tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12993355.post113517623819206014..comments2023-12-01T13:55:51.274+05:30Comments on .: Time well spent: Books in 2005Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06567219686890131124noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12993355.post-1137062258305072032006-01-12T16:07:00.000+05:302006-01-12T16:07:00.000+05:30Ah! 2005 was a year of books big-time...read the C...Ah! 2005 was a year of books big-time...read the Curious Incident...too! was really an impressive and a very-differently-dealt-with book! besides that, here goes - <BR/>a) Alexander - triology by Manfredi<BR/>didnt ever think 3 volumes could keep me occupied..but well, BRILLIANT is the way i describe the detailed life of the great king!<BR/>b) Memoirs of a Geisha<BR/>Touching!<BR/>c) To kill a mockingbird<BR/>my most memorable book to date!<BR/>d) Parva - <BR/>a translation of a kannada classic that explains the Mahabharata stripping it of its divinity! <BR/>e) Night - Ellie Weisel<BR/>a novel on the gas chambers and how one man survived it all<BR/>f) A princess remembers<BR/>Maharani Gayatri Devi's novel on her life with great insight into life of the royalty before, during and after the partition...<BR/>g) The tide - <BR/>a very fast paced novel by Amitav Ghosh<BR/>h) Five Point Someone<BR/>A good read at airports/stations<BR/>i) Alchemist - Paul Cohelo<BR/>A bible in itself!<BR/>j) 48 laws of power<BR/>a very bitchy reference book for office-goers!<BR/><BR/>man! my list is long..will continue as i rememberAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12993355.post-1135361543817649622005-12-23T23:42:00.000+05:302005-12-23T23:42:00.000+05:30let me be the first to say... holy crap!!! I need ...let me be the first to say... holy crap!!! I need to start opening those books. well let me see what I can do in the next few days. :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com