Sachin=GOD Posted April 29, 2012 Posted April 29, 2012 which was your fav? i've only read one from that era - the famished road. didn't really like it. oh, god of small things too. that was also meh. other bookers i've read are midnight's (awesome),white tiger(awesome) and oscar and lucinda (meh). yeah. Its wasn't as good as people had said. Disgrace is a very good book. Another one I liked was Wolf Hall by Hillary Mantle.
deathmonger Posted April 29, 2012 Posted April 29, 2012 yeah. Its wasn't as good as people had said. Disgrace is a very good book. Another one I liked was Wolf Hall by Hillary Mantle. I've been meaning to read that one. It's lying in my shelf for a long time.
Magneto Posted April 29, 2012 Posted April 29, 2012 yeah. Its wasn't as good as people had said. Disgrace is a very good book. Another one I liked was Wolf Hall by Hillary Mantle. The God of Small Things is all about craft. And craftwise, it's brilliant.
Precambrian Posted April 29, 2012 Posted April 29, 2012 The Complete Sherlock Holmes : My entry into English language literature and not surprisingly have progressed little since then
deathmonger Posted April 29, 2012 Posted April 29, 2012 The God of Small Things is all about craft. And craftwise' date= it's brilliant. yes the writing is good but the story is very minimal. i like huge stories like rushdie.
Magneto Posted April 29, 2012 Posted April 29, 2012 yes the writing is good but the story is very minimal. i like huge stories like rushdie. A lot of literature is craft-based with minimal plots. GOST is in that genre.
Sachin=GOD Posted April 29, 2012 Posted April 29, 2012 I've been meaning to read that one. It's lying in my shelf for a long time. One book (series) I have been trying to read for many, many years is Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire. Every few months I pick up the 1st book in the series, read the first few pages and then I put it away for another 5-6 months before I try it again. The Complete Sherlock Holmes : My entry into English language literature and not surprisingly have progressed little since then Arthur Conan Doyle's style in Sherlock Holmes was to make Holmes solve the crime without letting the readers know how he solved it :giggle:
Sachin=GOD Posted April 29, 2012 Posted April 29, 2012 I am currently downloading Barnes and Noble Classics Collection - 121 Novels. Will start reading these soon....
Sachin=GOD Posted May 18, 2012 Posted May 18, 2012 just finished the devotion of suspect x by Keigo Higashino. Wasn't bad. Next up is Rising Sun by Michael Crichton. BTW Has anyone read any book in the "Empire of the Moghul" series by Alex Rutherford??
Sachin=GOD Posted May 19, 2012 Posted May 19, 2012 BTW Has anyone read any book in the "Empire of the Moghul" series by Alex Rutherford?? anyone???
Malcolm Merlyn Posted May 19, 2012 Posted May 19, 2012 anyone??? Havent read,but heard is histery written as a story.
Sachin=GOD Posted May 20, 2012 Posted May 20, 2012 Havent read' date='but heard is histery written as a story.[/quote'] I'll try the 1st book of the series. Lets see...
Malcolm Merlyn Posted May 20, 2012 Posted May 20, 2012 ^^^^^Just Downloaded the books in epub format.
Sachin=GOD Posted May 20, 2012 Posted May 20, 2012 ^^^^^Just Downloaded the books in epub format. I've already done that :two_thumbs_up: but if I like them then I will surely buy hardcover editions.
CSK Fan Posted May 21, 2012 Posted May 21, 2012 Talking of bookers, Life of Pi was pretty good. The movie is out this year I hear
Sachin=GOD Posted May 24, 2012 Posted May 24, 2012 Just finished Truth, Love & a little malice - the autobiography of Khushwant Singh. Some parts of the book (like the stories about the rise and fall of Indira/Sanjay Gandhi) are very interesting while some other parts are quite boring. Also, every now and then there are stories about his (and other people's) encounters with women - it seems he was infatuated with them.
MonishaSarabhai Posted May 25, 2012 Posted May 25, 2012 The Japanese Wife by Kunal Basu was :asleep: only a couple of stories were worth reading.. Reading The Inheritance of Loss now
Riley's Girl Posted May 28, 2012 Author Posted May 28, 2012 Just finished The Witness by Nora Roberts. Loved it, as usual. It made me laugh, it made me cry and it made me appreciate my family, disfunctional as they may be. About to start on Chasing Fire, by the same author.
Riley's Girl Posted May 28, 2012 Author Posted May 28, 2012 Still debating which book to read after that, the choices are "Wizard's First Rule" by Terry Goodkind OR "The Host" by Stephenie Meyer.
Riley's Girl Posted May 28, 2012 Author Posted May 28, 2012 ...And last post for now: "Fifty Shades of Grey".... Anybody willing to admit to reading it? I want more opinions before I decide to read it or skip the experience altogether. It's a best seller, but it's receiving harsh reviews, (and believe me, I've read every single review I came across) yet there are many a person claiming to enjoy the book. I guess I'm hesitating here because erotic fiction isn't my normal genre, so feel free to weigh in.
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