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My name is Zohar and I love books.

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Who is this mysterious man?

I am a father of two mischievous kids, a husband to a wonderful woman, avid reader, blogger, software engineer & wood worker who is known the world over as a man of many interests and to his wife as “an idiot”.

I have been reading ever since I can remember, everything and anything I can get my hands onto. After a few years of hectic life changes (marriage, kids, etc.) I consciously decided to renew my reading habits.

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Why blog?

I started this blog to share my thoughts about books. Most people think of reading as a solitary activity, I take the opposite view – I think reading could easily become a social activity and it’s even easier to do with the advent of the Internet.

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What do you read?

I read everything and anything that captures my interest. I especially like biographies, history, historical-fiction, espionage and mysteries.

I have been known to just become interested in a subject (for example: The American Civil War) and simply read as much as I can about that subject until moving on. However, I am especially interested in World War II and Jewish themes – give me an espionage book set in WWII and I’m happy almost as if I got to visit Willie Wonka’s chocolate factory.

I also have a strong liking of American mythology (a.k.a. comics).

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Why Man of la Book?

Hopefully you realize it’s a Quixotic pun.

I always loved the story of Don Quixote, I remember my grandfather reading me the children version when I was 5 years old and when I read to full story I realized what a magnificent story it is, told with humor (it is a comedy) and feelings.

Oh, yeah…and the domain was available.

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What do you base your book rating on?

I rate the books I read from 1-5 (key is on the side) I base my rating simply on how I enjoyed the book, that’s it. For more see my Reviewer to Reader Taste Test.

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Review Policy:

I don’t have a review policy because that would be too constricting.  However after a bad experience with a self-published author I will not read any book which has not been through professional editing.

Sorry – one bad apple spoils the bunch.

I will be happy to work with authors, publishers and marketing personnel to accommodate publishing and marketing schedules as well as host giveaways and/or Author Q&A segments.

Authors & Publishers – PLEASE NOTE

The posts on this blog are not “book reviews” – they are my personal thoughts and enjoyment from the books I’ve read. I use the term “book review” only for SEO purposes and for the benefit of my followers who use RSS and
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I hope you like my blog and feel free to comment.

|Zohar – Man of la Book

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  • Just found your blog. Really nice!!
    If you like espionage set around WWII, you HAVE to read Alan Furst. Start with Night Soldiers or Dark Star, really good stuff.
    Also you should try Alex Berenson for some post 9/11 spy intrigue. The Faithful Spy is the first in this series and John Wells is as believable of a CIA OP as there is in fiction right now.

  • I love the setup of your blog. Very user friendly! I must find out how you did this!

  • Your blog looks great and it is really well laid out. I think your idea of putting a blog link through Amazon Kindle is a great idea. I hope you are doing well with it.

    Thanks for the follow at http://books-treasureortrash.com and I am now following you!

    Take care,

    Linda

  • Hi Zohar,

    I've noticed a few comments of yours on Book Blogs and thought that I would come and check out your site.

    It's very interesting, I like that you admit that your thoughts on books are just that and not book reviews.

    I'm a little the same I guess, I like to talk about the deeper context of stories and dig a little further than just explaining what the book is about. I think it's fun to explore hidden meanings and analysis of texts.

    I'm pretty new to blogging but if you're interested I'd love it if you could check out my blog and let me know your thoughts.

    It can be found at http://www.storybookloveaffair.blogspot.com

    Hope to see a visit from you!

    Keep up the great work.

    Megan.

  • Nice to meet you I do book reviews too, and like you I love to read anything. I do book reviews and I am an editor, I agree if a book is not published professionally than it's just not the thing to buy read see be or do. ~Jackie

  • Hello, Quixote Man of la Book!

    I like your "Start Here" tab - a new take on "About".

    I have been following your Tweets, especially the articles on books. I have never heard of Huff Post - have now spent too much time surfing through it!!!

    Knowing you are a man of mystery, (except to your wife, of course), dare I ask: "Are you a Canadian?"

    If you do not want to divulge the answer on this public forum, (or anywhere), which I will understand, you can email me, (and tell me to mind my own beeswax)....

    madley (AT) cogeco (DOT) ca

    Keep up the good posts!

    Patricia
    A Canadian

  • Love the informality of your blog! And since you have a policy to have no policies, I'll suggest my own book. It doesn't exactly fit with the espionage that you like, but sort of does too. My father, a WWII veteran, began having symptoms of PTSD more than 50-years after the war. In short, we started talking, I started listening, he gave me 400 pages of letters he wrote during the war, and I learned that he hadn't sat behind a desk like I'd thought.

    I don't want to give it all away, but it does involve his work in naval intelligence as a top secret code breaker. Our story was published on 11/1/11 by a traditional publisher out of Chicago, Sourcebooks. You can read the first three chapters on my website. Keep up the great blogging. I like your style! ~Karen

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