- [](https://thethinksync.com/2025/07/4021/) - Happy 4th everyone!! I have been AWOL here for few days. Having some tough days at work. Hopefully will be more active here soon. I have a very amazing reading month in July. These are all the books I read and a lot of them are going in my favorites.
- [The Stranger : Albert Camus](https://thethinksync.com/2025/06/the-stranger-albert-camus/) - Short Summary The Stranger by Albert Camus is about a man named Meursault who lives in Algiers. The story begins with Meursault learning about his mother's death. He attends her funeral but shows little emotion. He then returns to his everyday life, which includes working, spending time with a woman named Marie, and befriending a
- [El Salvador](https://thethinksync.com/2025/06/el-salvador/) - What I learnt about El Salvador A Land of Bold Contrasts: El Salvador is Central America’s smallest country, yet it bursts with geographic drama—from smoking volcanoes and Pacific beaches to misty mountain peaks. Its tropical climate shifts with elevation, offering microclimates across short distances. Despite being one of the most densely populated nations in the region,
- [Red, White & Royal Blue](https://thethinksync.com/2025/06/red-white-royal-blue/) - Short Summary Red, White & Royal Blue by Casey McQuiston is a romance novel about Alex Claremont-Diaz, the First Son of the United States, and Prince Henry of Britain. Initially, Alex dislikes Henry, but they are forced to pretend to be friends for the media. As they spend more time together, they develop a genuine friendship
- [The Wandering Inn Read Along : Ch 1.06](https://thethinksync.com/2025/06/the-wandering-inn-read-along-ch-1-06/) - Recap Erin makes some pasta but there is a new visitor to the inn even before she can take a bite. Let's read further Well, a bug-man. Hopefully a friend, no foes rings the door bell. Do they? Seems like some law-enforcement division of the area. C'mon Erin be brave and open the door. I
- [Sipsworth](https://thethinksync.com/2025/06/sipsworth/) - Short Summary Sipsworth by Simon Van Booy is a heartwarming tale about Helen Cartwright, an 83-year-old woman who returns to her English hometown, burdened by the loss of her husband and son. Isolated and grieving, Helen's life takes an unexpected turn when a small mouse enters her world. She names him Sipsworth and opens her
- [](https://thethinksync.com/2025/06/3977/) - I am wrapping up my reads for El Salvador. I have read 3 books from this country. I have shortlisted few more but for some reason it is not speaking to me. I am thinking of changing the format in which I approach books for these countries. Sometimes reading with a fixed schedule becomes a
- [](https://thethinksync.com/2025/06/3976/) - Some strawberry picking for today
- [](https://thethinksync.com/2025/06/3973/) - Happy Saturday everyone! Last night, I started The Woman in Me by Britney Spears, as none of my current reads were appealing to me. I just finished it. Hers is such a sad story. I've read a bunch of celebrity memoirs, and somehow the theme of abusive and exploitative parents seems to be a common thread. It’s
- [The Wandering Inn Read Along : Ch 1.05](https://thethinksync.com/2025/06/the-wandering-inn-read-along-ch-1-05/) - Recap Erin discovers about some magical elements in the inn. There is missing skeleton and there is return of Goblin and Dragon. Let's read further The fish exploded and insects crawled out of it. And to think that she was planning to eat this fish. Ugh. Wow, another exploding bug filled with acid. Aba is
- [The Wandering Inn : Ch 1.04](https://thethinksync.com/2025/06/the-wandering-inn-ch-1-04/) - Recap Erin dares to step out again to find water and found a stream. She caught a fish which she brings back to inn to cook and cuts herself while trying to do so. Let's read further Stream was at different spot. Do things move in this world? Or does the inn is magical and
- [](https://thethinksync.com/2025/06/3963/) - Finished Solito today, and I really loved the book. I would say that it might be the star book for El Salvador. Now starting A Wild Sheep Chase for International Murakami Bookclub.
- [Solito: A Memoir](https://thethinksync.com/2025/06/solito-a-memoir/) - Brief Summary Solito: A Memoir by Javier Zamora is about a nine-year-old kid named Javier. He travels from El Salvador to the US to be with his parents. His parents moved to the US years ago. Now, Javier has to make the tough journey with a bunch of strangers. Along the way, he gets close
- [The Wandering Inn: Ch 1.02](https://thethinksync.com/2025/06/the-wandering-inn-ch-1-02/) - Quick Recap Erin dares to step out of the inn to find some food. She is chased by a crab-monster which she defeated by running very fast. The dragon is a cutesy and is more afraid of human than the other way around. Let's read further Interesting, the Goblins were carrying baskets and eating blue
- [The Wandering Inn - Ch 1.01](https://thethinksync.com/2025/06/the-wandering-inn-ch-1-01/) - #What we know so far Erin has stumbled into another world through some form of teleportation. It seems to follow a video game setup, as she discovers an inn and unlocks first level by cleaning. Let's read further Two moons, so the setup of this world is not on Earth. Why is she lying on
- [](https://thethinksync.com/2025/06/3947/) - I just found out that The Wandering Inn has a graphic novel adaptation, which is really cool. I’ve only read Chapter 1 so far, but I was impressed by the artwork—it adds a whole new layer to the story. Right now, there are 12 illustrated chapters, and adapting the entire series is definitely going to
- [The Wandering Inn : Ch 1.00](https://thethinksync.com/2025/06/the-wandering-inn-ch-1-00/) - A girl found an inn in the middle of nowhere and the inn is totally decrepit. The girl doesn’t belong to this world as it is mentioned few times till now. And this world has dragons and goblins. Well that is exciting. Also we got her name: Erin Solstice, quite a witchy name. So, Erin
- [](https://thethinksync.com/2025/06/3945/) - I just found out about one of the longest fantasy series out there, and after looking into it, I realized it has a steadily growing fanbase. When I say long, I mean long—we’re talking over 15 million words and counting. If you’ve already guessed, yes, it’s The Wandering Inn by pirateaba. I’m still debating whether diving into another
- [](https://thethinksync.com/2025/06/3944/) - I have started this knockoff game in the beginning of the year to find the best book of the year. Here is the result so far
- [](https://thethinksync.com/2025/06/3942/) - Seems like the book club for which I was reading Butter moved it out to August, so putting it on hold. I’ll pick it back up closer to the new date to stay fresh for the discussion.
- [](https://thethinksync.com/2025/06/3940/) - After a heavy read, I am in a mood for a cozy mystery for the weekend. My next read: Butter by Asako Yuzuki
- [The Wind Knows My Name](https://thethinksync.com/2025/06/the-wind-knows-my-name/) - Brief Summary The Wind Knows My Name by Isabel Allende is a historical fiction novel that intertwines the lives of several characters across different times and places. It begins with Samuel Adler, a Jewish boy sent from Nazi-occupied Vienna to safety in England, who grows up grappling with the loss of his family and identity.
- [Reading vs Listening](https://thethinksync.com/2025/06/reading-vs-listening/) - Happy Friday! I've been into audiobooks for about 4-5 years now. Most of my reading comes from audiobooks, except for graphic novels. I usually follow the text while listening, but I rarely read with my eyes anymore. This has helped me read more books each year since I can listen while moving around and adjust
- [](https://thethinksync.com/2025/06/3928/) - Next destination for my project Books Beyond Border is El Salvador. My first pick is The Wind Knows My Name by Isabel Allende. Do share any resources(books, videos, podcasts, articles) to help learn more about this country.
- [Piranesi](https://thethinksync.com/2025/06/piranesi/) - Summary Piranesi by Susanna Clarke is a mysterious and enchanting novel about a man living in a vast, labyrinthine house filled with statues and the sea. Known as Piranesi, he spends his days exploring the halls, recording his observations in journals, and interacting with the only other person he knows, the enigmatic "Other." As Piranesi uncovers
- [](https://thethinksync.com/2025/06/3921/) - It's one of those Tuesday mornings where motivation feels far off. All I want to do is curl up with my book and escape into its pages, ignoring the chaos of the world outside. But the reality is calling, and I know I can't just drift away. Maybe I can carve out an hour for
- [](https://thethinksync.com/2025/06/3918/) - I learnt a new word today and I found it quite fascinating. This was an adjective used to describe the book ‘Piranesi’ by Susanna Clarke.
- [](https://thethinksync.com/2025/06/3916/) - Reading report for May. Most of my reading for this month was focused on reading Arizona. It was overall satisfactory month. I am also getting back to read mangas, so that is quite exciting too.
- [](https://thethinksync.com/2025/05/3912/) - I'm almost at the end of Wind/Pinball by Haruki Murakami. I don't think this is his best work, as he was still developing his style. However, there's something soothing about reading about the mundane and sometimes nonsensical aspects of people's daily lives. I don't grasp any deeper symbolism, if there is any, though maybe the
- [](https://thethinksync.com/2025/05/3910/) - Here goes the full post for Arizona Reads
- [Arizona](https://thethinksync.com/2025/05/arizona/) - What I learnt about Arizona Diverse Geography & Climate: Arizona is a land of contrasts, featuring vast deserts, towering mountains, and deep canyons like the Grand Canyon. Its climate ranges from scorching summers in the low deserts to snowy winters in higher elevations, with a monsoon season bringing dramatic storms. Rich History & Culture: Home
- [](https://thethinksync.com/2025/05/3890/) - I discovered a new app called Instapaper today, which allows you to save any article you want to read later with a single click. The neat thing is that this app is highly compatible with e-ink devices. As a bonus, it supports pagination for reading articles, and page turns work with the volume button. Now,
- [](https://thethinksync.com/2025/05/3871/) - My next read is Wind/Pinball by Haruki Murakami. I am reading it for International Murakami Bookclub where we are reading all of Murakami published works in chronological order.
- [](https://thethinksync.com/2025/05/3869/) - Finished The Bean Trees by Barbara Kingsolver, my last pick for Arizona. This is book again filled with heavy themes but dealt in a delicate way. I absolutely loved the women in this book and the idea of a chosen family. However, I wouldn’t recommend this book to those who are lighthearted, as the themes
- [](https://thethinksync.com/2025/05/3867/) - Postcards from Oregon
- [](https://thethinksync.com/2025/05/3860/) - A trip to Portland is incomplete without a trip to Powell’s. For people not aware of it, Powell’s books claims to be the largest independent used bookstore in the world.
- [](https://thethinksync.com/2025/05/3850/) - Happy Sunday!!
- [](https://thethinksync.com/2025/05/3848/) - My last pick for Arizona. The Bean Trees by Barbara Kingsolver. I read Demon Copperhead by the same author and loved it. So, I have high hopes for this one
- [](https://thethinksync.com/2025/05/3833/) - This morning, after spending hours on Instagram with only four hours of sleep, I deleted all social media apps from my phone. I thought about removing my accounts completely, but I worried I might regret it later. So, I just took the apps off my phone to make them harder to access. The only thing
- [](https://thethinksync.com/2025/05/3830/) - The basic setup is finally done, and I won’t be spending more time on it for now since my goal was to keep it simple. I love long-form posts, but sometimes I just want to share something short, something less structured than a blog entry, and I often find myself at a loss with such
- [](https://thethinksync.com/2025/05/3815/) - After spending almost hours trying to find some plugin or service, it seems like chat-gpt is coming to the rescue
- [](https://thethinksync.com/2025/05/3813/) - Testing my microblogging page
- [Ireland](https://thethinksync.com/2025/01/ireland/) - What I learnt about Ireland Rich History and Culture: Ireland has a deeply rooted history and vibrant culture, marked by ancient myths, traditional music, and influential literary figures. Key historical events include the spread of Christianity, the Great Famine, and the struggle for independence. Dynamic Economy: Ireland’s economy is highly developed and open, driven by
- [Alaska](https://thethinksync.com/2024/12/alaska/) - What I learnt about Alaska Unyielding Resilience and Independence: Alaska’s challenging climate and remote locations foster a culture of self-reliance and adaptability, embodying the spirit of determination and perseverance. Magnificent Natural Wealth: With vast natural resources, including oil, gas, and seafood, Alaska significantly contributes to the U.S. economy and energy security. Its breathtaking landscapes and
- [Mexico](https://thethinksync.com/2024/11/mexico/) - What I learnt about Mexico Geography and its Impact Location and Landscape Diversity:Mexico, located in southern North America, boasts a diverse landscape ranging from mountain ranges (Sierra Madre Occidental, Oriental, and del Sur), a volcanic belt, deserts (Sonoran), and lush rainforests. This diversity contributes to its rich biodiversity, ranking fourth globally. Natural Wonders and Resources: Mexico
- [Alabama](https://thethinksync.com/2024/11/alabama/) - What I learnt about Alabama A State of Contradictions: Alabama experiences both successes and struggles. It features booming cities like Huntsville, often ranked among the best places to live, while simultaneously grappling with high poverty rates and low GDP per capita, mirroring Mississippi’s challenges. This duality makes Alabama a fascinating microcosm of American disparities. Outsized Role
- [Ecuador](https://thethinksync.com/2024/05/ecuador/) - What I learnt about Ecuador Geography: Ecuador is named after the Equator, the imaginary line around the Earth that splits the country in two. It’s roughly the size of Colorado and is bordered by Colombia and Peru. History: Before the Incas created settlements in Ecuador, it was inhabited by its Native American peoples. Ecuador was founded in
- [Maldova](https://thethinksync.com/2024/09/maldova/) - What I learnt about Maldova Geography: Moldova is a landlocked country in Eastern Europe, bordered by Romania to the west and Ukraine to the north, east, and south. The capital city is Chișinău, which dates back to 1420. History: Moldova was part of the Romanian principality of Moldavia until 1812, then it was ceded to
- [Malawi](https://thethinksync.com/2024/09/malawi/) - What I learnt about Malawi Location and Geography: Malawi is a landlocked country in southeastern Africa, bordered by Mozambique, Zambia, and Tanzania. History: Malawi gained independence from British rule on July 6, 1964, and was led by Hastings Banda as a one-party state until 1994. In 1994, Malawi transitioned to a multi-party democracy, marking a
- [Guyana](https://thethinksync.com/2024/09/guyana/) - What I learnt about Guyana Geography and Language: Guyana is located in the northeastern corner of South America and is the only English-speaking country on the continent. Georgetown is the capital and largest city of Guyana. Economy: A monumental oil discovery off Guyana’s coast has transformed its economy, making it one of the fastest-growing economies
- [Libya](https://thethinksync.com/2024/10/libya/) - What I learnt about Libya Geography: Libya is located in North Africa and is the fourth-largest country on the continent. It covers an area of about 1.8 million square kilometers.The capital city is Tripoli.The estimated population of Libya is around 7.8 million people. The Sahara Desert covers much of Libya, and the country is known for
- [A Song of Ice and Fire - Readalong](https://thethinksync.com/2024/04/a-song-of-ice-and-fire-readalong/) - A Song of Ice and Fire - Read along Hello fellow fantasy lover, If you are on this page, it means you are either joining us for this read-along or maybe you are just curious. If former, then welcome aboard on this epic journey. It’s going to be awesome. If later, then also I would
- [A Game of Thrones - Prologue](https://thethinksync.com/2024/04/a-game-of-thrones-prologue/) - A Games of Thrones - Prologue Three rangers went into a forest; two are killed and one unknown Welcome to the beginning of this amazing journey. Detailed summary of this chapter can be found here. Beware on clicking the links within this page if you want to avoid spoilers. What a chapter it was, straight out from
- [A Games of Thrones - Jon1](https://thethinksync.com/2024/05/a-games-of-thrones-jon1/) - A Games of Thrones - Jon 1 A feast is held in honor of the king. Jon expresses his desire to join the Night’s Watch. Chapter Summary Jon Snow sat near the back of Winterfell’s great hall during the welcome feast for King Robert. He observes the royal family’s arrival, including Queen Cersei, Catelyn, Robert, and
- [A Games of Thrones - Eddard1](https://thethinksync.com/2024/04/a-games-of-thrones-eddard1/) - A Games of Thrones - Eddard 1 King Robert Baratheon visits Winterfell to offer Eddard Stark the role of Hand of the King and propose a union between their children Chapter Summary King Robert Baratheon and his entourage arrive at Winterfell. Eddard Stark recognizes familiar faces but finds Robert changed after nine years. Robert insists
- [A Games of Thrones -  Daenerys 1](https://thethinksync.com/2024/04/a-games-of-thrones-daenerys-1/) - A Games of Thrones - Daenerys 1 Daenerys Targaryen faces the daunting prospect of marriage to Khal Drogo as part of her brother Viserys’s plan to reclaim their lost throne. Chapter Summary Viserys Targaryen is preparing his sister Daenerys for her presentation to Khal Drogo, hoping the marriage will secure an army for him to
- [A Games of Thrones - Bran 1](https://thethinksync.com/2024/04/a-games-of-thrones-bran-1/) - A Games of Thrones - Bran 1 Lord Eddard Stark executes a deserter from the Night’s Watch; Each of the Stark children gets a direworlf pup Chapter Summary In the ninth year of summer, Lord Eddard Stark and his men ride out to dispense justice. They capture an old man accused of desertion from the
- [A Games of Thrones - Catelyn 1](https://thethinksync.com/2024/04/a-games-of-thrones-catelyn-1/) - A Games of Thrones - Catelyn 1 In Winterfell’s godswood, Catelyn delivers news of Jon Arryn’s death to Eddard; King Robert Baratheon is on his way to Winterfell Chapter Summary In the godswood of Winterfell, Catelyn visits Eddard. Unlike House Tully, who follow the Faith of the Seven, House Stark keep faith with the old
- [The 5 AM Club : Robin Sharma](https://thethinksync.com/2021/02/the-5-am-club/) - The 5 AM Club: Own Your Morning. Elevate Your Life is a self-help book by Robin Sharma, where he shares with us the idea that how you can change your life drastically by adapting an early morning routine. Though this was the main concept of the book, the book has touched briefly on various other
- [The Psychology of Money](https://thethinksync.com/2022/01/the-psychology-of-money/) - I got interested in personal finance and investing after reading the book Rich Dad, Poor Dad. I invested some time learning things from Youtube and other mediums. But soon I start seeing burnout keeping it up with my work. And hence it chucked out. On reading this book, I realized how wrong my approach towards
- [Star gazing](https://thethinksync.com/2021/12/star-gazing/) - Do you like the sky on winter nights? I love them Much more than the summer skies When the chill of winds creep through the layers of your clothes But you pull your jacket tight With a determination to beat the winds Because if you can beat that you can beat the coldness of any
- [The Wonderful Wizard of Oz: L. Frank Baum](https://thethinksync.com/2021/08/the-wonderful-wizard-of-oz-l-frank-baum/) - “True courage is in facing danger when you are afraid...” Plot Overview A tornado whirls Dorothy and her dog into a magical world full of munchkins, witches, and wizards. To go back to her home in Kansas city she seeks the help of the wizard of Oz who lives in Emerald City. On the way,
- [War & Peace Diaries- Book 1](https://thethinksync.com/2021/05/war-peace-diaries-book-1/) - I completed the Book1 of War and Peace and some 300 pages in the book. And there are so many thoughts in my mind which I want to document. And hence I thought to create these diaries to share my thoughts with each volume. These diaries might contain spoilers so you can skip them if
- [Men Without Women : Haruki Murakami](https://thethinksync.com/2021/02/men-without-women/) - Men Without Women is a collection of short stories by Haruki Murakami. There are 7 stories in this book capturing the emotions and lives of men who somehow find themselves alone in this world after their loved ones have departed. "Losing one woman means losing all women” This is my first book by Murakami and
- [Stoicism and how to adapt this philosophy in modern life](https://thethinksync.com/2021/02/stoicism-modern-life-adatation/) - In a world full of chaos, we continuously look for happiness & security outside to fill the hole of emptiness inside us and to cover our vulnerabilities. For our whole life we strive towards acquiring wealth, working for success, gaining power and fame only in the hope that one day we will find the answers
- [Connoisseur of words](https://thethinksync.com/2021/11/connoisseur-of-words/) - I am no connoisseur of words But I know its power To know when I have none When no strings of words Can touch someone's heart When to my own ears It sounds like a facade I am no connoisseur of words But I know its power Because once I wielded it high Now I
- [Why I am taking a break from reading?](https://thethinksync.com/2021/11/why-i-am-taking-a-break-from-reading/) - I know that as a fellow book lover, this post comes as a surprise to everyone. But let me explain my point. 2021 has been an extremely good reading year for me. When I started this year, I set my Goodreads challenge for 52 books, aiming to read one book a week. But I was
- [The Art of Innovation: Lessons in Creativity from IDEO, America's Leading Design Firm - Tom Kelley](https://thethinksync.com/2021/11/the-art-of-innovation-lessons-in-creativity-from-ideo-americas-leading-design-firm-tom-kelley/) - There is rarely a case when I DNF a book. But I need to normalize DNFing for me. As a reader who wants to read all the books, I realize that I can read only a finite number in my lifetime. So, I need to be very judicious about the books I pick and the
- [Eye of the World: Robert Jordan](https://thethinksync.com/2021/10/eye-of-the-world-robert-jordan/) - And yet again I am starting another series when I am in the middle of tens of other incomplete series. Truly speaking I didn't have any intention to start this one, because I know that this is massive series. For people who don't know there are around 14 books in the series and it is
- [The Well of Ascension: Brandon Sanderson](https://thethinksync.com/2021/10/the-well-of-ascension/) - It is rare for me to find the sequel of a book living up to my expectations. Hence needless to say this book like its predecessor is amazing. It's difficult to talk about a sequel without spoiling it for the people who haven't read the first book. So, please save and skip this post for
- [The Secret History: Donna Tartt](https://thethinksync.com/2021/11/the-secret-history-donna-tartt/) - “After all, the appeal to stop being yourself, even for a little while, is very great.” If you love books and read about them on social media, then it is very likely that you have come upon the term dark academia somewhere or the other. As per Wikipedia, below is the definition of this term:
- [Pachinko: Min Jin Lee](https://thethinksync.com/2021/11/pachinko-min-jin-lee/) - “We cannot help but be interested in the stories of people that history pushes aside so thoughtlessly.” When I visited Korea 5 years back, I couldn't imagine that this beautiful and advanced nation has seen such dark days in the past. Having worked for a Korean company for almost 3 years I was exposed to
- [No Rules Rules: Netflix and the Culture of Reinvention - Reed Hastings, Erin Meyer](https://thethinksync.com/2021/10/no-rules-rules-netflix-and-the-culture-of-reinvention-reed-hastings-erin-meyer/) - Last year, I watched the movie 'Social Dilemma', which portrayed how big tech companies manipulate and influence their users. It was quite a scary business and it raised so many questions in my mind as a consumer. After reading this book, those questions are popping again in my mind, but this time as a developer.
- [Daring Greatly: How the Courage to Be Vulnerable Transforms the Way We Live, Love, Parent, and Lead - Brené Brown](https://thethinksync.com/2021/10/daring-greatly-how-the-courage-to-be-vulnerable-transforms-the-way-we-live-love-parent-and-lead-brene-brown/) - There are some books that are meant to change you and your life. And this is one such book. From the experiences, in the early days of my life, I have closed myself to vulnerability. I used to build a wall around myself and did not allow anyone to come close to me. And with
- [The Catcher in the Rye: J. D. Salinger](https://thethinksync.com/2021/10/the-catcher-in-the-rye-j-d-salinger/) - For most popular books I try to dive blindly, especially for classics. But I didn’t know I was going for a big surprise here. First of all, I wasn't aware that it is a modern classic. I checked that it was published only in 1951. Second I wasn't aware that it has a young adult
- [Erotic Stories for Punjabi Widows: Balli Kaur Jaswal](https://thethinksync.com/2021/10/erotic-stories-for-punjabi-widows-balli-kaur-jaswal/) - “Fiery-eyed and indignant, they would pen their stories for the whole world to read.” Synopsis Nikki lives in West London and serves as a bartender in a local pub. Being a first-generation immigrant she has distanced herself from her traditional Sikh family. But after her father's death to support her family financially, she takes up
- [The House in the Cerulean Sea: T.J. Klune](https://thethinksync.com/2021/10/the-house-in-the-cerulean-sea-t-j-klune/) - “Just because you don’t experience prejudice in your everyday doesn’t stop it from existing for the rest of us.” Plot Overview Linus Baker works as a case-worker at the Department in Charge Of Magical Youth for more than 17 years. His job is to visit orphanages having children with magical abilities and write reports of
- [The Final Empire: Brandon Sanderson](https://thethinksync.com/2021/09/the-final-empire-brandon-sanderson/) - “Our belief is often strongest when it should be weakest. That is the nature of hope.” Yes, I am ready for this big commitment. Not only for this trilogy but for the whole Cosmere series which has 17 books published till now and many yet to be released. Naturally, I don't gravitate towards such high
- [The Forest of Enchantments: Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni](https://thethinksync.com/2021/10/the-forest-of-enchantments-chitra-banerjee-divakaruni/) - I am never a fan of Ramayana. I find the characters of this epic a little too single-minded and illogical to find it convincible. Comparing it with another famous epic Mahabharata where I can see multiple layers of each character and can understand them even they are on the side of evil. And hence, I
- [The Anarchy: William Dalrymple](https://thethinksync.com/2021/10/the-anarchy-william-dalrymple/) - Historical fiction has always been my favorite genre. One of the reasons is that it gives me a glimpse into the life of the people who lived and faced various atrocities of the past. But I believe fiction is always aggravated and it can sometimes convolute the reality. That's why it's important to read history
- [Anxious People: Fredrick Backman](https://thethinksync.com/2021/09/anxious-people-fredrick-backman/) - Fredrick Backman is the author discovery of this year for me. I have read 2 books by him this year and one other already sitting on my shelf. One of the beauties of Fredrick Backman's writing is that it makes me feel things that I don't want to feel. A Man Called Ove made me
- [The Henna Artist](https://thethinksync.com/2021/10/the-henna-artist/) - “In India, individual shame did not exist. Humiliation spread, as easily as oil on wax paper, to the entire family, even to distant cousins, uncles, aunts, nieces and nephews.” Plot Overview 17-year-old Lakshmi escapes from an abusive marriage and builds her life in the city of Jaipur as one of the most sought out henna
- [Pride & Prejudice - Jane Austen](https://thethinksync.com/2021/09/pride-prejudice-jane-austen/) - “It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife.” When I read this famous opening line, I so hoped that it is a satire. Even if you don't read classics, there are good chances that you have still heard about this
- [How to Read Literature Like a Professor - Thomas C. Foster](https://thethinksync.com/2021/09/how-to-read-literature-like-a-professor-thomas-c-foster/) - While reading a classic I always feel that I am missing so many things. I read and listen to reviews of so many English literature students and I keep wondering how are they able to find these hidden layers. How I couldn't see it? So, when I hear about this book, I have to read
- [Animal Farm: George Orwell](https://thethinksync.com/2021/09/animal-farm-george-orwell/) - "All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others." If we replace animals from the above quote with humans, the quote doesn't lose its meaning. It just becomes a social commentary on how even equality is relative in today's world. Plot Overview The story starts when a prize-winning boar gathers all the
- ["Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman!": Adventures of a Curious Character -Richard P. Feynman](https://thethinksync.com/2021/08/surely-youre-joking-mr-feynman-adventures-of-a-curious-character-richard-p-feynman/) - “Of course, you only live one life, and you make all your mistakes, and learn what not to do, and that's the end of you.” Sci-fi is never a genre I pick myself, so when the sci-fi bookclub had a biography of a famous Nobel Prize winner as a book of the month I was
- [The Picture of Dorian Gray:  Oscar Wilde](https://thethinksync.com/2021/08/the-picture-of-dorian-gray-oscar-wilde/) - “The books that the world calls immoral are books that show the world its own shame.” The best thing about reading classics is that it is upon the reader on how they enjoy it. There are always multiple layers in every classic literature. If you are lucky or good to decode them, then your reading
- [Thanks for the Memories: Cecelia Ahern](https://thethinksync.com/2021/09/thanks-for-the-memories-cecelia-ahern/) - “We all get lost once in a while, sometimes by choice, sometimes due to forces beyond our control. When we learn what it is our soul needs to learn, the path presents itself. Sometimes we see the way out but wander further and deeper despite ourselves; the fear, the anger or the sadness preventing us
- [Twenties Girl: Sophie Kinsella](https://thethinksync.com/2021/09/twenties-girl-sophie-kinsella/) - “Honestly, it’s so easy to get what you want from people if they think you’re a psycho.” Plot Overview Lara Lington is living an average life, with a struggling business and in the delusion of true love with a guy who has just broken up with her giving no reasons. But her life is changed when
- [A Suitable Boy: Vikram Seth](https://thethinksync.com/2021/08/a-suitable-boy-vikram-seth/) - “But I too hate long books: the better, the worse. If they're bad they merely make me pant with the effort of holding them up for a few minutes. But if they're good, I turn into a social moron for days, refusing to go out of my room, scowling and growling at interruptions, ignoring weddings
- [The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People: Stephen R. Covey](https://thethinksync.com/2021/09/the-7-habits-of-highly-effective-people-stephen-r-covey/) - There are loads of self-help books in the market, each catering to solve a different problem in our life. And believe me when I say I have read a quite few. Self-help is a genre that doesn't work with a lot of people, and so if you have to ever pick one book in this
- [Ghachar Ghochar: Vivek Shanbhag](https://thethinksync.com/2021/09/ghachar-ghochar-vivek-shanbhag/) - Plot Overview This is a story about a young man living in a close-knit & slightly dysfunctional family. The family has come suddenly into wealth and it has changed the way of their life and the family dynamics. The young man. who is also the narrator, visits a coffee shop daily and is fond of
- [The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo: Taylor Jenkins Reid](https://thethinksync.com/2021/07/the-seven-husbands-of-evelyn-hugo-taylor-jenkins-reid/) - “It’s always been fascinating to me how things can be simultaneously true and false, how people can be good and bad all in one, how someone can love you in a way that is beautifully selfless while serving themselves ruthlessly.” Plot Overview 79-year-old Hollywood star Evelyn Hugo finally decides to share the story of her
- [Beach Read: Emily Henry](https://thethinksync.com/2021/07/beach-read-emily-henry/) - “That was what I'd always loved about reading, what had driven me to write in the first place. That feeling that a new world was being spun like a spiderweb around you and you couldn't move until the whole thing had revealed itself to you.” Plot Overview January Andrews is a best selling author of
- [Anna Karenina: Leo Tolstoy](https://thethinksync.com/2021/09/anna-karenina-leo-tolstoy/) - Before we start talking about this book, I have a confession to make. I butchered this magnificent saga. For some reason, I decided to listen to this book rather than to read. And that was my biggest mistake. This is a big book with all Tolstoy elements, full of political, philosophical, and theological discussion and
- [Before the Coffee Gets Cold: Toshikazu Kawaguchi](https://thethinksync.com/2021/09/before-the-coffee-gets-cold-toshikazu-kawaguchi/) - “Seasons flow in a cycle.Life too, passes through difficult winters.But after any winter, spring will follow.” Plot Overview There is a small cafe in Tokyo, which lets you travel back in time. But there are rules for that. The most important ones are whatever you do you can never change the present and you must
- [The Return of the King: J.R.R. Tolkien](https://thethinksync.com/2021/09/the-return-of-the-king-j-r-r-tolkien/) - “Oft hope is born when all is forlorn.” The Return of the King is the last and final part of the famous The Lord of the Ring Series by J.R.R. Tolkien. This book concludes the story of the ring which started in The Hobbit. My Experience reading it(Unpopular Opinion) I don't really know how to
- [The Sky is Falling: Sidney Sheldon](https://thethinksync.com/2021/09/the-sky-is-falling-sidney-sheldon/) - Plot Overview Five members of the Winthrop family are dead, in some seemingly different accidents. The family is well-loved for its kindness and charitable nature. After the death of all the living family members, the entire fortune went to charity. But Dana Evans, a famous TV anchorwoman could not digest this incident as an accident.
- [Convenience Store Woman: Sayaka Murata](https://thethinksync.com/2021/08/convenience-store-woman-sayaka-murata/) - "The normal world has no room for exceptions and always quietly eliminates foreign objects. Anyone who is lacking is disposed of. So that’s why I need to be cured. Unless I’m cured, normal people will expurgate me. Finally, I understood why my family had tried so hard to fix me." Plot Overview This is the
- [The Midnight Library: Matt Haig](https://thethinksync.com/2021/08/the-midnight-library-matt-haig/) - “You don’t have to understand life. You just have to live it.” Plot Overview Nora is suffering from depression and mental health issues. And one day her despair hits rock bottom and she decides to take her life. But she found that between life and death, there is a library, where every book represents a
- [Malibu Rising: Taylor Jenkins Reid](https://thethinksync.com/2021/07/malibu-rising-taylor-jenkins-reid/) - Letting people love you and care for you is part of how you love and care for them Plot Overview This is a story of four famous siblings, Nina, Jay, Hud, and Kit Riva, offspring of the legendary singer, Mick Riva. Each of them has its own personality and character arc but all of them
- [Are You Afraid of the Dark? : Sidney Sheldon](https://thethinksync.com/2021/08/are-you-afraid-of-the-dark-sidney-sheldon/) - Plot Overview Four people have died in 4 different parts of the world, in 4 different accidents. But all of them seem to be linked in some or the other way to an international Think Tank headed by Tanner Kingsley. Two women, widows of the two dead, Diane Stevens and Kelly Harris, run into each
- [Life of Pi: Yann Martel](https://thethinksync.com/2021/07/life-of-pi-yann-martel/) - Life of Pi is the winner of the man booker prize award and has also been adapted into an international film starring Irfan Khan and Tabu. This is a story of a young Tamil boy named Piscine Molitor Patel shorted as Pi Patel. He has been bought up in a zoo but later his father
- [Beartown: Fredrick Backmann](https://thethinksync.com/2021/07/beartown-fredrick-backmann/) - “It’s never your fault, is it? When are you going to admit that it isn’t ‘hockey’ that raises these boys, it’s YOU LOT? In every time and every place, I’ve come across men who blame their own stupidity on crap they themselves have invented. ‘Religion causes wars,’ ‘guns kill people,’ it’s all the same old
- [The Lost Symbol: Dan Brown](https://thethinksync.com/2021/08/the-lost-symbol-dan-brown/) - “To live in the world without becoming aware of the meaning of the world is like wandering about in a great library without touching the books.” Plot Overview The brotherhood of Freemasons has protected a secret for hundreds of years but now someone has kidnapped Peter Solomon, a mason who has received the highest degree
- [The Wise Man's Fear: Patrick Rothfuss](https://thethinksync.com/2021/08/the-wise-mans-fear-patrick-rothfuss/) - “There are three things all wise men fear: the sea in storm, a night with no moon, and the anger of a gentleman.” Plot Overview This is the second book in the Kingkiller Chronicles. This book follows the story of Kvothe, whose parents are killed by a mysterious group, known as Chandarian. After that Kvothe
- [Raavan: Enemy of Aryavarta - Amish Tripathi](https://thethinksync.com/2021/08/raavan-enemy-of-aryavarta-amish-tripathi/) - "A Hero is Only as Good as His Villain" - Batman It's weird to quote Batman for the review of mythological fiction but this quote sums up this whole book perfectly. Raavan is the third book in the Ram Chandra series. There are a total of 5 books planned in this series. 2 of them
- [Educated: Tara Westover](https://thethinksync.com/2021/08/educated-tara-westover/) - “It’s strange how you give the people you love so much power over you.” Overview Tara Westover was born in a Mormon family in rural Idaho. She is the youngest of 7 siblings, 5 brothers, and 1 sister. His father suffers from Schizomania or bipolar disorder or some other undiagnosed mental health issues because of
- [A Promised Land: Barack Obama](https://thethinksync.com/2021/08/a-promised-land-barack-obama/) - I have always admired Barack Obama. I feel he is the most humane and the only American President whom I can connect with. At the beginning of the book, Barack Obama mentions that he hasn't assumed it will be more than 500 pages when he planned this book. But this book has more than 700
- [The Two Towers: J. R. R. Tolkien](https://thethinksync.com/2021/08/the-two-towers-j-r-r-tolkien/) - The Two Tower is the second part of the famous The Lord of the Ring Series by J.R.R. Tolkien which follows the adventure of Frodo and other members of the fellowship. The books follow from Book1 when the fellowship of the ring broke and Frodo and Sam left alone carrying the ring to complete the
- [Steal Like an Artist: 10 Things Nobody Told You About Being Creative by Austin Kleon](https://thethinksync.com/2021/07/steal-like-an-artist-10-things-nobody-told-you-about-being-creative-by-austin-kleon/) - This book is a perfect example of making an impact in the least possible words. This is a short and sweet book that you will finish in just one reading. This book was suggested time and again by the Youtuber Ali Abdaal and he was highly appreciative of both the books by this author, another
- [If on a Winter's Night a Traveler: Italo Calvino](https://thethinksync.com/2021/07/if-on-a-winters-night-a-traveler-italo-calvino/) - “Reading is going toward something that is about to be, and no one yet knows what it will be.” Plot Overview Imagine you are waiting for a book with a lot of anticipation. You pre-ordered the book and the day you received it, you started eagerly to devour it. But after some 30-40 pages, you
- [War & Peace Diaries - Book 3 & 4](https://thethinksync.com/2021/06/war-peace-diaries-book-3-4/) - I am almost towards the end of this saga and I don’t know how I feel about that the fact this book is going to end soon. For more than a month, this book has been a part of my life and I know this is going to give me a big book hangover once
- [Sita- Warrior of Mithila: Amish Tripathi](https://thethinksync.com/2021/03/sita-warrior-of-mithila-amish-tripathi/) - Sita: Warrior of Mithila is the second book of Ram Chandra series by Amish Tripathi. Now, if you have judged the series by the first book then I would urge you to open up your mind and pick up this book. The book is inspired by a storytelling technique called hyperlink, which is also called
- [Five Little Pigs: Agatha Christie](https://thethinksync.com/2021/04/five-little-pigs-agatha-christie/) - This is my third book by Agatha Christie, first being And then there were none and second was The murder in the orient express and I really loved those 2 books. As much as I enjoy reading good thrillers and murder mysteries I am somehow not naturally inclined to pick them up. But this book
- [Which War & Peace translation you should pick?](https://thethinksync.com/2021/05/which-war-peace-translation-you-should-pick/) - War and Peace is an intimidating book with its sheer volume. But since I have decided to pick it up naturally I searched online on tips before starting War & Peace. One of the most common pieces of advice among them is to pick a good translation. So, if you don’t know then War and
- [Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe: Benjamin Alire Sáenz](https://thethinksync.com/2021/06/aristotle-and-dante-discover-the-secrets-of-the-universe-benjamin-alire-saenz/) - “I got to thinking that poems were like people. Some people you got right off the bat. Some people you just didn't get--and never would get.” Plot Overview This is coming of age story of two Mexican American teenage boys, Aristotle and Dante. They both are different from the other boys, often misunderstood and quite
- [War & Peace Diaries - Book 2](https://thethinksync.com/2021/06/war-peace-diaries-book-2/) - When I finished Book 1, I liked this book a lot but with Book 2 I am in love with it. I dived into this saga without knowing anything about the storyline except that it is one of the best books by Leo Tolstoy. So, as the name suggests I was expecting a lot of
- [The Secret Garden: Frances Hodgson Burnett](https://thethinksync.com/2021/07/the-secret-garden-frances-hodgson-burnett/) - “If you look the right way, you can see that the whole world is a garden.” A good children's fiction book can tell you a good story and give yourself take away that you can apply in your day-to-day life as well. And The secret garden is one such book. About the book The story
- [Oliver Twist: Charles Dickens](https://thethinksync.com/2021/06/oliver-twist-charles-dickens/) - “Please, sir, I want some more.” Charles Dickens is a well-known name in the world of literary fiction and Oliver Twist is one of his most loved books. This book explores life in the streets of Victorian London, the era which behind all the romanticization also has the harsh reality which is uncovered in the
- [Voyager: Diana Gabaldon](https://thethinksync.com/2021/06/voyager-diana-gabaldon/) - Voyager is the third book in the Outlander saga by Diana Gabaldon, one of my new favorite series. I don't know how do I write about this book without spoiling for Book#1 and #2. So, if you haven't read those books and wish to read please skip this post and if you don't care then
- [The Graveyard Book: Neil Gaiman](https://thethinksync.com/2021/07/the-graveyard-book-neil-gaiman/) - The Graveyard Book is a middle-grade fantasy novel. This book explores the adventures of Nobody 'Bod' Owens who is adopted by the ghosts of a graveyard after his family is murdered. He was given access to ways of the graveyard and learning the ways of the dead while growing up there. Living in the graveyard,
- [Lean In: Sheryl Sandberg](https://thethinksync.com/2021/07/lean-in-sheryl-sandberg/) - Do you also believe in gender equality but cringe to identify yourself as a feminist? Do you feel that you can't talk about inequality without sounding like a cry for help, or asking for special treatment? Do you also feel that you are disliked for being successful? Do you also feel that you can do
- [Rich Dad, Poor Dad: Robert T. Kiyosaki](https://thethinksync.com/2021/07/rich-dad-poor-dad-robert-t-kiyosaki/) - This book has been listed as the #1 best-selling book in the category of personal finance and it has been on my TBR for so long. And even though I am always skeptical about famous books, this book lives to the fame. This book has changed the way I look at money and personal finance
- [Americanah: Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie](https://thethinksync.com/2021/05/americanah-chimamanda-ngozi-adichie/) - I came from a country where race was not an issue; I did not think of myself as black and I only became black when I came to America. Working in a multi-national company and that too focused on diversity and inclusion I have attended a lot of talks, workshops, and training around this topic.
- [Kafka on the Shore: Haruki Murakami](https://thethinksync.com/2021/07/kafka-on-the-shore-haruki-murakami/) - Kafka on the Shore is a story of 15-year-old boy Kafka Tamura who ran away from his home to escape a gruesome prophecy. This is also the story of Nakata whose life changed upside down during the war. He is now simple aging man living on sub from the government and spend his days talking
- [Think and Grow Rich: Napoleon Hill](https://thethinksync.com/2021/06/think-and-grow-rich-napoleon-hill/) - I think this is one of the most recommended books to me and it has been always been ranked as one of the must-reads in the self-help books genre. This book is great for someone who believes in the law of attraction which I don't, and hence it was a little off-putting for me. I
- [The Book Thief: Markus Zusak](https://thethinksync.com/2021/05/the-book-thief-markus-zusak/) - There are few books that you know will break your heart but still, you pick them up to get your heart ripped out, to cry out your eyes because “When death has a story to tell, you listen.” What the book is about? The book is set up in 1939, Nazi Germany. Liesel, a 9-year-old,
- [A Man Called Ove: Fredrik Backman](https://thethinksync.com/2021/05/a-man-called-ove-fredrik-backman/) - Do you sometimes love a book so much that you don't know what to write about it? Because you know that whatever you write will not do justice to the book. Some books come into your life to touch your heart and give a warm hug and without saying A Man called Ove is one
- [A Spool of Blue Thread: Anne Tyler](https://thethinksync.com/2021/05/a-spool-of-blue-thread-anne-tyler/) - A Spool of Blue Thread is a story of 4 generations of Whitshanks, settled in Baltimore. The story weaves around all the family members and their life, their family dynamics, their closeness and togetherness in times of need, and yet aloofness in day-to-day life to make you wonder. In most parts of the books, it's
- [Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking - Susan Cain](https://thethinksync.com/2021/02/quiet-susan-cain/) - Are you an introvert? Or do you know anyone who is an introvert, like your spouse, bf/gf, sibling, friend, colleague or manager? I can surely bet that you will say yes for one of the above question, because nearly one third people around you are introvert or in some part of the world it might
- [Shoe Dog: A Memoir by the Creator of Nike - Phil Knight](https://thethinksync.com/2021/05/shoe-dog-a-memoir-by-the-creator-of-nike-phil-knight/) - Shoe Dog is a candid and riveting memoir of the CEO and founder of the multi-billion dollar company Nike, Phil Knight. This is a story of how he created this business borrowing 50 dollars from his father, going after something not many approved of and facing all the challenges, negotiating & leading his way, and
- [Day 51: The Grand Parade Of Desire](https://thethinksync.com/2021/05/day-51-the-grand-parade-of-desire/) - “Robbers, perverts, killers, and tyrants—gather for your inspection their so-called pleasures!” —MARCUS AURELIUS Today Stoic meditation is dedicated to desire and kind of chastising people with desires. However, I differ here in my opinions. I feel that having desires is healthy. It encourages people to grow and to try out new things, to take risks,
- [The Miracle Morning: The Not-So-Obvious Secret Guaranteed to Transform Your Life: Before 8 AM - Hal Elrod](https://thethinksync.com/2021/06/the-miracle-morning-the-not-so-obvious-secret-guaranteed-to-transform-your-life-before-8-am-hal-elrod/) - The book title so promising. Isn't it? Well, the idea is actually very promising but execution wise it didn't live up to the mark. I have read another book on this similar topic The 5 AM Club by Robin Sharma which I reviewed on my blog too. I am an early riser too and I
- [A Room with a View: E.M. Forster](https://thethinksync.com/2021/05/a-room-with-a-view-e-m-forster/) - “It isn't possible to love and part. You will wish that it was. You can transmute love, ignore it, muddle it, but you can never pull it out of you. I know by experience that the poets are right: love is eternal.” A Room with a View is a classic fiction, set up in the
- [Jaya: An Illustrated Retelling of the Mahabharata - by Devdutt Pattanaik](https://thethinksync.com/2021/05/jaya-an-illustrated-retelling-of-the-mahabharata-by-devdutt-pattanaik/) - I have grown up listening to the stories of Mahabharata and Ramayana, and among the two Mahabharata has always fascinated me more. Maybe it was the charm of Krishna which has lured me in my teenage. But as I grew up I started loving it for the complexities and layers of human nature depicted in
- [Day 50: The Banquet Of Life](https://thethinksync.com/2021/05/day-50-the-banquet-of-life/) - Remember to conduct yourself in life as if at a banquet. As something being passed around comes to you, reach out your hand and take a moderate helping. Does it pass you by? Don’t stop it. It hasn’t yet come? Don’t burn in desire for it, but wait until it arrives in front of you.
- [The Mastery Manual: Robin S. Sharma](https://thethinksync.com/2021/06/the-mastery-manual-robin-s-sharma/) - This is my second book by Robin Sharma. The first being The 5 AM Club. Though I am not a big fan of Robin Sharma's writing style I truly admire the ideas shared by him. The previous book has kind of changed my life and hence I decided to pick this book up with good
- [Day 49: Prepare For The Storm](https://thethinksync.com/2021/05/day-49-prepare-for-the-storm/) - “This is the true athlete—the person in rigorous training against false impressions. Remain firm, you who suffer, don’t be kidnapped by your impressions! The struggle is great, the task divine— to gain mastery, freedom, happiness, and tranquility.” —EPICTETUS Today's post is high on metaphor. Here Epictetus has used the word storm as a metaphor for
- [Day 48: The Enemy Of Happiness](https://thethinksync.com/2021/05/day-48-the-enemy-of-happiness/) - “It is quite impossible to unite happiness with a yearning for what we don’t have. Happiness has all that it wants, and resembling the well-fed, there shouldn’t be hunger or thirst.” —EPICTETUS Someday I will be happy. We as humans are used to postponing our happiness for tomorrow. I will be happy when I get
- [Day 47: Don’t Make Things Harder Than They Need to Be](https://thethinksync.com/2021/04/day-47-dont-make-things-harder-than-they-need-to-be/) - “If someone asks you how to write your name, would you bark out each letter? And if they get angry, would you then return the anger? Wouldn’t you rather gently spell out each letter for them? So then, remember in life that your duties are the sum of individual acts. Pay attention to each of
- [Day 46: Only Bad Dreams](https://thethinksync.com/2021/04/day-46-only-bad-dreams/) - “Clear your mind and get a hold on yourself and, as when awakened from sleep and realizing it was only a bad dream upsetting you, wake up and see that what’s there is just like thosedreams.” -MARCUS AURELIUS I have always been an over-thinker and I have a pretty good imagination. I am also not
- [Wuthering Heights: Emily Bronte](https://thethinksync.com/2021/04/wuthering-heights-emily-bronte/) - Wuthering Heights is a story set up in the late 18th century in rural the Yorkshire moors in rural England. The story follows the lives of people living in Wuthering Heights and Thrushcross Grange households. The main protagonist of the story, Heathcliff and Catherine belong to Wuthering Heights. Heathcliff is a homeless child, bought home
- [Day 45: Think Before You Act](https://thethinksync.com/2021/04/day-45-think-before-you-act/) - “For to be wise is only one thing—to fix our attention on our intelligence, which guides all things everywhere.” —HERACLITUS Why did I do that? How could I have been so stupid? What was I thinking? Have you asked these questions yourself? We all have at one time or the other. But this stoic post
- [Day 42: Hero Or Nero?](https://thethinksync.com/2021/04/day-42-hero-or-nero/) - “Our soul is sometimes a king, and sometimes a tyrant. A king, by attending to what is honorable, protects the good health of the body in its care and gives it no base or sordid command. But an uncontrolled, desire-fueled, over-indulged soul is turned from a king into that most feared and detested thing—a tyrant.”
- [Day 44: Pleasure Can Become Punishment](https://thethinksync.com/2021/04/day-44-pleasure-can-become-punishment/) - “Whenever you get an impression of some pleasure, as with any impression, guard yourself against being carried away by it, let it await your action, give yourself a pause. After that, bring to mind both times, first when you have enjoyed the pleasure and later when you will regret it and hate yourself. Then compare
- [Day 43: Protect Your Peace Of Mind](https://thethinksync.com/2021/04/day-43-protect-your-peace-of-mind/) - “Keep constant guard over your perceptions, for it is no small thing you are protecting, but your respect, trustworthiness, and steadiness, peace of mind, freedom from pain and fear, in a word your freedom. For what would you sell these things?” - EPICTETUS I think today's meditation is very important for a sane living. I
- [Day 41: Anger Is A Bad Fuel](https://thethinksync.com/2021/04/day-41-anger-is-a-bad-fuel/) - “There is no more stupefying thing than anger, nothing more bent on its own strength. If successful, none more arrogant, if foiled, none more insane—since it’s not driven back by weariness even in defeat when fortune removes its adversary it turns its teeth on itself.” - Seneca For today's post, let me take an example
- [Day 40: You Don’t Have To Have An Opinion](https://thethinksync.com/2021/04/day-40-you-dont-have-to-have-an-opinion/) - “We have the power to hold no opinion about a thing and to not let it upset our state of mind for things have no natural power to shape our judgments.” - Marcus Aurelius I am sure if you look around yourself, you will find many people who discuss daily news whether it is politics,
- [Day 8: Seeing our addictions](https://thethinksync.com/2021/02/seeing-our-addictions/) - “We must give up many things to which we are addicted, considering them to be good. Otherwise,courage will vanish, which should continually test itself. Greatness of soul will be lost, whichcan’t stand out unless it disdains as petty what the mob regards as most desirable." SENECA, MORAL LETTERS, 74.12b–13 While reading this post, I was
- [Day 39: Did That Make You Feel Better?](https://thethinksync.com/2021/04/day-39-did-that-make-you-feel-better/) - 'You cry, I’m suffering severe pain! Are you then relieved from feeling it, if you bear it in an unmanly way?” Seneca How do you react when you are sad, angry, frustrated, or just having a bad day? When I was in the hostel I have seen once a girl threw away the phone because
- [Day 7: Seven Clear Functions of the Mind](https://thethinksync.com/2021/02/seven-clear-functions-of-the-mind/) - “The proper work of the mind is the exercise of choice, refusal, yearning, repulsion, preparation,purpose, and assent. What then can pollute and clog the mind’s proper functioning? Nothing butits own corrupt decisions.” EPICTETUS, DISCOURSES, 4.11.6–7 In this discourse, Epictetus focused on the 7 functions of the mind. Let's try to understand each one in details
- [Day 38: Fear Is A Self-Fulfilling Prophecy](https://thethinksync.com/2021/04/day-38-fear-is-a-self-fulfilling-prophecy/) - “Many are harmed by fear itself, and many may have come to their fate while dreading fate.” Seneca Fear is one of the most powerful emotions and it can cripple even the best of people to move forward. I am not going to say here that one should be fearless, it is impossible, and telling
- [The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up: The Japanese Art of Decluttering and Organizing - Marie Kondo](https://thethinksync.com/2021/04/the-life-changing-magic-of-tidying-up-the-japanese-art-of-decluttering-and-organizing-marie-kondo/) - If you have followed me then you must know I have decided to adopt minimalism in my life around 1-2 months back and this book played a key role in it. The first step to live a minimalistic life is to declutter things from your life and hence this book. In this book, Marie Kondo
- [Day 6: Where, Who, What, and Why](https://thethinksync.com/2021/02/where-who-what-why/) - “A person who doesn’t know what the universe is, doesn’t know where they are. A person who doesn’t know their purpose in life doesn’t know who they are or what the universe is. A person who doesn’t know any one of these things doesn’t know why they are here. So what to make of people
- [Day 37: Don’t Seek Out Strife](https://thethinksync.com/2021/04/day-37-dont-seek-out-strife/) - “I don’t agree with those who plunge headlong into the middle of the flood and who, accepting a turbulent life, struggle daily in great spirit with difficult circumstances. The wise person will endure that, but won’t choose it—choosing to be at peace, rather than at war.” Seneca I think this post took me the longest
- [The Hen Who Dreamed She Could Fly:  Sun-mi Hwang](https://thethinksync.com/2021/04/the-hen-who-dreamed-she-could-fly-sun-mi-hwang/) - This book was initially written in Korean but after a huge hit there, it was translated to English and millions of copies have been sold since then. I picked up this book as part of the book club I am in and I was immediately intrigued. This is a story of a coop chicken named
- [Day 3: Be ruthless to the things that don't matter](https://thethinksync.com/2021/02/be-ruthless-to-the-things-that-dont-matter/) - “How many have laid waste to your life when you weren’t aware of what you were losing, how much was wasted in pointless grief, foolish joy, greedy desire, and social amusements—how little of your own was left to you. You will realize you are dying before your time!” SENECA, ON THE BREVITY OF LIFE, 3.3b
- [Day 36: Steady Your Impulses](https://thethinksync.com/2021/04/day-36-steady-your-impulses/) - “Don’t be bounced around, but submit every impulse to the claims of justice, and protect your clear conviction in every appearance.” Marcus Aurelius I think I have learned today's lesson a hard way in my life. I was the type of person who lives from moment to moment. Finding the highs in smaller things and
- [Day 2: Education is Freedom](https://thethinksync.com/2021/02/education-is-freedom/) - “What is the fruit of these teachings? Only the most beautiful and proper harvest of the truly educated—tranquility, fearlessness, and freedom. We should not trust the masses who say only the free can be educated, but rather the lovers of wisdom who say that only the educated are free.” EPICTETUS, DISCOURSES, 2.1.21–23a Now, I can't
- [Day 35: On Being Invincible](https://thethinksync.com/2021/04/on-being-invincible/) - “Who then is invincible? The one who cannot be upset by anything outside their reasoned choice.” Epictetus Today's post expands on the idea of 'Prohairesis' as explained by Epictetus. As per the definition: Nothing is properly considered either good, or bad, aside from those things that are within our own power to control, and the
- [Day 34: The Source Of Your Anxiety](https://thethinksync.com/2021/04/the-source-of-your-anxiety/) - “When I see an anxious person, I ask myself, what do they want? For if a person wasn’t wanting something outside of their own control, why would they be stricken by anxiety?” Epictetus In this post, I am not going to downplay anxiety issues that many people do face. I understand that it is a
- [How do I tell them?](https://thethinksync.com/2021/03/how-do-i-tell-them/) - They say that it will happen when it is meant to be They say that you have to let go of few things You have to trust in God and adjust somewhere along the line How do I tell them that there is no meant to be That the whole world is random and we
- [Dragonfly in Amber : Diana Gabaldon](https://thethinksync.com/2021/04/dragonfly-in-amber-diana-gabaldon-book-review/) - Dragonfly in Amber is the second book in the Outlander series which is a multi-genre series by Diana Gabaldon. The first one is Outlander and that is already reviewed earlier on the blog. And if you have read it you must know that how much I loved that one. So, I picked this book too
- [Day 33: A Proper Frame Of Mind](https://thethinksync.com/2021/03/day-33-a-proper-frame-of-mind/) - “Frame your thoughts like this—you are an old person, you won’t let yourself be enslaved by this any longer, no longer pulled like a puppet by every impulse, and you’ll stop complaining about your present fortune or dreading the future.” MARCUS AURELIUS As a part of growing up, we sought independence. We don't like now
- [Day 32: For the Hot-Headed Man](https://thethinksync.com/2021/03/for-the-hot-headed-man/) - “Keep this thought handy when you feel a fit of rage coming on—it isn’t manly to be enraged. Rather, gentleness and civility are more human, and therefore manlier. A real man doesn’t give way to anger and discontent, and such a person has strength, courage, and endurance—unlike the angry and complaining. The nearer a man
- [Declutter Post#3: Beauty products, toiletries & accessories](https://thethinksync.com/2021/03/declutter-post3-beauty-products-toiletries-accessories/) - This is quite a late post because I am running very busy as I am moving to a new place. And since the new place is a little smaller in terms of storage I think decluttering is the need of the hour. I don't even remember how many garbage bags I have thrown out, given
- [Day 31: Philosophy As Medicine Of The Soul](https://thethinksync.com/2021/03/philosophy-as-medicine-of-the-soul/) - “Don’t return to philosophy as a task-master, but as patients seek out relief in the treatment of sore eyes, or a dressing for a burn, or from an ointment. Regarding it this way, you’ll obey reason without putting it on display and rest easy in its care.” MARCUS AURELIUS I am introduced to philosophy or
- [Day 30: You Don’t Have To Stay On Top Of Everything](https://thethinksync.com/2021/03/you-dont-have-to-stay-on-top-of-everything/) - “If you wish to improve, be content to appear clueless or stupid in extraneous matters—don’t wish to seem knowledgeable. And if some regard you as important, distrust yourself.” EPICTETUS When I was a kid, I was taught to read newspapers daily. I remember one time my grandfather's friend, who was very close to our family,
- [Minimalism & My Journey with it](https://thethinksync.com/2021/03/minimalism-my-journey-with-it/) - There are a lot of articles out there telling you the benefits of Minimalism and I have been looking forward to decluttering my life myself. I have started reading this book which is considered one of the most ultimate guides for tidying up: The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up: The Japanese Art of Decluttering and
- [Frankenstein: Mary Shelley](https://thethinksync.com/2021/03/frankenstein-mark-shelly/) - Frankenstein is classic literature, written by Mary Shelley and published in 1818. This novel has been classified as one of the first science fiction and a true Gothic novel. As per popular assumption, Frankenstein is not the monster, in fact, quite the contrary Dr. Frakenstein is the scientist who created the monster. The monster does
- [Shopaholic Series: Sophie Kinsella](https://thethinksync.com/2021/04/shopaholic-series-sophie-kinsella/) - Sophie Kinsella is an English author known for her romantic comedy genre. She got her fame from the Shopaholic series and after that, she has written a number of individual novels which were also quite good. Now, her style of writing is not very much appreciated by so-called literary intellectuals because her books are often
- [Day 29: Keep it simple](https://thethinksync.com/2021/03/keep-it-simple/) - “At every moment keep a sturdy mind on the task at hand, as a Roman and human being, doing it with strict and simple dignity, affection, freedom, and justice—giving yourself a break from all other considerations. You can do this if you approach each task as if it is your last, giving up every distraction,
- [Day 28: Watching the Wise](https://thethinksync.com/2021/03/day-28-watching-the-wise/) - “Take a good hard look at people’s ruling principle, especially of the wise, what they run away from and what they seek out.” MARCUS AURELIUS Today's stoic post asks us to find a wise person or you can say a role model and learn things from them. Observe what they do and what they don't
- [Day 27: The Three Areas Of Training](https://thethinksync.com/2021/03/day-27-the-three-areas-of-training/) - “There are three areas in which the person who would be wise and good must be trained. The first has to do with desires and aversions—that a person may never miss the mark in desires nor fall into what repels them. The second has to do with impulses to act and not to act—and more
- [Day 26: The Power Of A Mantra](https://thethinksync.com/2021/03/the-power-of-a-mantra/) - “Erase the false impressions from your mind by constantly saying to yourself, I have it in my soul to keep out any evil, desire, or any kind of disturbance—instead, seeing the true nature of things, I will give them only their due. Always remember this power that nature gave you.” MARCUS AURELIUS, MEDITATIONS, 8.29 As
- [Day 25: The Only Prize - Learning to live with less](https://thethinksync.com/2021/03/the-only-prize/) - “What’s left to be prized? This, I think—to limit our action or inaction to only what’s in keeping with the needs of our own preparation . . . it’s what the exertions of education and teaching are all about—here is the thing to be prized! If you hold this firmly, you’ll stop trying to get
- [Declutter Post#2: All clothes & shoes](https://thethinksync.com/2021/03/declutter-post2-all-clothes-shoes/) - Continuing on my journey on minimalism I went ahead to tackle other items of the category clothing. I am combining many sub-categories that I mentioned in my main post just to avoid too many posts with repetitive or less content. Now going through my clothes section was the toughest and I needed my own sweet
- [The Little Prince: Antoine de Saint-Exupéry](https://thethinksync.com/2021/04/the-little-prince-antoine-de-saint-exupery/) - The Little Prince is a children's classics, always listed in the Top 100 books to-read list. When I picked and flipped through it, I was so happy to see all these beautiful illustrations. But yeah then I thought it is meant for children only. But it is a book written in the language suited for
- [The Sun Is Also a Star: Nicola Yoon](https://thethinksync.com/2021/03/the-sun-is-also-a-star-nicola-yoon/) - 'The Sun is also a star' is a contemporary young adult fiction by Nicola Yoon. This is my first book by Nicola Yoon although she is known more for her book Everything, Everything. This is a story about Natasha, a high school black girl living in America, who is an unregistered immigrant being deported back
- [Sapiens - A Brief History of Humankind: Yuval Noah Harari](https://thethinksync.com/2021/03/sapiens-a-brief-history-of-humankind-yuval-noah-harari/) - There is only one word to describe this book, it is mind-blowing. This is like a mini-capsule to cover 100,000 years of history. Now I can see why everyone from Bill Gates to Brack Obama is raving about it. If you are interested in history or to know how the human has evolved from the
- [The Five: The Untold Lives of the Women Killed by Jack the Ripper - Hallie Rubenhold](https://thethinksync.com/2021/03/the-five-the-untold-lives-of-the-women-killed-by-jack-the-ripper-hallie-rubenhold/) - This book is a true story of 5 women who were killed by Jack the Ripper in Victorian London. The newspaper has advocated the fact that Jack preyed only on prostitutes and somehow these five women were mapped to be prostitute, whereas as explored by the author only one of them is professionally involved in
- [Zero to One: Notes on Startups, or How to Build the Future - Peter Thiel, Blake Masters](https://thethinksync.com/2021/04/zero-to-one-notes-on-startups-or-how-to-build-the-future-peter-thiel-blake-masters/) - Peter Thiel is one of the co-founders of PayPal and this book is being listed as an international bestseller for quite some and hence I was intrigued to pick this book. But I have a very mixed feeling towards this book. A lot of my subdued experience is due to the fact it is a
- [Quidditch Through the Ages: Kennilworthy Whisp, J.K. Rowling](https://thethinksync.com/2021/03/quidditch-through-the-ages/) - Now if you are reading this book then must have to be a Potterhead. I got this Hogwarts's library set as a birthday gift 2 years back and it was just sitting on my shelf for some time till I picked up this illustrated edition of Harry Potter & the Philosopher's Stone and since I
- [Day 24: Push For Deep Understanding](https://thethinksync.com/2021/03/push-for-deep-understanding/) - “From Rusticus . . . I learned to read carefully and not be satisfied with a rough understanding of the whole, and not to agree too quickly with those who have a lot to say about something.” MARCUS AURELIUS, MEDITATIONS, 1.7.3 I think this meditation is for me only. In today's world when already there
- [Day 23: The Truth About Money](https://thethinksync.com/2021/03/the-truth-about-money/) - “Let’s pass over to the really rich—how often the occasions they look just like the poor! When they travel abroad they must restrict their baggage, and when haste is necessary, they dismiss their entourage. And those who are in the army, how few of their possessions they get to keep . . .” SENECA, ON
- [Declutter Post#1: Bags, Purses & Wallets](https://thethinksync.com/2021/03/declutter-post1-bags-purses-wallets/) - As I promised in my last post I have started my journey towards minimalism, towards a more happy and fulfilling life. And I have started with the category clothing with the first item in the list: Bags, Purses, and Wallets. Now the thing with this category item is that you don't only have to get
- [Day 22: The Day In Review](https://thethinksync.com/2021/03/the-day-in-review/) - “I will keep constant watch over myself and—most usefully—will put each day up for review. For this is what makes us evil—that none of us looks back upon our own lives. We reflect upon only that which we are about to do. And yet our plans for the future descend from the past.” SENECA, MORAL
- [Reading Harry Potter & the Philosopher's Stone Illustrated Edition](https://thethinksync.com/2021/03/reading-harry-potter-amp-the-philosophers-stone-illustrated-edition/) - Now, this post a not a review post as nothing new can be said about this book by J.K. Rowling which hasn't been said. It is a documentation of my reading experience of this gorgeous illustrated edition of Harry Potter & the Philosopher's Stone by Jim Kay. I have set my eyes on this book
- [Autobiography of a Yogi: Paramahansa Yogananda](https://thethinksync.com/2021/04/autobiography-of-a-yogi-paramahansa-yogananda/) - Autobiography of a Yogi is an autobiography of Paramahansa Yogananda. This book has got some very good reviews and even promoted by Steve Jobs, Virat Kohli, and others and hence I was quite excited when I picked up this book. I expected that this book will take me on a spiritual journey and it will
- [The Sea of Monsters : Rick Riordan](https://thethinksync.com/2021/02/the-sea-of-monsters-rick-riordan/) - The Sea of Monsters is the second book the 5 books series of Percy Jackson and the Olympians Series by Rick Riordan. Percy Jackson is half-blood hero or demi-god meaning he is half human and half god since his father is a Greek god Poseidon. In this book, Percy sets out on an expedition to
- [Day 21: A Morning Ritual](https://thethinksync.com/2021/03/a-morning-ritual/) - “Ask yourself the following first thing in the morning:- What am I lacking in attaining freedom from passion?- What for tranquility?- What am I? A mere body, estate-holder, or reputation? None of these things.- What, then? A rational being.- What then is demanded of me? Meditate on your actions.- How did I steer away from
- [The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*CK: Mark Manson](https://thethinksync.com/2021/03/the-subtle-art-of-not-giving-a-fck/) - Mark Manson is a professional blogger and this book was quite a hit in the market with being the #1 NY times bestseller. Now, I had a lot of prejudices before picking this book, I thought that this book is famous because of its catchy title, but I was totally proved wrong and I am
- [Day 20: Reignite Your Thoughts](https://thethinksync.com/2021/03/reignite-your-thoughts/) - “Your principles can’t be extinguished unless you snuff out the thoughts that feed them, for it’s continually in your power to reignite new ones. . . . It’s possible to start living again! See things anew as you once did—that is how to restart life!” MARCUS AURELIUS, MEDITATIONS, 7.2 Doing mistakes is a part of
- [Day 19: Wherever You Go, There Your Choice Is](https://thethinksync.com/2021/03/wherever-you-go-there-your-choice-is/) - “A podium and a prison is each a place, one high and the other low, but in either place, your freedom of choice can be maintained if you so wish.” EPICTETUS, DISCOURSES, 2.6.25 For today's post, I would like to refer to the book by Viktor Frankl: Man's Search for Meaning. For those who don't
- [Day 18: See The World Like A Poet And An Artist](https://thethinksync.com/2021/03/see-the-world-like-a-poet-and-an-artist/) - “Pass-through this brief patch of time in harmony with nature, and come to your final resting place gracefully, just as a ripened olive might drop, praising the earth that nourished it and grateful to the tree that gave it growth.” MARCUS AURELIUS, MEDITATIONS, 4.48.2 Isn't it the most beautiful mediation among all we have read
- [Day 17: Reboot the real work](https://thethinksync.com/2021/03/reboot-the-real-work/) - “I am your teacher and you are learning in my school. My aim is to bring you to completion, unhindered, free from compulsive behavior, unrestrained, without shame, free, flourishing, and happy, looking to God in things great and small—your aim is to learn and diligently practice all these things. Why then don’t you complete the
- [Day 16: Never Do Anything Out Of Habit](https://thethinksync.com/2021/02/day-16-never-do-anything-out-of-habit/) - “So in the majority of other things, we address circumstances not in accordance with the right assumptions, but mostly by following wretched habit. Since all that I’ve said is the case, the person in training must seek to rise above, so as to stop seeking out pleasure and steering away from pain; to stop clinging
- [5 movie/series adaptations that are as good as book](https://thethinksync.com/2021/02/5-movie-series-adaptations-that-are-as-good-as-book/) - I know this is a controversial topic. Any book lover would never agree that that the book adaptation has done justice to the book. And I too echo that sentiment with most of the books. After watching mostly every book adaption I always cry in my heart for what they have done to the book.
- [Day 15: Peace Is In Staying The Course](https://thethinksync.com/2021/02/peace-is-in-staying-the-course/) - “Tranquility can’t be grasped except by those who have reached an unwavering and firm power of judgment—the rest constantly fall and rise in their decisions, wavering in a state of alternately rejecting and accepting things. What is the cause of this back and forth? It’s because nothing is clear and they rely on the most
- [Attitude Is Everything: Jeff Keller](https://thethinksync.com/2021/03/attitude-is-everything/) - Attitude Is Everything: Change Your Attitude... and You Change Your Life is a self help book by Jeff Keller. He is a lawyer turned motivation speaker and in this book he tells us how he changed his life to become what he wants to be from a job that he doesn't enjoy by changing his
- [Day 14: Cut The Strings That Pull Your Mind](https://thethinksync.com/2021/02/cut-the-strings-that-pull-your-mind/) - "Understand at last that you have something in you more powerful and divine than what causes the bodily passions and pulls you like a mere puppet. What thoughts now occupy my mind? Is it not fear, suspicion, desire, or something like that?” MARCUS AURELIUS, MEDITATIONS, 12.19 Now, when Marcus Aurelius talks about being a puppet
- [Day 5: Clarify your intentions](https://thethinksync.com/2021/02/clarify-your-intentions/) - “Let all your efforts be directed to something, let it keep that end in view. It’s not activity that disturbs people, but false conceptions of things that drive them mad.” SENECA, ON TRANQUILITY OF MIND, 12.5 If you have read the book 7 Habits of Effective People by Stephen Covey, then the second habit is
- [Day 9: What We Control And What We Don’t](https://thethinksync.com/2021/02/what-we-control-and-what-we-dont/) - "Some things are in our control, while others are not. We control our opinion, choice, desire, aversion, and, in a word, everything of our own doing. We don’t control our body, property, reputation, position, and, in a word, everything not of our own doing. Even more, the things in our control are by nature free,
- [Day 10: If You Want To Be Steady](https://thethinksync.com/2021/02/if-you-want-to-be-steady/) - “The essence of good is a certain kind of reasoned choice; just as the essence of evil is another kind. What about externals, then? They are only the raw material for our reasoned choice, which finds its own good or evil in working with them. How will it find the good? Not by marveling at
- [Day 13: Circle of Control](https://thethinksync.com/2021/02/circle-of-control/) - “We control our reasoned choice and all acts that depend on that moral will. What’s not under our control are the body and any of its parts, our possessions, parents, siblings, children, or country —anything with which we might associate.” EPICTETUS, DISCOURSES, 1.22.10 I have already talked about the circle of control in one of
- [Corona Mindset Shift: Do you also feel you are working hard?](https://thethinksync.com/2020/04/corona-mindset-shift-do-you-also-feel-you-are-working-hard/) - When the lock down started, I was pissed off in the beginning. Angry at having to do so much of work when you are continuously seeing that there are some who are basically having a vacation. Whereas you are continuously juggling between housework and office work. I also wanted a vacation, to chill, to watch
- [Why audio books are also as good as reading?](https://thethinksync.com/2020/04/why-audio-books-are-also-as-good-as-reading/) - I have heard from many people that listening to book is not the same experience as reading a book and hence it can't be counting as reading. Here I both agree and disagree. Agreed that the experience is not the same. The joy of reading a physical book/a ebook is quite different. But disagree on
- [The Unrequited love](https://thethinksync.com/2020/04/the-unrequited-love/) - Scorching sun, parched lips Sailing alone in a small ship Water everywhere around you see Yet nothing to drench your lips Like an unbroken dream when i see the sea I hoped of sailing happy and free Strong winds to steer the ship Rolling waves to glide it smoothly The land is near yet so
- [Finding meaning in suffering](https://thethinksync.com/2020/04/finding-meaning-in-suffering/) - Amid this lock down I am struggling to find my meaning for life. Isn't the ultimate goal of man to pursue for your happiness? But in this pursuit, one often fails to realize the real meaning of happiness. As for me more than often whenever I used to feel sad, I like to buy something
- [Greetings](https://thethinksync.com/2020/05/greetings/) - 'Welcome' blissful spring 'Ciao' winter winds 'Hello' beautiful day 'Adios' gloominess and pain 'Morning' refreshing and green 'Night' soothing and serene 'Where have you been' sing the chirping birds 'Long time' since you heard those words 'What's new' blooming in the garden 'Good day' for it's a new start
- [Day 4: The Big Three](https://thethinksync.com/2021/02/the-big-three/) - “All you need are these: certainty of judgment in the present moment;action for the common good in the present moment;and an attitude of gratitude in the present moment for anything that comes your way.” MARCUS AURELIUS, MEDITATIONS, 9.6 These 3 are most critical principle of Stoicism and can become a guiding principle of life if
- [And Then There Were None : Agatha Christie](https://thethinksync.com/2017/02/and-then-there-were-none-agatha-christie/) - “Ten little soldier boys went out to dine; One choked his little self and then there were nine. Nine little soldier boys sat up very late; One overslept himself and then there were eight. Eight little soldier boys travelling in Devon; One said he'd stay there and then there were seven. Seven little soldier boys
- [The Forty Rules of Love b: Elif Shafak](https://thethinksync.com/2021/01/the-forty-rules-of-love-by-elif-shafak-book-review-notes/) - There are few books which are meant to find you and this book is one of them. When I first heard about this book I assumed that it would be another love story and hence I was not anywhere interested in picking up this book. But then I saw people raving about it I thought
- [How to Stop Worrying and Start Living : Dale Carnegie](https://thethinksync.com/2021/01/how-to-stop-worrying-and-start-living-my-learnings/) - I think 'How to Stop Worrying and Start Living' by Dale Carnegie is a classic in self-help and been so-loved for so long that I don't see myself qualified enough to review it. However I would like to collate my takeaway from this book and I hope it can help someone out there who hasn't
- [The White Tiger : Aravind Adiga](https://thethinksync.com/2021/01/the-white-tiger-by-aravind-adiga-book-review/) - This book has been sitting in my shelf for almost 2 years but what inspired me to pick up is the Netflix announcing the movie being released on 22nd January and I have to read this book before it getting spoiled for me by movie or trailer. Now let me tell you few facts about
- [How to Be a Bawse : Lilly Singh](https://thethinksync.com/2021/01/how-to-be-a-bawse-lilly-singh-book-review-non-fiction/) - Now if you have heard about this book then you must be familiar with Lilly Singh known as IISuperwomanII in her YouTube videos. She is a comedian, actress, late night show host and quite a YouTube sensation with a following of almost 15 million subscribers. Now if you have seen the physical copy of the
- [Day 11: If You Want To Be Unsteady](https://thethinksync.com/2021/02/if-you-want-to-be-unsteady/) - “For if a person shifts their caution to their own reasoned choices and the acts of those choices, they will at the same time gain the will to avoid, but if they shift their caution away from their own reasoned choices to things not under their control, seeking to avoid what is controlled by others,
- [Love](https://thethinksync.com/2020/04/love/) - Parents love their children because they are a part of them Children love their parents because they are there for them when they were most helpless Siblings learn to love each other as they grow together and share an understanding of loving yet sometimes crazy family Friends love each other as sometimes our family is
- [My 4 bookish resolution for 2021](https://thethinksync.com/2021/01/my-4-bookish-resolution-for-2021/) - Today is 14th of January and it is a day of festivals in India. What I mean by festivals(in plural) is that there are many festivals that is celebrated in different parts of India with different different names, like Makar Sankranti, Pongal, Lohri, Magh Bihu. Though the names are different and even the rituals are
- [Outlander : Diana Gabaldon](https://thethinksync.com/2021/02/outlander-diana-gabaldon-book-review/) - Outlander is the first book in multi-genre series by Diana Gabaldon. It is a story of Claire Randall, a former combat nurse in 1945 who came to Scotland for her second honeymoon and accidentally falls through time to 18th century Scotland. Scotland is torn by war that time and with raiding border clashes. There she
- [As a man thinketh : James Allen](https://thethinksync.com/2021/01/as-a-man-thinketh-james-allen-non-fiction-book-summary/) - "As a Man Thinketh" is a literary essay by James Allen, published in 1903. It deals with power of our thought and though there are many book on this subject this book has been as classic. It is a quick read with only 80 pages but the content is so power packed that you will
- [Day 1: Control and Choice](https://thethinksync.com/2021/02/stoicism-control-and-choice/) - “The chief task in life is simply this: to identify and separate matters so that I can say clearly to myself which are externals not under my control, and which have to do with the choices I actually control. Where then do I look for good and evil? Not to uncontrollable externals, but within myself
- [When the night falls : Ruskin Bond](https://thethinksync.com/2021/02/when-the-night-fallsruskin-bondbook-reviewfiction/) - Ruskin Bond is an Indian author of British descent. He is considered to be an icon among Indian writers and children's authors and a top novelist. I have heard many people being a fan of Ruskin Bond's writing and hence I always wanted read one for myself. However if you are like me who is picking
- [Scion of Ikshvaku : Amish Tripathi](https://thethinksync.com/2021/02/scion-of-ikshvaku-amish-tripathi-book-review-fiction/) - Amish Tripathi is famous for his book Shiva Trilogy in which he has given a new way of retelling mythology. Scion of Ikshvaku is the first book in the Ram Chandra Series which can be seen a prelude to Shiva Trilogy as both of the series are drawn in the same world and we can
- [Day 12: The One Path to Serenity](https://thethinksync.com/2021/02/the-one-path-to-serenity/) - Now if you have followed my blog all along till now there is one general theme or idea that comes up in every blog. Letting go of control of things that are external to you. In this discourse, Epictetus just reminds us to keep this thought in our mind through out the day. In most
- [The Lowland : Jhumpa Lahiri](https://thethinksync.com/2017/06/the-lowland-by-jhumpa-lahiri/) - The Lowland by Jhumpa Lahiri is a story of two brothers set up in 1960's in Calcutta when it is torn between Naxalite revolution. The story revolves around two brothers Subhash and Udhyan who are inseparable in childhood and often mistaken for the other but as they grow up they develop different thinking and ideologies.
- [My June TBR](https://thethinksync.com/2017/06/my-june-tbr/) - I am 6 days late to post this blog but nevertheless better late than never. This is the first time I am posting any TBR blog. Usually, I pick up the book which comes up next in my mind after finishing one book but I believe even though there are slight deviations from the plan
- [Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone : J.K. Rowling](https://thethinksync.com/2017/05/hp-series-harry-potter-and-the-philosphers-stone/) - So, I finished my first book of Harry Potter series: Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone. I have really mixed feeling about this book. I neither liked it too much nor hated it. The plot was built nicely unfolding the magical world of Hogwarts and fascinating the reader with each turning chapter. The magical fortress
- [Reading Harry Potter For The First Time](https://thethinksync.com/2017/04/reading-harry-potter-for-the-first-time/) - Yes, you read it right. I am a 27-year-old adult and I am guilty of not reading Harry Potter yet. I have read it in bits and parts like the summary of Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire from an e-book and Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows in
- [Wish You Were Here](https://thethinksync.com/2017/02/wish-you-were-here/) - When the morning stars begin to fade, All the laziness begin to invade, Moving hands to search the phone, I wish you were here.. On a weekend in a cafe, Lot of stories with a cup of latte, Look up to the empty chair, I wish you were here.. Learning to cook checking on web,
- [The Palace of Illusions : Chitra Banerjee Divakurni](https://thethinksync.com/2017/02/the-palace-of-illusions-by-chitra-banerjee-divakurni/) - Mythology has always been close to my heart from the days of my childhood when my grandmother used to tell me the stories. On weekends I used to get up early only to make sure that I don't miss the series of Ramanand Sagar. I guess it was the budding of my love for stories
- ["DO YOU KNOW YOUR PASSION?"](https://thethinksync.com/2015/05/do-you-know-your-passion/) - Sparkling eyes looking into distance, Trying to find what may have lost its persistence Lying in the deep, buried deep by time Dig deeper and it will rise and rise.. Innocent were the days of childhood when we don't know the meaning of deep-rooted words, 'find your passions', 'follow your dreams', 'listen to your heart'.

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