The Secret by Rhonda Byrne

Dubious and weird it seems but at times it also seems to have some stuff in it. Its nothing but Shankaracharya's Adwaitha Philosophy. All about how everything is in one's mind and how anyone can get anything that they want just by focusing on the item or object of desire and asking for it from the Universe, and believing it and really feeling it as if received. Yeah, I know! Its more of a documentary of comments from various people than just notes from Rhonda. Not really a must read.

The Dogs of War by Frederick Forsyth

I didnt like it. Started well and is a meticulous book, as in any Forsyth novel, but ending was an anti-climax, with nothing great happening than expected. All through the book, more emphasis lay on managing the money that the mercenary was given and the thing about Spanish Harlem was amateurish. Long ago when I read the Day of Jackal and Negotiator and Devil's Alternative, Forsyth was right up there at the top. Or is it that the writing has always been this way and my way of looking at normal fiction has changed...?

Oct 2008

Five Point Someone

by Chetan Bhagat

The Dogs of War

by Frederick Forsyth

Review of books read recently:

1) Life of Pi: A must read. Fascinating imagination. Amazing narration. Although the story is just a simple tale of a cast away boy in the middle of Pacific Ocean.

2) Five Point Someone: An awesome novel of what not to do in IIT! Extremely hilarious and real cool way of looking at life.

Sept 2008 - II

Life of Pi

by Yann Martel

Review of previous read book:

Swami and Friends: A refreshing read! Written through the eyes of a small boy, it portrays innocence in actions and thoughts.

Sept 2008 - I

The Inscrutable Americans

by Anurag Mathur

Swami and Friends

by R K Narayan

Review of books read recently:

1) Big Money: An amazing novel with humorously romantic entanglements in the midst of money-minded businessmen-cum-rowdies!

2) The inscrutable Americans: An Indian villager goes to USA for higher studies and finds Americans really inscrutable. Author Anurag Mathur has brought about all distinct American characteristics that makes Indians in US wonder.

Aug 2008

The Clicking of Cuthbert

by P G Wodehouse

Big Money

by P G Wodehouse

Review of books read recently:

1) The inimitable Jeeves: A novel of short stories yet a novel in itself, especially made by the deliberate attempt to refer to the concluded short stories. A nice book with Jeeves’ smartness portrayed in each short story.

2) The clicking of Cuthbert: Short stories with golf as the main theme. And of course, sprinkled with a touch of romance and humour. A non-golfer can learn a lot about golf reading this book without actually getting bored! Only Wodehouse could write like this…

Jul 2008 - II

Jeeves in the offing

by P G Wodehouse

The inimitable Jeeves

by P G Wodehouse

Review of books read recently:

1) Ring for Jeeves: A novel that has Jeeves but no Bertram Wooster. Set in a dilapidated castle with new characters but the usual romantic entanglements!

2) Jeeves in the offing: A novel that has less of Jeeves and more of Wooster but then Jeeves is the one who scores more points, as usual, in Brinkley Court. Jovial references to Bertie’s prep school days as one of the principle characters is Bertie’s prep school principal!

Jul 2008 - I

Stiff Upper Lip, Jeeves

by P G Wodehouse

Ring for Jeeves

by P G Wodehouse

Reviews of books read recently:

1) Full Moon: A Blandings Castle story. Tipton seeing Bill's gorilla-like face every now and then, and thinking it to be an apparition brought about by too much drink is the best part in the novel.

2) Heavy Weather: One of the best books ever. Extremely hilarious. Rather prolongated but thoroughly enjoyable. Sequel to Summer Lightning (aka Fish Preferred). A Blandings Castle story.

3) Stiff Upper Lip, Jeeves: Sequel to The Code of the Woosters. Runs on similar lines and humorous, as always. A Totleigh Towers story.

Jun 2008

Full Moon

by P G Wodehouse

Heavy Weather

by P G Wodehouse

Review of previous book: Feynman's book is Must Read.

May 2008

Surely you're joking, Mr Feynman!

by Richard P. Feynman

2008 till date

Galahad at Blandings - P G Wodehouse
The Kite Runner - Khaled Hosseini
Catcher in the rye - J D Salinger
Catch-22 - Joseph Heller
Lolita - Vladimir Nabokov
The Code of the Woosters - P G Wodehouse

2007

Autobiography of a Yogi - Paramahansa Yogananda
Illusions - Richard Bach
Hercule Poirot's Christmas - Agatha Christie
Murder in Mesopotamia - Agatha Christie
Are you afraid of the dark - Sidney Sheldon
Cat o' nine tales - Jeffrey Archer
Contagion - Robin Cook
The Veteran - Frederick Forsyth
The Great Short Stories - Guy De Maupassant
Murder on the Orient Express - Agatha Christie
The five people you meet in Heaven - Mitch Albom
The Last Juror - John Grisham
Lajja - Taslima Nasrin
Dialogues with the Guru - Sri Chandrashekhara Bharati Swaminah
The Namesake - Jhumpa Lahiri
Whiteout - Ken Follett

2006

A prison diary - Jeffrey Archer
Sunset at Blandings - P G Wodehouse
Toxin - Robin Cook
Joy in the morning - P G Wodehouse
The Man from St Petersburg - Ken Follett
Biffen's Millions - P G Wodehouse
Rage of Angels - Sidney Sheldon
Fish Preferred - P G Wodehouse
Icon - Frederick Forsyth
The Girl in Blue - P G Wodehouse
The Diary of a Young Girl - Anne Frank
The Purloined Paperweight - P G Wodehouse
The God of Small Things - Arundhati Roy
Eggs, Bean and Crumpet - P G Wodehouse
Cocktail Time - P G Wodehouse
Sein Language - Seinfeld

2005

The Alchemist - Paulo Coelho
Jane of the Chalet School - Elinor Brent-Dyer
The Little Nugget - P G Wodehouse
The Cat Nappers - P G Wodehouse
Bachelors Anonymous - P G Wodehouse
The Murder of Roger Ackroyd - Agatha Christie
To kill a mockingbird - Harper Lee
The plot that thickened - P G Wodehouse
Postern of Fate - Agatha Christie
The DaVinci Code - Dan Brown
Do butlers burgle banks - P G Wodehouse

2004

Uneasy Money - P G Wodehouse
Five go to Demon's Rocks - Enid Blyton
Love Story - Erich Segal
The Complete Yes Minister - Anthony Jay and Jonathyn Lynn
A Place Called Freedom - Ken Follett
Psmith in the City - P G Wodehouse
The Scarlatti Inheritance - Robert Ludlum
Out of my mind - Richard Bach
Lush - Peter Benchley
Third Girl - Agatha Christie
The Hades Factor - Robert Ludlum

2003

The Firm - John Grisham
The Rainmaker - John Grisham
The Runaway Jury - John Grisham
On Wings of Eagle - Ken Follett
The Talisman Ring - Georgette Heyer
The Second Lady - Irving Wallace
Piccadilly Jim - P G Wodehouse
Something New - P G Wodehouse
The Summons - John Grisham
Psmith Journalist - P G Wodehouse
The Godfather - Mario Puzo

2002

The Fist of God - Frederick Forsyth
No comebacks - Frederick Forsyth
The Razo's Edge - Somerset Maugham
Air Frame - Michael Crichton
Mutation - Robin Cook
Wuthering Heights - Emily Bronte
Gone with the wind - Margaret Mitchell
The Sands of Time - Sidney Sheldon
The Key to Rebecca - Ken Follett

2001

The Sittaford Mystery - Agatha Christie
Tell Me Your Dreams - Sidney Sheldon
Vector - Robin Cook
The Best Laid Plans - Sidney Sheldon
The Sky Is Falling - Sidney Sheldon
The Secret Ways - Alistair MacLean
The Fourth Protocol - Frederick Forsyth
The Other Side of Midnight - Sidney Sheldon
The Guns of Navarone - Alistair MacLean
Bear Island - Alistair MacLean
Memories of Midnight - Sidney Sheldon
Triple - Ken Follett
To cut a long story short - Jeffrey Archer

2000 and before...

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