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Topic started by a.ratchasi on Mon Jul 25 1:35:19 2005. [Full View]

I have just finished reading The Queen & I by Sue Townsend.

It is supposed to be a 'laugh-out-loud-funny' kinda book, though it was least funny to me. Rolling Eyes

Rolling Eyes

Instead, I felt sorry for the queen at first and admiration later for her ability to be part of the lower strata folks without compromise.

Anyone has read it yet?

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From: Wibha on Tue Aug 11 0:57:07 2009. [Full View]

Kite Runner was AMAZING, but I liked this one too The rules of the Taliban was more detailed in this than the kite runner and that was the part which made me like Thousand Splendid Suns.

His novels are really intense.
From: chevy on Wed Aug 26 5:11:30 2009. [Full View]

I just finished The Apprentice by Tess G.

A thriller, page turner, and made me sleepless,scared of the dark and scared off my own shadow for a while.

A compelling read. I recommend.
From: rangan_08 on Sat Nov 14 3:28:07 2009. [Full View]

Savoured a few from " 201 Short Stories" by Anton Chekov. Ward No.6 was a classic.
From: crazy on Sat Nov 14 5:53:13 2009. [Full View]

The lost symbol - Dan Brown
From: chevy on Sat Nov 14 7:23:08 2009. [Full View]

pavalamani pragasam wrote:

Dan Brown's Digital Fortress! Fantastic! Enjoyed reading it. The thrill sustained till the last sentence!
yeah!! Amazing. Dan Brown always impresses me from page one to last.

From: chevy on Sat Nov 14 7:23:23 2009.

podalangai wrote:

I'm currently trying my hand at reading Heinrich Boll in German - I like reading works in the original if I can. This is my second try, and it's going much better than the first - it's hard work, but rewarding. I've just finished a collection of short stories, and I'm now reading Haus ohne Huter.

From: chevy on Sat Nov 14 7:24:47 2009. [Full View]

crazy wrote:

The lost symbol - Dan Brown
Have the mobile book copy. Haven't finished. So far, it's great.

From: chevy on Sat Nov 14 7:25:21 2009.

Querida wrote:

Wibha wrote:

A Thousand Splendid Suns- Amazing. Loved everything and it was as good as Kite Runner. Clap

Clap

Really? IMHO I felt that he was more focused on creating a bigger phenom than Kite Runner that he went overboard...I still feel Kite Runner is his best work Smile

Smile

I haven't read Kite runner, but I liked thousand splendid suns.....

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From: chevy on Sat Nov 14 7:25:45 2009.

Querida wrote:

reading Amitav Ghosh's "Sea of Poppies"...just the glossary or should i say "Chrystomathy" was mind-opening Smile

Smile

Was very disappointed with Neil Bissoondath's latest work "The Soul of All Great Designs"...he was the last author whom I expected to fall back on such basic stereotypes of an Immigrant Indian.

# The Worlds Within Her
# The Unyielding Clamour of the Night
# A Casual Brutality
# The Innocence of Age

were all engrossing and fully rounded works...

Oh, I find most of the Booker Prize winning/nominated books to be boring. Sea of Poppies- have a copy and slept after the first few pages. Still not read.

From: NOV on Sat Nov 14 8:38:08 2009. [Full View]

I am reading Sidney Sheldon's Mistress of the Game.
Not bad.. but still nothing like the original author

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