Skip to main content

What else to read?

Hey there, this is GKR.
As you all know I read a lot. In times, I get confused about what to read. There is so many options out there that it is definitely a dilemma to select the exact book that suits my taste. For example, when I was in college I had to learn a lot about programming. It is a tough subject for me as I had very little interest in engineering itself. I had to find the right book that could teach me the right stuff to just pass the exams. That is how I realised a harsh truth.

There is no right book for every situation.

It is true. There is no right book for every situation. In fact, statistics say that in a book, only 60% of the content is relatable for the reader. The other 40% is just a general fact which he/she already knows or they don't understand them at all.
Forget about fictions. Fictional books are imaginary and so everything is probably new, hopefully. When it comes to books with information, it is necessary to save time by selecting the right book to read on a particular topic so that we gain more knowledge in a short span of time.

How do you select the right content to read?


It is simple. If you are looking for scientific topics, go ahead with journals and thesis papers. It helps more than books as the topics are new and the thesis papers have so many ideas from reference books that you don't need to read any reference book at all. This also helps with the majority of the fields.
If you are looking for self-help, try reading online reviews of the books. There is no greater review than a reader commenting on a book. By review, I mean the reviews that are real and not the fake ones that publishers usually use for marketing of the book. Those are paid reviews. You can find real reviews in Goodreads, blogs about the book, etc.

Is it necessary to read?


I know most of you like watching youtube videos on various topics. It is good but the information you get out of it might not be real. Books go through tons of review process by the publishers to make sure the content in the book is real and not fake. But for Youtube, it is not the case. Anyone can publish anything. So beware of fake information if you depend on the internet for your knowledge gain.

Try using QUORA and REDDIT

Quora and Reddit are the places where you can interact with people who have knowledge about certain fields. You can ask for doubts that you need the answer for immediately. It works well and you don't have to read an entire book to clarify your doubts. Instead, you can just ask a question in quora and people who have already read the book will answer for it.

I hope you have a great read!

For more blogs visit https://hiriakstudios.com/blogs-1

ABOUT THE AUTHOR:

G.Karthik Raja

 "Every great dream begins with a dreamer" 

Shortly known as GKR, he was born in 1998 January 29. He is an Indian author with a passion for fiction, film and photography. Accomplished writing his first book at the age of 17.  He started out as a rookie in making short films at the age of 15. He has made several short films since then. He is also an engineering graduate!

Published Books:
1) The Strange Hiriak (Available worldwide in all formats)
2) The Crime hunter (Published independently in Amazon.US)
3) The Peregrination (Published independently in Amazon.US)
4) Team Deteqto - Formation of the team
5) Team Deteqto – Code Cracker
6) Team Deteqto – Game of death_1
7) Team Deteqto – Game of death_2
8) Team Deteqto – Game of death_3
9) Team Deteqto – A cryptic vacation
10) Team Deteqto – Phantom Pirates
(Team Deteqto series was published as a box set including all seven books)

For more information visit https://hiriakstudios.com/founder




Labels

Labels:

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Bakuman - Comic that is close to my heart

Hey there, this is GKR . I am a big fan of Japanese manga comics as you all know. It all started when I read this manga (manga is the Japanese word for comics) called Bakuman by Tsugumi Ohba and Takeshi Obata. It is a manga about the process of drawing manga comics. The story is about two teenage boys Mashiro and Takagi who join hands to write and draw a manga comic for the famous publishers Shueisha. This Weekly Shonen Jump manga was a great hit in Japan as it revealed all the details about the long-hidden mystery behind manga making. The reason I read this as my first manga was because I wanted to know about the world of the manga before I stepped into it. It was in 2015, a nice September day, my dad was browsing the online store for purchasing something. I had published my first book back then and so I was at the peak of excitement. To reward the hard work my dad purchased a manga comic as a box set to gift me. It was a great surprise for me as I had a long time ago...
Post a Comment
Read more

Ikigai - The book that changed my life

Hey there, this is GKR . Japanese people are hard workers. They work hard every day without feeling stressed or tired because they usually do what they want to do instead of forcing themselves into something they would never do. The people of Japan believe that everyone has an ikigai-a reason to jump out of bed each morning. Ikigai is the Japanese way of happy living with what we have for a long time. I like this book because it taught me how to choose what I want to do in life and have a purpose in life. This book gives a great intel on how Japan has a higher life expectancy than most of the other well-developed nations. "Only staying active will make you want to live a hundred years." When I first read this book I was shocked by how much information the writers Hector Garcia and Francesc Miralles have produced in a tiny hardbound book. In other words, this book is a masterpiece. There is so much insight on how to live happy and healthy. Some of the things that ...
Post a Comment
Read more

Elon Musk by Ashlee Vance

Hey there, this is GKR . Elon Musk is one of the greatest current-generation innovators. He is the CEO of several companies including Tesla and SpaceX. I admire him a lot especially for the fact that he is actually trying to make this world a better place by making Electric cars and selling Solar roof and walls. I have seen several Youtube videos claiming that Elon Musk's daily routine is insane. I wanted to know more about his life and so picked up this biography written by Ashlee Vance. To be frank, I fell in love with the way the book is written. It is simple yet unique. The book gives a clear insight into Elon Musk's life in general. As for my excitement, let me give you a piece of basic information from the book. "Elon Musk is a fan of reading books" That is right. That was the very first fact that hooked me into reading more about his life. He even read books about Rocket Science to become the CEO of SpaceX himself as he found no one suitable to...
Post a Comment
Read more