Mitch Albom is a very celebrated author and is best known for his book “Tuesdays with Morrie” which was basically like entries in a diary. It was a non fiction book recounting the meetings he had with his dying Sociology Professor. But, i’m not here to speak about this book. A very well known author... Continue Reading →
A tear-jerker written by the romantic author Nicholas Sparks and made into a movie of the same name starring Kevin Costner, A Message in a Bottle is an interesting, if not an exhilarating one. I haven’t seen the movie and am not planning to either. Now don’t get the wrong idea about me not liking... Continue Reading →
Gail Wynand: “what have you been thinking these past weeks?” Howard Roark: “The principle behind which the Dean who fired me from Stanton.” “What principle?” “The thing that is destroying thins world. Actual selflessness.” “The ideal which they say does not exist?” “They are wrong. It does exist-though not in a way which they imagine.... Continue Reading →
As the title suggests the book is about a tiny poetry called the “The Culling Song”. It has its origin in Africa and the song is sung to tiny children in times of grief like famines and droughts; or to crippled warriors in a battlefield who are about to die. It’s a song to end... Continue Reading →
(FC = Fight Club) You're in office. Your boss hands you reports to analyze. You've been reading FC while you could. Your boss, your girlfriend, the coffee machine; all of them are like bees buzzing outside your head. Last night you weren't in town. No one knows that. Last night you were in town. Everyone... Continue Reading →
Once in a lifetime comes a book that stays in your mind like a bookmarked event in the sheets of time. A book that was written to leave behind an epitaph when none would come to their grave. It'll be there whether you visit it or not. It'll bear the inscriptions whether you read them... Continue Reading →
Month: February 2011 Book-Had was reading: Kane and Abel by Jeffrey Archer Review: Written in the late 70’s by British author, Jeffrey Archer, this book tells you the story, or is rather a saga, of two men, Kane and Abel, born on the same day – 19th April and how their destinies intertwine. The name of... Continue Reading →
Month: January 2011 Book-Had was reading: Life of Pi- By Yann Martel Review: Life of Pi is a novel that not only tells an amazing story that entices you and keeps you captivated till the very end, but also brings to you an expertly woven combination of knowledge, humour and philosophy. It is indeed a... Continue Reading →
Month: December 2010 Book-had was reading: Animal Farm by George Orwell Review: Power corrupts, BUT absolute power corrupts absolutely. “Animal Farm” is an eloquent and thought provoking simple fable with a full 10/10 symbolic value. As Orwell himself explained, “It is a history of revolution that went wrong”. The novella can be seen as a... Continue Reading →
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